Courtesy Photo Ben St. Pierre Connector Staff Nobody would argue with the claim that men’s hockey is more popular than men’s basketball at UMass Lowell. Nobody would also argue with the claim that men’s hockey is the most popular sport on campus. According to official NCAA statistics from the 2014-2015 school year, UMass Lowell’s men’s…
Fantasy Corner week nine: Who to start and who to sit
Tyler O’Keefe Connector Contributor It’s week nine in the National Football League (NFL), but more importantly, it’s make or break for some of our fantasy teams. Some of us are three and five, four and four, five and three, six and two, and all have something in common; we need a win. Certain teams need…
River Hawks prepared for successful season
Photo courtesy of UMass Lowell Kyle Gaudette Connector Editor An excruciatingly long offseason has left fans of NCAA hockey hungry for America’s game to return. Ok, so maybe hockey is not considered “America’s game,” but around the hallways and dorm rooms of UMass Lowell, hockey remains king. With the 2015 season set to get underway…
Hockey players are straight up crazy: The five oddest NHL personalities
Courtesy Photo Kyle Gaudette Connector Editor You need to have a multitude of skills if you wish to one day play in the National Hockey League: examples of these are poise, speed, strength and decision-making. What many NHL players have shown us, however, are that one can play professional hockey with a couple screws loose.…
Five movies to get you ready for puck drop
Courtesy Photo Bill Hart Connector Contributor Gary Newman plays struggling player-coach, Reggie Dunlop, in the 1977 cult classic, “Slap Shot.” The film follows the Charlestown Chiefs, a low-level minor league hockey franchise from an imaginary city in the rust belt. When it is announced that the mill that employs 10,000 people in the city is…
Don’t poke the G.O.A.T.: An angry Tom Brady is bad for the NFL
Photo courtesy of Getty Images Kyle Gaudette Connector Editor Football fans and analysts alike always love to have “greatest of all time,” or “G.O.A.T,” discussions when referring to the few elites who have stepped onto the football field. New England Patriots fans have been participants of that debate when it comes to the play of…
Gui is the man in River Hawks’ massive win over Bryant
Photo courtesy of George DeLuca Kyle Gaudette Connector Editor To say the River Hawks men’s soccer team deserved to win their 3-2 overtime bout against Bryant University on Wednesday night would be an absurd understatement. A couple of questionable calls by the officials turned what should have been a two-goal cushion into a one-goal deficit…
