Английская Википедия:2022–23 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's ice hockey season

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The 2022–23 UMass Lowell River Hawks Men's ice hockey season was the 56th season of play for the program, the 40th competing at the Division I level and 39th in Hockey East. The River Hawks represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, were coached by Norm Bazin in his 12th season and played their home games at Tsongas Center.

Season

Despite a great deal of roster turnover, the River Hawks were expected to compete for the NCAA tournament. While the loss of starter Owen Savory would be difficult to overcome, the addition of grad transfer Gustavs Dāvis Grigals was expected to soften the blow. Grigals did perform well for Lowell while understudy Henry Welsch also shone when given the chance. Unfortunately, the Hawk's offense, which had only been average last year, worsened when the scoring of Andre Lee and Lucas Condotta could not be fully replaced.

Lowell hovered around the .500 mark for most of the season but stayed on the positive side the entire time. Early on, that served the team well as Hockey East sat high in the rankings. Even with just an okay record of 10–6–1, Lowell was above the cutoff line for the NCAA tournament when they stopped for the winter break. The team's chances was dealt a heavy blow upon their return to the ice when they were swept at home by Alaska Anchorage, a team that was playing its first hockey in nearly three years. Lowell dropped 13 places in the rankings, settling in the high-20s and needed a strong second half to recover. They started out well, going 5–1 in their next six games but the River Hawks slumped in the later portion of the season, winning just 2 out of their final 9 matches. To make matters worse, seemingly the entire conference fell apart in the second half of the year and Lowell received less credit for their wins as time went on.

By the end of the regular season, Lowell was sitting well outside of the NCAA bubble and would likely need to win the Hockey East championship to make an appearance. While the team was fortunate enough to receive a bye into the conference quarterfinals, they still had to travel for their match. The River Hawks met Connecticut, who were also fighting for their postseason lives, and the team had a tall task to reach the semifinals. Luckily, Lowell got off to a good start an scored twice in the first period. Carrying a 2–0 lead into the second, the Hawks played defense the rest of the game, only getting 5 shots on goal, but the maneuver worked and UMass Lowell escaped with a 2–1 win. In the next round, Merrimack too had to win to keep their season alive and Warriors showed great desperation early in the game. Merrimack outshot Lowell 22–7 in the first 40 minutes but, thanks to a stellar effort from Grigals, neither team was able to score. The Warriors finally broke through with about 10 minutes to play and caused Lowell to throw caution to the wind and begin their own attack. The River Hawk offense finally showed some life and were able to get the tying goal with just 31 second left in regulation. Lowell continued to get their chances once overtime began but could not beat Zachary Borgiel. In third minutes of extra hockey, UML outshot Merrimack 19–12 but it was the Warriors who managed to nab the game-winner and Lowell would have to wait for another year.

Departures

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Matt Allen	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Transferred to Alaska Anchorage
Nick Austin	Defenseman	Шаблон:USA	Graduation (retired)
Lucas Condotta	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	Graduation (signed with Montreal Canadiens)
Matt Kinash	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	Transferred to Alaska Anchorage
Sam Knoblauch	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Graduation (retired)
Josh Latta	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	Transferred to Bentley
Andre Lee	Forward	Шаблон:SWE	Signed professional contract (Los Angeles Kings)
Owen Savory	Goaltender	Шаблон:CAN	Graduation (signed with Laval Rocket)
Jordan Schulting	Defenseman	Шаблон:CAN	Transferred to Bentley
Connor Sodergren	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Graduation (retired)
Reid Stefanson	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	Graduation (signed with Maine Mariners)
Jackson Sterrett	Forward	Шаблон:USA	Left program (retired)

Recruiting

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Mitchell Becker	Defenseman	Шаблон:USA	21	Rogers, MN
Dillan Bentley	Forward	Шаблон:USA	21	Peoria, IL
Jack Collins	Forward	Шаблон:USA	20	Canton, NY
Mark Cooper	Defenseman	Шаблон:CAN	21	Dunnville, ON
Filip Fornåå Svensson	Forward	Шаблон:SWE	23	Linköping, SWE; transfer from Alaska
Owen Fowler	Forward	Шаблон:USA	20	Tewksbury, MA
Gustavs Dāvis Grigals	Goaltender	Шаблон:LAT	24	Riga, LAT; graduate transfer from Alaska
Nick Rhéaume	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	20	Sherbrooke, QC
T. J. Schweighardt	Defenseman	Шаблон:USA	21	Wayne, NJ
Jake Stella	Forward	Шаблон:SWE	23	Karlstad, SWE; transfer from American International
Roc Truman	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	21	Lethbridge, AB
Scout Truman	Forward	Шаблон:CAN	19	Lethbridge, AB

Roster

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Schedule and results

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Scoring statistics

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Шаблон:Sortname	C	36	12	15	27	12
Шаблон:Sortname	D	35	3	17	20	14
Шаблон:Sortname	RW	28	8	11	19	12
Шаблон:Sortname	D	34	5	12	17	6
Шаблон:Sortname	D	34	4	13	17	43
Шаблон:Sortname	C/LW	30	8	8	16	10
Шаблон:Sortname	LW	34	8	6	14	10
Шаблон:Sortname	C	33	6	8	14	6
Шаблон:Sortname	LW	36	4	9	13	4
Шаблон:Sortname	C/RW	28	6	6	12	12
Шаблон:Sortname	LW	33	5	7	12	18
Шаблон:Sortname	C/RW	31	2	8	10	16
Шаблон:Sortname	C	24	1	9	10	12
Шаблон:Sortname	D	36	3	5	8	32
Шаблон:Sortname	F	22	2	3	5	4
Шаблон:Sortname	D	34	2	3	5	29
Шаблон:Sortname	D	36	1	4	5	14
Шаблон:Sortname	C/LW	27	3	1	4	2
Шаблон:Sortname	F	22	2	1	3	6
Шаблон:Sortname	D	21	1	2	3	8
Шаблон:Sortname	F	26	2	0	2	2
Шаблон:Sortname	D	18	1	1	2	2
Шаблон:Sortname	F	12	0	1	1	19
Шаблон:Sortname	G	1	0	0	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	D	2	0	0	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	F	0	0	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	G	16	0	0	0	0
Шаблон:Sortname	G	24	0	0	0	0
Total			89	150	239	281

Goaltending statistics

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Шаблон:Sortname	24	1406:28	12	9	2	48	586	2	.924	2.05
Шаблон:Sortname	16	774:07	6	6	1	29	318	2	.916	2.25
Шаблон:Sortname	1	20:00	0	0	0	2	4	0	.667	6.00
Empty Net	-	20:14	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Total	36	2220:49	18	15	3	82	908	4	.917	2.22

Rankings

Poll	Week
	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27 (Final)
USCHO.com	17	-	15	16	19	18	17	16	13	14	16	14	13	-	17	16	19	18	16	17	18	19	NR	NR	20	NR	-	NR
USA Today	16	16	15	16	20	18	17	16	14	13	16	15	13	13	19	20	20	19	15	20	19	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.

Awards and honors

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Gustavs Dāvis Grigals	Hockey East Third Team
Jon McDonald