By Annie Maroon/DFP Staff
The University of Massachusetts-Lowell men’s hockey team has become one of the most discussed programs in the nation this year. After going 5-25-4 in 2010-11, the River Hawks have made a complete turn around this season, holding the top rank in Hockey East in mid-February – the latest they have ever been in first place.
Boston University head coach Jack Parker still thinks it isn’t enough.
“I don’t think anybody’s given them enough credit,” Parker said. “Everybody’s thinking, ‘Well, I wonder when that bubble’s going to burst.’ That bubble’s not bursting. That’s a real good college hockey team.”
UML (19-8-0, 14-7-0 Hockey East) leads BU (17-10-1, 13-7-1) and Boston College by one point in the Hockey East standings with 28. BU was on the losing end of the River Hawks’ most lopsided win of the year, a 7-1 game in Lowell on Nov. 5, and Parker said that blowout may have marked a turning point for both teams.
“Lowell showed us how we have to play, and we started playing as hard as they were playing, and now we’re going to see who can out-think and out-work and out-discipline each other tomorrow night,” Parker said on Thursday.
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