#umass lb

[annieqattheperipheral]

mayor of denver's alma mater won against cale's little brother/avs prospect

ty for the frozen four tournament update Katie. Pls now commence the slap fight bw LOC and Cale

#avs lb #umass hockey #du hockey #logan o'connor #taylor makar #cale makar #colorado avalanche

[hockeylvr59]

2k followers 😲

This is absolutely mind boggling. For the past few months I’ve been hovering around 1960ish followers and in the past week I’ve gained over 40 to hit the 2k mark.

Just a few quick shoutouts though I’m sure I’m going to forget a lot of people: @horsesandhockeyplayers @nazdaddy @puckngrind @bqstqnbruin @princessphilly @starshine-hockey-girl you all make this site a better place and I’m lucky to have found you.

@reavenedges-lies @mandoleksiak @blueskrugs @hockeywaitup and the rest of the pens lb crew - I adore all of you.

@calenorrismakar and @ghostlyluminarydream I swear that most of my fics (especially those involving Cale and Taylor) would not exist without you constantly letting me bounce ideas off of you, sending me all of the links and content you find, helping to provide time stamps for in game content, and just being absolutely wonderful. @calenorrismakar I love all of our little non-fics that make me smile every single day regarding the families (animals included) that we’ve built stories for. @ghostlyluminarydream​ no one else but you loves Taylor as much as I do so I appreciate always being able to geek out over umass games and everything else the younger makar brings to the table.

I obviously was not expecting to hit this milestone soon if ever so I literally have nothing planned but if anyone has any suggestions of fun things I could do to celebrate, let me know. And for those I may have forgotten, I’m sorry and I love you too ❤️

#2k followers

[stalkinghockey]

1st 2 Inaugural episodes to air in December, the Recap of 2021, NCAA UMass championship, season!!! Stay tuned for the announcement, the 2 special episodes are being edited now!!

It's finally here, the long awaited publishing date. In my 33 years, I must admit I've started a few blogs, with well planned and loads of content prepared. Time, as always is never on our side in this business. Maybe now that I am forced to be sidelined from lugging 20+ lb cameras on my shoulder this was great timing.

I will try to add fresh content here on Tumblr, but the main blog either way will create shareable posts I can at least keep up with, and being a fully supported Tri-Cast, Pod, Video, Blog casts, there will be plenty of content, shorts, highlights, clips, sound bites, and extra special footage from the VIP, behind home goal at UMass Home games!

@stalkinghockey , @lifegiantmedia , and on YouTube, @Lifegiant1 you'll find everything you need to view all our content. The most anticipated co-host duo of 2022-2023, TD and Hack give the best Hockey/Sports hour every week, on Stalking Hockey, All SportsCast!

#stalkinghockey

View from the VIP, behind home goal!

#stalkinghockey #stalkingpodcast #stalkingbloggin #lifegiant #ncaanhlpodcast #UMass #newmasshockey #TDnHack #Hockeycast

[mitchbeck]

THOMAS: WOLF PACK SIGN BLAKE HILLMAN & RYAN LOHIN

BY: Alex Thomas, Hartford Wolf Pack HARTFORD, CT – The Hartford Wolf Pack signed Ryan Lohin and Blake Hillman for the 2022-23 AHL season. The team announced that the club has agreed to terms on one-year, standard AHL contracts with the forward and defenseman. Lohin, 26, split the 2021-22 season between the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers and ECHL’s Allen Americans. With Charlotte, Lohin skated in twelve games, scoring four points (2 g 2 a). In 18 games with Allen, Lohin scored a career-high 16 points (10 g, 6 a). The 6’, 194 lbs. forward has appeared in 40 career AHL games with the Checkers and Syracuse Crunch, scoring 19 points (9 g, 10 a). Before his professional career, Lohin played three NCAA seasons at UMass-Lowell. While with the Riverhawks, Lohin appeared in 110 games, scoring 81 points (33 g, 48 a). He also served as captain during the 2018-19 campaign. Lohin was selected in the 7th round (208th overall) by the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Hillman, 26, spent the 2021-22 season with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins, Providence Bruins, and the ECHL’s Toledo Walleye. Hillman appeared in ten games with the Griffins, scoring two assists. He also skated in 20 games with the Bruins, collecting seven assists. Throughout three seasons with the Griffins, Bruins, Rockford IceHogs, and Stockton Heat, Hillman has appeared in 96 AHL games and scored 14 points (1 g, 13 a). Selected in the 6th round (173rd overall) by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, Hillman has appeared in four NHL games, all with the Blackhawks, and scored one goal. Before turning pro, Hillman played three seasons at the University of Denver. Hillman helped lead the Pioneers to the 2017 NCAA National Championship, the 2016-17 NCHC Regular Season Championship, and the 2018 NCHC Championship. Lohin and Hillman are the seventh and eighth players to sign AHL contracts with the Wolf Pack for the 2022-23 campaign. Lohin joins fellow forwards Tanner Fritz, Cristiano DiGiacinto, Alex Whelan, and Easton Brodzinski, while Hillman joins defensemen Zach Giuttari and Louka Henault. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOWLINGS Read the full article

