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By HANNAH BEVIS 

AMHERST — With just a pair of games left before the NESCAC tournament next weekend, the Amherst College women’s hockey team wanted to start off their series against Williams College with a bang. The Mammoths did just that, outshooting the Ephs 42-27...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

CHESTNUT HILL – Boston College poured in four goals in the final six minutes of the first period to both start and finish a 7-3 victory over UMass on Friday at Conte Forum.The Eagles (11-12-6, 6-8-5 Hockey East) took down the Minutemen (10-14-5,...

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...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Apathy replaced the desperation the UMass hockey team showed trying to end its six-game losing streak when the Minutemen faced Vermont on Friday at the Mullins Center.They earned a point with a 3-3 tie and won the shootout 2-1, but it looked...

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...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

UMass’ senior forwards heeded coach Greg Carvel’s calls for more scoring, as the Minutemen snapped a six-game losing streak by beating Providence 3-2 on Friday night in Rhode Island.Seniors scored all three goals for UMass (9-13-3, 3-11-1 Hockey...

The Easthampton-based Nonotuck Knights PeeWee Black youth hockey team finished third in the Green Mountain Avalanche Tournament last month in Jay Peak, Vermont, after finishing with a 2-2 record.The Knights fell in their first game 6-3 against...

By HANNAH BEVIS

With a handful of games remaining in the regular season, all four local high school hockey teams have their eyes fixed firmly on the postseason. It’s going to be a tight race for most teams, and here’s a look at how things look as February...

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...

By HANNAH BEVIS

It can be hard for any new program to get off the ground during the early stages. There’s a lot that goes into creating a team — finding the right coaches, developing enough chemistry together, getting used to the grind of practice and games.But in...

Despite holding the No. 1 power play in the country, the UMass Minutemen couldn’t convert with the extra man against UMass Lowell on Friday night. The Minutemen (9-13-3) dropped a 1-0 decision in Lowell, continuing their six game skid. Goaltender Luke...

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...

By HANNAH BEVIS

AMHERST — After a tight 2-1 contest the first time Belchertown and Greenfield met this season, most fans expected a similar low-scoring contest when they met again. Instead, Greenfield’s offense found its scoring touch and Green Wave goalie Joshua...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – A pair of Henrik Lundqvist New York Rangers replica pads seduced Henry Graham.Graham’s parents had finally allowed the UMass junior goalie and his brothers to play hockey. His mother Victoria eventually convinced his father Mark, and they...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The pillars of the UMass hockey program – its experienced seniors and graduate students – haven’t been providing any stability lately. Senior captain Eric Faith, assistant captains Reed Lebster and Jerry Harding and four-year player Cal...

By HANNAH BEVIS 

Making the jump from high school to college athletics can be an intimidating move for any student-athlete. You never really know how you’re going to stack up against older, stronger and more experienced competition, or how you’ll gel with a new coach...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – A mirror holds most of the UMass hockey team’s problems of late.The Minutemen are just 2-4-2 in their last eight games and haven’t won a Hockey East game since beating UMass Lowell in Northern Ireland on Nov. 25. They’re allowing 2.75 goals...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

UMass hockey coach Greg Carvel can’t even pull a Norman Dale, the Hickory high basketball coach who told his team the rims in massive state tournament gym are just as tall as the ones at home in Hoosiers, when the Minutemen play at Fenway Park. The...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Baseball has always held a special place in UMass hockey coach Greg Carvel’s heart. It might ruffle Minutemen or Red Sox fans that come to see UMass play Boston College at Fenway Park on Saturday (6 p.m. NESN), but his greatest baseball memory...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Ryan Leonard wanted to start his own legacy, not follow his family’s.The Amherst native and former Pope Francis forward announced his commitment to play hockey for Boston College on Sunday in an Instagram post.“It’s nothing against other schools, but...