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2 days ago
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UMass Lowell's Pierson Brandon Signs With ECHL's Adirondack Thunder
Former UMass Lowell defenseman Pierson Brandon has signed a one-year deal with the ECHL's Adirondack Thunder, it was announced Thursday.
Boston Globe
12-06-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck wins Hart and Vezina trophies, becoming sixth goalie to do so
Hellebuyck, who played for UMass Lowell from 2012-14, won the Vezina for a second year in a row and for the third time in his career. He backstopped the Jets to the Presidents' Trophy for the best regular season and the William Jennings Trophy for the fewest goals allowed before losing in the second round of the playoffs to Dallas. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Price was the last to pull off the Hart-Vezina double in 2015. Hellebuyck is just the sixth goalie to do it, joining Price, Jose Theodore in 2002, Dominik Hasek in 1997 and '98 and Jacques Plante in '62. Advertisement Kucherov, the Art Ross Trophy winner for leading all scorers with 122 points this season, was also chosen for the Ted Lindsay Award as most outstanding player, as voted on by his peers. The Russian winger was MVP in 2019 when the Lightning finished atop the standings. Advertisement Draisaitl, the Rocket Richard Trophy recipient for scoring a league-high 52 goals, won the Hart in 2020 after the season was cut short by the pandemic. He became the first German player to be MVP. Los Angeles captain Anze Kopitar won the Lady Byng for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct for a third time, an award announced earlier Thursday. A majority of the awards were already presented over the past few weeks, given out as surprises for the first time with no advanced notice. Colorado's Cale Makar got the Norris as the top defenseman, Florida's Aleksander Barkov the Selke as the best defensive forward and Washington's Spencer Carbery the Jack Adams as coach of the year.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
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Elliot Gulley Commits To UMass Lowell
Green Bay Gamblers forward Elliot Gulley has committed to UMass Lowell, it was announced on Sunday. A native of Champaign, Ill., Gulley appeared in 37 regular season games for the Gamblers in the USHL this past season, where he tallied eight goals and 10 assists. Gulley also played in 27 regular season games for the Wisconsin Windigo in the NAHL in 2024-25, where he scored nine goals and recorded 32 assists. A 2005-born skater, Gulley will make the jump to the NCAA and join the River Hawks for the 2025-26 season. Make sure you bookmark The Hockey News' NCAA Page for the latest news, exclusive interviews, breakdowns and so much more.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
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Dalyn Wakely Commits To UMass Lowell
Barrie Colts forward Dalyn Wakely has committed to UMass Lowell, it was announced on Thursday. A native of Port Hope, Ontario, Wakely scored 23 goals and recorded 35 assists in 55 regular season games in his lone season with the Colts during the 2024-25 OHL campaign. Wakely was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round, 192nd overall, in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. A 2004-born skater, Wakely will make the jump to the NCAA and join the River Hawks for the 2025-26 season. Make sure you bookmark The Hockey News' NCAA Page for the latest news, exclusive interviews, breakdowns and so much more.
Boston Globe
14-05-2025
- Science
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UMass Lowell takes space weather research to new heights with camera on NASA balloon
The mission, led by UMass Lowell's The research center, directed by physics Professor Chakrabarti, covers a wide range of space science topics from observing exoplanets to designing and building space-flight missions. Advertisement This month's mission involved a partnership with NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility to attach a camera on a long-duration balloon flight, up to 100,000 feet above Earth's surface. The UMass Lowell team has previously worked with NASA to launch cameras on several short-duration balloon flights from Fort Sumner, N.M., but this month's launch was the team's first long-duration balloon mission, and only 'Balloon experiments are a vital part of our work,' Chakrabarti said. 'They let us collect data without interference from clouds or pollution.' Advertisement The camera is designed to study airglow which occurs when solar radiation interacts with Earth's ionosphere. By placing instruments high up in Earth's atmosphere researchers aim to gather clearer, more accurate data. 'With better models and more data, we can prepare for the kinds of technological disruptions we've seen in the past,' Chakrabarti said. The balloon launched from New Zealand, called a super-pressure balloon, offers better research capabilities than those launched from New Mexico, called zero-pressure balloons. 'Our current mission, SN12, is part of a broader campaign. It's NASA's second test flight from New Zealand in this series,' Chakrabarti said. 'They control the balloon's descent remotely, which ensures safety and helps us collect as much data as possible.' Zero-pressure balloons are designed to keep internal pressure equal to ambient pressure to prevent bursting, meaning they change altitude with temperature. As the air temperature cools at night, the balloon descends, typically ending the flight in less than 24-hours. Super-pressure balloons are designed to maintain a constant volume and pressure, allowing them to stay at a steady altitude regardless of temperature changes, meaning flights can last for over a month at nearly the same altitude. The camera used in this month's mission is part of a broader technology development effort, much of it spearheaded by LoCSST researcher Sunip Mukherjee. Mukherjee designed the team's first camera in 2017. In the near future, the team hopes to broaden their research by launching cameras on small satellites known as CubeSats. 'We designed a camera that is about four inches by four inches by three inches roughly,' Mukherjee said. 'This flight's version is larger, … about the size of a Dunkin' Donuts cardboard coffee dispenser, … but the technology can be scaled down.' Advertisement Since Mukherjee began at the research center in the summer of 2017, the team has expanded from four color filters to eight. These filters are carefully selected to isolate specific wavelengths of light, helping the researchers analyze emissions from gases ionized by solar radiation. Unlike other experiments that use narrow-band filters, UMass Lowell has opted for commercial wide-band filters to capture a broader range of data and minimize the effects of background light. 'Our balloon-based observation offers a completely passive technique for monitoring the ionosphere,' Chakrabarti said. The technique differs from other methods, which often rely on active tools like radio waves or GPS signals. 'We want to understand what's happening in the upper atmosphere between 80 to 300 kilometers above Earth. Satellites can't fly that low, and balloons can't go that high — it's a tough region to study,' Chakrabarti said. 'But we're bridging that gap.' In addition to providing data to improve models for space weather prediction, Chakrabarti's personal mission also includes inspiring and training future space scientists. With funding from Massachusetts Technology Collaborative — a $5.5 million 'Our goal is to develop the next generation of space explorers,' Chakrabarti said. 'They're helping answer fundamental questions about our planet's atmosphere and beyond.' Advertisement This month's mission, the second test flight of NASA's 2025 New Zealand Super Pressure Balloon Campaign, was Image shows the path of NASA's second super pressure balloon test flight, which ended at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 13 (U.S. Eastern Time) over Argentina. NASA Sarah Mesdjian can be reached at
