{"id":126869,"date":"2021-03-10T21:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T03:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/?p=126869"},"modified":"2021-03-10T19:43:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T01:43:44","slug":"hockey-east-postseason-opens-as-brown-scores-twice-and-umass-lowell-survives-against-vermont-5-3-unh-routs-rival-maine-on-the-road-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwproxy.uscho.com\/2021\/03\/10\/hockey-east-postseason-opens-as-brown-scores-twice-and-umass-lowell-survives-against-vermont-5-3-unh-routs-rival-maine-on-the-road-7-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey East postseason opens, as Brown scores twice and UMass Lowell survives against Vermont, 5-3; UNH routs rival Maine on the road, 7-2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Four second-period goals broke open the game as seventh-seeded UMass Lowell survived a tough test from 11th-seed Vermont to advance to the Hockey East quarterfinals, 5-3 (Photo: Rich Gagnon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UMass Lowell scored four times in the second period, including a pair of goals from sophomore Matt Brown as the River Hawks fought of a pesky Vermont team to advance in the Hockey East opening round, 5-3.<\/p>\n

Lowell will take on second-seeded Boston University Sunday at 1 pm at Walter Brown Arena.<\/p>\n

The River Hawks didn’t have the started they wanted, as Vermont was strong from the opening bell, outshooting Lowell, 11-5, and taking a 1-0 lead on Jacques Bouquot’s goal at 17:29 of the period.<\/p>\n

The lead nearly was doubled in the closing seconds but for defenseman Nolan Sawchuk batting a puck out of the air just before it entered the net.<\/p>\n

In the second, Sawchuk, a junior looking for his first-career goal, found it when he one-timed a shot from the point off an offensive zone draw at 2:50.<\/p>\n

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Couldn't have drawn that one up any better ?<\/p>\n

Sawchuk nets his first goal to tie it up at 1-1!#UnitedInBlue<\/a> #HockeyEast<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dr04PENqq5<\/a><\/p>\n

— UMass Lowell Hockey (@RiverHawkHockey) March 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n