#AHL #AllenAmericans #CharlotteCheckers #ChicagoBlackhawks #ECHL #GrandRapidsGriffins #HartfordWolfPack #NHL #ProvidenceBruins #RockfordIceHogs #StocktonHeat #SyracuseCrunch #TampaBayLightning #ToledoWalleye #UMASS-Lowell #UniversityofDenver

[bqstqnbruin]

2-0 UMass towards the end of the first means I am feral thank you

#umass lb #I'm not watching I'm following on twitter #do something good boys

[queeniewriteshockey]

welp.

#umass lb

[samgirard]

└ oh, and cale makar WAS HERE!! | 12.6.19

#cale makar #colorado avalanche #umass amherst minutemen #avsedit #avs lb #HISTORY MAKING VEGETABLE #my sweet rosy boy #my sweet boy let me show you the world

[nototherwisespecified]

HI OSH YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL

#caps lb #wait whom was at umass lowell #oh it was kyle connor nvm

[jockcoded]

@ the pride today, section 3 row 6 if anyone wants to say hi!

#umass lowell sweatshirt bright blue cant miss it #pride lb

[mitchmarner]

LET THE AVS SCORE YOU COWARD

#THAT WAS SO CLOSE #AVS LB #unrelated im watching umass du on the other half of my screen and du just tied ugh #let cale win #umass deserves rhis so much #playoffs lb

[brxins]

I’m currently watching my college hockey team play in their first ever national championship while also watching the bruins play game 2 and my heart rate is already through the roof

#GO #GO U #GO UMASS #LETS GO BRUINS #bruins lb #ncaa championship #2019 scp

[hertl]

baby shark leonard scores 🤧

#ncaa lb #im rooting for umass bc they have two baby sharks #i literally dont know anyone else

[bqstqnbruin]

I still remember my brother texting me during the 2017-2018 season and asking me about "the veggie boy on the hockey team" who was part of an NHL team Cale must be so proud

#umass lb #cale makar

[newworldofsports]

A Fan’s Favorites

Every sport fan has their favorite things: teams, moments, celebrations, players etc. But not every fan has similar favorites, specifically when it comes to players. Every fan has a favorite athlete, while some even have one, or several, in each and every sport. Many even have favorite athletes of all time.

There are many reasons why fans are attracted to certain athletes. Fans usually love their best players on their favorite team, but also tend to follow and root for players on other teams as well. Perhaps one athlete plays the same position or sport as them, or their character, charisma, or knack of winning draws them even more fandom.

As a lifelong Boston sports fan, the large majority of my favorite athletes have worn Boston across their chest. However, there are several players who have never called Boston home that I have watched and rooted for. So, who are they? Let’s find out:

Cale Makar, Defenseman, Colorado Avalanche

The University of Massachusetts hockey team never really caught my eye, until one night I visited my brother on campus and attended a game. It didn’t appear as the team caught the rest of the campuses’ eye either, as we walked right up the front row of the rink.

But watching the game, one thing certainly did catch my eye: the freshman defensemen from Calgary, Cale Makar. Makar was clearly a step above everyone else on the ice – skating past and deking around opposing defenders with ease, while showing off his strong puck moving abilities. I was immediately drawn to his game.

Standing at just 5-foot-11, 187 lbs., many questioned Cale Makar’s ability to anchor a defensive blue line – especially when the Colorado Avalanche drafted him fourth overall back in 2017. However, after playing just over 100 career games, Makar has quickly put those doubts to rest.

