Courtesy Photo Darren McFadden Connector Contributor Last season was not the best for the Boston Bruins. As fans will remember, the team ended the season a measly two points away from a spot in the playoffs that was taken by the Pittsburgh Penguins. New general manager Don Sweeney has the same plan in mind that…
Don’t book your Super Bowl tickets just yet
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots look to achieve the ultimate goal this season: another Super Bowl championship. (David Butler II/USA Today Sports) Zachary Zuber Connector Editor After an offseason dominated by courtroom drama, destroyed cell phones and the loss of key players, many were curious as to how the defending Super Bowl champions…
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…
Fernandes leads River Hawks to 1-0 win
George DeLuca Connector Staff The UMass Lowell River Hawks won a thriller at Cushing Field Friday night, beating the Hartwick Hawks 1-0 and improving their record to 4-3. Junior midfielder/forward Wuilito Fernandes scored the only goal of the contest at 20:55 of the first half. UMass Lowell junior midfielder Guilher ‘Gui’ Rodrigues was credited with…
River Hawks fall, 3-2, at Hofstra
Photo courtesy of UMASS Lowell Atheltics UMASS Lowell Athletics HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Freshman Torrie Huk (Milford, Del.) logged a season-high two goals for the UMass Lowell field hockey team (5-2) in a 3-2 loss at Hofstra (5-3) on Friday. “It’s unfortunate that all the good hockey we have been playing over the past six games…
UMass Lowell selected fourth in Hockey East preseason poll
(Photo courtesy of Hockey East) Marlon Pitter Connector Editor The UMass Lowell ice hockey team was selected fourth in the Hockey East coaches’ poll Monday morning. The team received 92 total points and zero first-place votes. Boston College topped the list with 115 points and 7 of 12 first-place votes, while NCAA runner-up and defending Hockey…
The future of Fenway’s fresh young faces looks bright
Benjamin St. Pierre Connector Staff The 2015 Boston Red Sox are not going to make the playoffs. They have not yet been mathematically eliminated, but with there being less than a month’s worth of games remaining and the team being seven games back from the second Wild Card spot, it would take nothing short of…
