Bobby Trivigno and UMass won the Hockey East title on Saturday. (Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts hockey program was in a vastly different state when Greg Carvel took over in 2016.
The Minutemen won just six times during his first season at the helm, but the next five years have been a meteoric rise to the top of the college hockey world.
Another milestone along the program’s journey was achieved Saturday night at TD Garden as sophomore defenseman Aaron Bohlinger (Walden, N.Y.) redirected a shot by senior Anthony Del Gaizo (Basking Ridge, N.J.) from the high slot at 3:06 of overtime to lift UMass to a 2-1 win over Connecticut, securing its second consecutive Hockey East championship.
