Hockey East Quarterfinals Game 1: Notre Dame at UMass Lowell

Lowell, Mass. -- Notre Dame and UMass Lowell begin their quest to advance to next weekend's Hockey East semifinals at the TD Garden in Boston Friday night in game one of the Hockey East quarterfinals.

A low scoring game should be expected as the two teams have combined for 13 goals in their four meetings since the Fighting Irish joined Hockey East at the beginning of last season. The River Hawks won the regular season series, 1-0-1, with both games in South Bend. UMass Lowell won, 3-1, in the first game and the two teams tied, 1-1, in the series finale.

Notre Dame Line Combinations

Thomas DiPauli - Steven Fogarty - Peter Schneider
Mario Lucia - Vince Hinostroza - Anders Bjork
Sam Herr - Connor Hurley - Jake Evans
Dawson Cook - Ben Ostlie - Austin Wutherich

Luke Ripley - Andy Ryan
Robbie Russo - Jordan Gross
Tony Bretzman - Justin Wade

Cal Petersen - Chad Katunar - Nick Stasack

UMass Lowell Line Combination

A.J. White - Michael Fallon - Michael Louria
Ryan McGrath - Michael Colantone - Terrence Wallin
Robert Francis - Evan Campbell - Adam Chapie
C.J. Smith - Joe Gambardella - John Edwardh

Tyler Mueller - Zack Kamrass
Chris Forney - Jake Suter
Dylan Zink - Michael Kapla

Kevin Boyle - Jeff Smith - Olli Kalkaja

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