After winning the Hobey Baker Award as the top men's player in NCAA ice hockey, Makar put on the skates for his first career NHL game just three days later. He wasted no time proving he belonged, scoring the eventual game winning goal against the Calgary Flames in Game 3 of the Western Conference First Round.

The goal was just a sign of things to come, as Makar has quickly taken the league by storm with his elite skating and offensive game. Despite missing time due to injury is rookie season, Makar won the Calder Trophy, awarded to the league’s top rookie, after scoring 50 points in 57 games. He went on to score 15 points in 15 Stanley Cup playoff games before the Avalanche lost to the eventual Western Conference champions.

So far in his sophomore season, the word slump wouldn’t dare be used to describe Makar. The 22-year old has continued his torrid pace, leading all NHL defenseman in points per game played (1.0), and being a key figure on the league leading Colorado Avalanche.

The former UMass Minuteman has proved to not only be one of the best defenseman in the game, but one of the league’s best players in just two short years.

Tom Brady, Quarterback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

This may be a small stretch, as the all-time great dawned a New England jersey for the last 20 years before moving down South to Tampa Bay. But, even a change of scenery at age 43 couldn’t slow down TB12.

In his first year with the Bucs, Brady led them to a Super Bowl victory over the Kansas City Chiefs – winning his seventh Super Bowl trophy.

Brady’s rise to success has not been like many others. A sixth-round draft pick back in 1999, he was given an opportunity to start after the Patriots lost their starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe, to an injury in 2000. As Brady took over, he led the Patriots to a Super Bowl 36 victory over the Los Angeles Rams, which was just the start.

Just a few years later in 2004, Brady led the Patriots to a second straight, and third total, Super Bowl championship. After ten more years of domination but falling up short, Brady finally secured his fourth Lombardi trophy after completing one of his heralded fourth-quarter comebacks against the Seattle Seahawks. Two years after, he capped off an improbable 28-3 comeback against the Atlanta Falcons for his fifth Super Bowl victory, while securing a sixth championship just two years after that against the same team he won his first against, the Los Angeles Rams.

Now with seven rings, Brady has gone from a scrawny sixth-round pick to one of the greatest football players to ever live. While he may not be the most athletic or fastest player on the field, his competitive drive, leadership, and football IQ has allowed him to overcome his deficiencies.

As a lifelong Patriot fan, Brady has spoiled us. Watching him run out of the tunnel and deliver a massive fist pump followed by a “Let’s Go” still sends goosebumps up my arm. During any game where New England found themselves in a hole, no matter what size, it never felt like an issue with TB12 back in the pocket.

Tom Brady has defined the words consistency and winner throughout his career and there are no signs of him slowing down.

Luis Robert, Outfielder, Chicago White Sox

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon at McCoy Stadium in 2019 as the PawSox were preparing to take on the Charlotte Knights. However, there was an unusual buzz in the air for a Triple-A baseball game. The reason? Luis Robert was in town.

Robert, a centerfielder from Cuba, signed a minor-league deal with the Chicago White Sox in 2017 that included over $20 million in guaranteed money. At the time, the 20-year old was known for his power and elite speed, as many pegged him to be MLB’s next superstar.

Robert worked his way through Chicago’s minor leagues quickly, also quickly moving up the top MLB prospect lists. After torching the minor-league opposition in 2019, including a 30-home run and 30 stolen base season, Robert made his last stop in the minors before reaching the big leagues, where he finally caught my eye.

It was there that he traveled with the Knights up to Pawtucket to face off with the PawSox. After camping out during the game in center field and exchanging several head nods with Robert, I finally met him after the game before he left on the team bus.

There was quite the crowd around the No. 3 overall prospect in baseball, but he made sure to stop and sign my freshly bought baseball, which is still displayed in my room and brings back special memories.

Since that day, Robert collected an assortment of minor league awards and made his way to the big leagues as baseball’s No. 3 overall prospect. Before he even appeared in a game, Robert signed a six-year, $50 million contact, setting the record for the largest contract in history for a player with no service time.

When he did finally take the field, Robert showed off what scouts saw in him at 20 years old. His power was clear from the jump, leading all MLB rookies in RBIs (31) and tying the home run lead (11). His speed and defensive abilities were immediately some of the best in the league, as he was awarded an AL Rawlings Gold Glove.

Robert finished second Jackie Robinson American League Rookie of the Year voting, but proved he is an elite player in the MLB and has a chance to be long time star.