The UMass Lowell River Hawks open up a two-game home series against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish tonight. Puck drops at 7:15 p.m. eastern at the Tsongas Center.
The River Hawks currently sits at No. 5 in both the USCHO.com and USA Today polls. UMass Lowell have been nationally ranked for 73 consecutive weeks. The River Hawks have been in the top-10 for 45 of those weeks.
The River Hawks’ 8-1-2 record is the team’s best start through eleven games since moving to Division I for the 1983-84 season.