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UMass hockey: Minutemen back in action at Vermont; BC’s Ryan Leonard earns Hockey East Player of the Week honors
11-30-2023 2:30 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

There’s a lot going right for the UMass men’s ice hockey team in the first half of the season. The Minutemen (9-3-1) currently sit No. 10 in both the USCHO and USA Hockey/The Rink national polls, and are riding a three-game win streak going into...

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UMass hockey: No. 11 Minutemen look to stay hot with Friday road trip to Harvard
11-21-2023 5:08 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

UMass hockey head coach Greg Carvel has often talked about how this year’s team feels special so far this season. Last weekend’s series wasn’t the first time they showed it, but it was an exclamation point of a series sweep that showed the rest of the...


UMass women’s club hockey team in need of additional funds following clerical error
07-05-2023 4:31 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST — There’s a refrain repeated often in hockey dressing rooms and on the bench — control what you can control. For the UMass women’s club hockey team, what will define their offseason (and potentially their next season) is the uncontrollable.The...


UMass hockey’s incoming class boasts size and a European flair
07-03-2023 3:09 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The transfer portal forced a dramatic turnover of the UMass hockey team’s roster for the third season in a row. Nine players that could have returned to the program left, which altered the makeup of the Minutemen’s incoming class. Greg Carvel and his...


NHL Draft: Four UMass commits selected on Day 2, including goalie Michael Hrabal in 2nd round
06-29-2023 4:16 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Multiple members of the UMass program were selected for the third NHL Draft in a row during Day 2 of the 2023 edition in Nashville.Incoming UMass freshman goalkeeper Michael Hrabal became the program’s highest draft pick since Cale Makar when the...


NHL Draft: Washington Capitals select Amherst’s Ryan Leonard with No. 8 overall pick
06-28-2023 8:56 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Stars and stripes suit Ryan Leonard, apparently.The Washington Capitals, with their red white and blue color scheme, selected the Amherst native with the eighth overall pick in Wednesday’s NHL Draft at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Leonard...


NHL Draft: Top goalie Michael Hrabal leads crop of UMass hockey prospects
06-27-2023 4:46 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Michael Hrabal stands comfortably taller than any other big time goalie prospect in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.The 6-foot, 6.2-inch UMass commit that will join the Minutemen this fall as the centerpiece and linchpin of a large and talented recruiting...


Call him ‘goal-oriented’: Amherst hockey prodigy Ryan Leonard likely a top 10 NHL Draft pick
06-27-2023 4:43 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — John Leonard calls his youngest son Ryan “goal-oriented.”As much as Amherst’s Ryan Leonard excels at putting the hockey puck in the net, his father is referring to aspirations and desired achievements.“He keeps a lot of the goals to himself,...


Women’s hockey: Gustavus Adolphus nets winning goal in 3OT, downs Amherst College for D3 national championship (PHOTOS)
03-19-2023 8:40 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST – The first 60 minutes came and went.Then the first overtime period.And then the second. The Amherst College and Gustavus Adolphus College women’s hockey teams simply wouldn’t let their seasons end. The two teams set an NCAA record for the...


UMass hockey ‘slipped’ this season but will adjust
03-09-2023 4:06 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

CHESTNUT HILL – The maroon helmets never changed. Massachusetts still spread across their chests in maroon or white. But it still didn’t look like the same UMass hockey team this season. At least, UMass hockey as constructed over the past four...


UMass hockey: Minutemen ousted by Boston College 5-2 in Hockey East opening round
03-08-2023 11:17 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

CHESTNUT HILL – The definition of insanity overtook the UMass hockey team as much as Boston College.The Minutemen faced the Eagles for the fourth time in Wednesday’s Hockey East tournament preliminary round. Like the previous three matchups, UMass...


UMass hockey weighing present and future in regular season finale at Maine
03-02-2023 3:52 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The past, present and future of the UMass hockey team will converge in its final regular season series.The Minutemen will visit Maine for two games Friday and Saturday (7:05 p.m. ESPN-Plus). Former UMass assistant Ben Barr is in his second year...


UMass hockey notebook: Much will be settled during Hockey East’s final regular season weekend
02-28-2023 4:13 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Very little is decided ahead of the final weekend of the Hockey East regular season.UMass sits 10th of 11 teams with 22 points and two games at current No. 6 seed Maine on deck Friday and Saturday (both 7:05 p.m. ESPN-Plus). The Minutemen (11-16-5,...


UMass hockey hosting No. 15 Northeastern for senior night
02-23-2023 3:32 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

A series with Hockey East’s top team might decide whether UMass occupies the league’s basement entering the season’s final weekend.The Minutemen (10-15-5, 4-13-3 Hockey East) will face No. 15 Northeastern (15-10-5, 12-5-3) in their penultimate series...


Hockey: Greenfield rolls past Southwick in Western Mass. Class C semifinals (PHOTOS)
02-21-2023 8:36 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

WEST SPRINGFIELD — The Greenfield hockey team’s Western Mass. Class C tournament game against Southwick was almost a carbon copy of their first two matchups.The top-seeded Green Wave enjoyed a pair of 7-0 victories over the Rams during the regular...


UMass hockey aiming to overtake Boston College in upcoming weekend series
02-16-2023 3:54 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Only six games remain in the UMass hockey regular season.The Minutemen sit tied for ninth in the Hockey East standings, two points behind No. 8 Boston College, which UMass will face Friday in Chestnut Hill and Saturday in Amherst (both 7...


Ryank Ufko’s hat trick not enough as UMass hockey ties Vermont for 2nd game in a row
02-12-2023 3:06 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Too many similarities to the previous night’s effort resigned the UMass hockey team to a second consecutive tie against Vermont on Saturday.The Minutemen took a three-goal lead with 12 minutes, 32 seconds remaining in the third period and squandered...


UMass hockey: Minutemen welcome Vermont for weekend set at Mullins Center
02-09-2023 3:21 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The result finally caught up to the UMass hockey team’s process.Beating Providence on the road last Friday snapped a six-game losing streak, the Minutemen’s longest since 2018. UMass (10-13-3, 4-11-1 Hockey East) ascended a spot in the...


‘We’re going to turn them around’: UMass hockey aiming to stop 6-game skid at Providence
02-02-2023 4:18 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST –  The UMass hockey program’s panic meter hasn’t budged a inch.Despite losing six games in a row, their longest skid since late January and early February of 2018, the Minutemen believe they can turn around the season over the last month.“The...


UMass hockey ‘not that far off’ ahead of matchup with UMass Lowell at Tsongas Center
01-25-2023 3:01 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The trip to UMass Lowell’s Tsongas Center has never been a pleasant or simple one for the UMass hockey program, even when it was firing on all cylinders.UMass has beaten the 18th-ranked River Hawks just twice there in the past decade. That...


Early goal doesn’t stand as UConn sends UMass hockey to 5th straight loss 
01-21-2023 11:26 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

STORRS, Conn. – Ryan Lautenbach marked the UMass hockey program’s first visit to UConn’s Toscano Family Ice Forum with a goal just 12 seconds in on Saturday.He skated up the right boards unmolested after winning a puck battle at the blue line and...

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