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	Welcome to the *University of Massachusetts Lowell Riverhawks* Unofficial Web Page. Click here for Photos from the 2001 Denver Trip Congratulations to all the UML Hockey Award and Honors winners (listed on the home page). It is tough to say goodbye to the seniors that will be leaving UML now, including Ed McGrane, who finished 16th in career scoring at UML with 138 points (70 goals, 68 assists). McGrane, Stephen Slonina, Josh Reed, Darryl Green, Mark Concannon, Geoff Schomogyi, Peter Hay and Baptiste Amar ... thank you for everything you did for our University. I'd also like to add Anders Strome to the list, as he is leaving the hockey program one year early. You guys were great, and all Lowell fans wish you nothing but the best in your future endeavors. If any of you read this site, I hope that you keep in touch and let us know how things are going. We will be adding an alumni page to this site for next year. As for the team next year ... not only will all the current freshmen have gained a year's worth of experience (not to mention the goaltenders), but the recruiting class that's coming in looks strong, adding some depth at the blue line, and hopefully more forward scoring prowess. Lowell is also adding two transfers next year. For more info click here for UML's 2003/2004 recruits. For more of a statistical breakdown, please page down a bit. UML Tentative Schedule for the 2003/2004 season is available here. Hockey East Standings 2002/2003 Lowell Award Winners 2002/2003 season UML Head Coach Blaise MacDonald was kind enough to sit down with me prior to the UML exhibition game and do a quick interview on this upcoming year. After some small technical problems putting the article up, it's finally ready for distribution. Click here to read the interview As I've promised for a while ... finally with less than a week to go, here is the UMass Lowell Season Preview. If you have any comments, please let me know. River Hawks Season Preview Here is the UML roster, featuring 13 freshmen and one sophomore who has never played a collegiate hockey game before, in a roster of just 27 players. River Hawks Roster. UML Schedule for the 2002/2003 Season Meanwhile, the recruiting for the 2002/2003 season has ended, and Lowell has 13 players that will see their first collegiate action next year. To find out more about them, go to click here. I'd appreciate any feedback anyone could give me ... good or bad. Email me to let me know what you think or what you'd like to see. Looking for more Hawk Information -- Join the list. This is not a discussion list, more of a news list, to find out the latest and greatest news that affects the UML River Hawks HAWK NEWS (as of 01/08/03): Lowell is now 8-10-1 on the year, having played 8 of 19 games at home, and seven games against nationally ranked teams (1-6-0). Lowell is 4-4-0 at home (35-39-4 all time at the Tsongas) and 3-6-1 on the road. Lowell's power play continues to stumble as it is now at 16.9% on the year (12 for 68). Senior Peter Hay leads the team with 4 PP goals, followed by freshman Danny O'Brien and senior Ed McGrane with 3 each, Geoff Schomogyi and Mark Concannon with one each. The Hawks have scored 3 short handed goals (while giving up two), one each by Slonina and fellow seniors Josh Reed and Mark Concannon. Lowell has killed off just 73.5% of opponents power plays. Lowell has outshot their opponents this year by 186 shots for an average of 9.8 shots per game. Lowell has outshot opponents in 17 of 19 games this year, but have a 7-9-1 record to show for it. The Lowell Freshmen seem to have acclimated well to college hockey. They are led by Andrew Martin (5-9-14), Ben Walter (3-8-11), O'Brien (4-4-8), Bobby Robins (2-3-5), Elias Godoy (4-0-4), Brad King (3-1-4), Mark Pandolfo (1-2-3). Of the 11 freshmen who have logged ice time (not counting the goalies), only Matt Collar (17 games), and Brian Bova (1) haven't registered a point. Even netminder Dominic Smart has an assist. The Lowell freshmen have accounted for over 30% of Lowell's offense (53 of 175 points) and over 32% of Lowell's 68 goals (22). The seniors have accounted for 55.43% of the offense, with 97 points, and 41 goals (60.29%). On the goaltending side, Smart (3-4-1) has a 3.72 GAA, with an 82.5% save rate. Only two freshmen haven't seen ice time yet for Lowell, blueliner Kim Brandvold and goalie Paul Mammola. McGrane (14-11-25 in 19 games) leads Lowell in overall scoring with Slonina (5-14-19) in second, followed by Martin (5-9-14), Concannon (7-4-11), Hay (6-5-11), Walter (3-8-11), senior Darryl Green (3-7-10) and junior Jerramie Domish (0-10-10). McGrane also has the team lead with 13 league points (8 goals, 5 assists) along with Slonina (3-4-7) and Amar (0-7-7). McGrane's 14 goals lead the team, with Concannon's 7 in second, Hay's 6 in third, and Slonina along with freshman Martin with 5 each. Slonina (14) leads the team in assists, followed by McGrane (11), Domish (10) and Martin (9). In net, Lowell continues to struggle, allowing almost 3.9 goals per game. Sophomore Chris Davidson is 5-6-0 with a 3.82 GAA and an 85.2% save rate. Smart is 3-4-1 with a 3.72 GAA and an 82.5% save rate. The River Hawks five returning defenseman are 7-32-39 so far this year. *HOCKEY EAST NOTES* With another interesting year coming up, so far the favorites have to be the normal grouping of BC, Maine, UNH and BU. But already there have been some upsets, with Merrimack stunning BU, Providence still undefeated. Interesting year coming up. Stay tuned! ARCHIVED NEWS -- CLICK BELOW FOR THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION State of the Team, An Interview with Coach Blaise MacDonald, February 14, 2002 2001/2002 UML Award Winners Click here to check out the preseason interview with Coach MacDonald, prior to the 2001/2002 season UML 2001/2002 schedule with results. Final 2001/2002 Hockey East Standings Hockey East Standings 2000/2001 Want to see how I'm holding up on my Hockey East and UML previews? To see the Hockey East Preview click here and to see the UMass Lowell Season Preview, click here. For a complete list of 2000/2001 Lowell award winners, click here. UMass Lowell's 2001-2002 recruits. UMass Lowell River Hawks 2000/2001 Schedule 2000/2001 UMass Lowell Season Preview 1999/2000 UML Schedule 1999/2000 Hockey East Standings Weekend Preview -- UNH 1999/2000 Statistics 1999/2000 Game Recaps 1999/2000 Roster 1998/1999 Hockey East Standings 1998/1999 UML Schedule 1998/1999 Game Recaps 1998/1999 Statistics Honors Received UML Recruits -- 1999/2000 recruits OTHER GREAT COLLEGE HOCKEY SITES The official site of the UML Athletic Department Ian's UML Hockey Page US College Hockey Online Hockey East Home Page MORE ARCHIVED LINKS 1999/2000 Hockey East Preview--In case you want to see how wrong I was! The Millenium Freshmen! -- Lowell's 1999/2000 Recruiting Class An Interview Coach Tim Whitehead of the Hawks, prior to the beginning of the 1999 season. While the above is in an article form, the transcript of the entire interview is also available here. Back to NEPatsfan's Home Page