One of the criticisms of the John Micheletto era at UMass was that he did not seem to make much of an effort to lure Bay State recruits to the state’s flagship university. New coach Greg Carvel talked about targeting local talented players when he was hired and just a few months into his regime he has landed his first in-state commitment. Defenseman Jayson Dobay, who this past season played for BC High, announced his commitment on Twitter last night:
Posted by rocks22 on July 6, 2016
https://fearthetriangle.com/2016/07/06/recruit-update-%e2%96%b2-bc-highs-jayson-dobay-commits-to-umass/
UMass has secured commitments today from a couple of left-shooting centers for this fall. The first came from forward Brett Boeing, who left Michigan Tech after his first semester this past winter. Boeing will be eligible to suit up for the Minutemen for the 2nd semester this coming season and could make his debut at the Mariucci Classic in Minnesota. The second came a few hours later from Luke McElhenie. Both players played most recently in the USHL.
Posted by rocks22 on June 9, 2016
https://fearthetriangle.com/2016/06/09/recruit-update-%e2%96%b2-mcelhenie-boeing-land-at-umass/
There hasn’t been a lot of coaching search news in recent days. But a lot of the future Minutemen are still in action. So let’s catch up with them.
Posted by rocks22 on March 23, 2016
https://fearthetriangle.com/2016/03/23/recruit-update-%e2%96%b2-hildenbrand-a-force-recently-for-fargo/
Massachusetts Minutemen 8-19-4 (2-14-4) Hockey East 12th
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Lowell River Hawks 19-7-5 (11-5-4) Hockey East 4th
Ideally Friday’s game would feature UMass playing the satellite campus, perhaps with the Alumni Cup on the line, in a competitive tune-up before their final weekend of the regular season against Providence. Instead there’s very little at stake as Lowell clinched the Alumni Cup with their January sweep and UMass obviously isn’t any position where potential non-conference wins hold much value at this stage of the season. For UMass the only thing on the line in Friday’s game against the River Hawks is pride.
Posted by rocks22 on February 18, 2016
https://fearthetriangle.com/2016/02/18/preview-%e2%96%b2-umass-heads-to-lowell-for-non-conference-matchup/
Despite the obvious challenges surrounding the program right now coach John Micheletto has been able to continue to secure commitments from recruits to join the Massachusetts program. And he continues to bring some pretty good talent to UMass. Today’s commitment was from goaltender Matt Murray of the Spruce Grove Saints of the AJHL. Murray would likely join the Minutemen for the 2017-18 season after Alex Wakaluk graduates.
Posted by rocks22 on February 16, 2016
https://fearthetriangle.com/2016/02/16/recruit-update-%e2%96%b2-ajhl-goaltender-matt-murray-commits-to-umass/
The good news is despite missing some key players the Massachusetts hockey team did much better against 12th ranked Yale, a team that had beaten them 6-1 earlier in the season. The bad news is the result was another UMass loss as Yale prevailed 3-2 in overtime. The Minutemen overcame a 2-0 deficit and some dominant play by the Bulldogs through the first two periods to stage a 3rd period rally, netting two in the 3rd period and sending the game to overtime. But an ill-timed penalty in the extra frame put the Minutemen at a disadvantage and Yale got the game winner just seconds after the Bulldog power play expired.
Posted by rocks22 on January 7, 2016
https://fearthetriangle.com/2016/01/07/recap-%e2%96%b2-third-period-rally-falls-short-as-minutemen-lose-to-12-yale-in-ot/
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