Bedford's Mike Robinson made 32 saves to help UNH shut out UMass Lowell on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of UNH Athletics)

DURHAM – Senior goaltender Mike Robinson stopped all 32 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season to propel the University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team to a 3-0 victory over No. 13 UMass Lowell on Sunday afternoon at the Whittemore Center.

The Wildcats improve to 13-14-1 (7-11-1 HE) and the River Hawks fall to 16-8-3 (12-7-1 HE).

Freshman forward Liam Devlin (Needham, Mass.) notched the game-winning goal, while sophomore forward Nick Cafarelli (Middleton, Mass.) and senior forward Tyler Ward (Kamloops, British Columbia) scored as well.

Devlin made it 1-0 Wildcats on the power play at 11:36 of the second period when he received a pass from senior forward Jackson Pierson (Zionsville, Ind.), walked it out from behind the cage, spun and backhanded a shot top shelf past Henry Welsch for his eighth goal of his rookie season.. Freshman defenseman Colton Huard (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) also received an assist.

Cafarelli increased the lead to 2-0 UNH at 16:57 of the second period after Ward wristed a shot from the far boards, the rebound squirted out and he tapped it into an empty net for his first goal of the season. Senior forward Filip Engarås (Stockholm, Sweden) also posted an assist.

Ward fired a shot into an empty net at 18:58 of the third period for the 3-0 final score. Pierson posted an assist on the goal.

The Wildcats return to action on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18-19 at Maine. The game on Friday is at 7:30 PM on NESN, while the contest on Saturday is at 7 p.m. on College SportsLive.

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