Fun night at the Tsongas and a pretty good sized crowd for an exhibition too. Glad to see the team look dominant. I don’t recall the last time they beat one of these Canadian teams by such a wide margin. This same team lost to Umass 4-3 last night.
Glad Norm scheduled this, the games next weekend are pretty important. Lowell is up to 8 in the PWR, that’s pretty high for this time of year. Who would have imagined?
It was nice to see Roc Truman set up his brother for a goal.
To answer a few of your questions:
The 9 goals scored by Lowell tonight is the 2nd most that they have ever scored in an exhibition game. The most is 10, in a 10-0 win over Boston College at Tully Forum on November 6, 1982 (when Lowell was still Division 2).
The 9 goals tonight is tied for the most that Lowell has scored under Norm Bazin. They also pumped home 9 in a 9-5 win over Maine at Tsongas on January 4, 2021. The last time they scored more than 9 was when they put home a Division 1-era record 13 in a 13-1 win over Connecticut in the 1[SUP]st[/SUP] round of the City of Lights Tournament at Tsongas on November 26, 1999.
The 7-goal margin of victory was the largest since a 7-0 win over University of Prince Edward Island in an exhibition at Tsongas on October 2, 2016. The last time it happened in the regular season was an 8-1 win over Arizona State at Tsongas on February 15, 2016. The last time they had a larger margin of victory was an 8-0 win over Bentley at Tsongas on November 27, 2004.
Lowell was 8th in the Pairwise rankings at the break (now 10th after tonight). This is tied for their 2nd highest Pairwise ranking coming out of the break under Norm:
2013-14 8th at the break, finished 7th.
2016-17 6th at the break, finished 5th.
Under Norm Bazin, Lowell has been in the Top 16 of the Pairwise at the break 8 times previously, and made the NCAA tournament 5* of those 8 times. The misses:
2014-15 12th at the break, finished 18th
2019-20 12th at the break, finished 11th, but tournament cancelled due to COVID
2022-23 14th at the break, finished 26th
On the flip side, there was one season under Norm Bazin that Lowell was not in the Top 16 of the pairwise at the break but did make the NCAA Tournament - In 2012-13, Lowell was 21st coming out of the break and finished 3rd, earning a #1 seed, eventually reaching the Frozen Four.