High Character - A UMass Hockey Podcast

UMass Hockey's season is over after a 2-0 loss at the hands of 8-seed Merrimack in the semifinals of the Hockey East tournament at TD Garden. Cameron and Evin are here to recap the loss, and put a bow on what has been one of the most interesting and unique UMass Hockey seasons of all time.

UMass is moving on to the Hockey East Semifinals at TD Garden after taking care of Northeastern 4-1 in the quarterfinals at the Mullins Center! Cameron and Evin are here to break down all of the action, and detail what the postseason outlook is currently looking like as we near the NCAA tournament.

UMass needed a sweep to keep their at-large NCAA tournament chances alive and they did just that, beating BC at home and UNH on the road! Cameron and Evin are here to break down all of the wild action from this past week, and detail what UMass' path through the postseason now looks like.

UMass played their biggest regular season series in recent memory versus #13 UConn and came away with a hard fought 5 out of 6 points in the process. Cameron and Evin are here to break down a very eventful two games, discuss the postseason outlook with two regular season games remaining, and address the negative national spotlight the school has yet again been placed under with the Mullins lighting fiasco.

UMass came out of their late season bye week to a convincing home win and a brutal 1-0 road loss to UNH. Cameron and Evin are here to break down all of the action, and dive into what it all means for the at large NCAA tournament chances and the overall Hockey East picture.

UMass played their second and third games in a row against little brother UMass Lowell, and suffered a brutal loss in the road game but a convincing win in the home game. Cameron and Evin are here to break all of it down, and discuss what the implications might be on the playoff picture.

UMass extended their win streak to seven with an overtime thriller vs. Northeastern and a barnburner win against Lowell in the final minutes! Cameron and Evin are here to break down all of the action from these two, and talk bigger picture about just how meaningful this win streak is at this point in the season.

UMass has swept their second Hockey East series in a row, this time on the back of two shutouts from Michael Hrabal, and the boys are buzzing with 5 straight wins! Cameron and Evin are here to recap both of these games, break down what is going right for the team in the second half so far, and look ahead at what it all means in the Hockey East/national landscape.

UMass earned a much needed 6 point sweep in their home in home vs. Merrimack, and continue their strong start to the second half of the season! Cameron and Evin are here to recap all of it, including the depth scoring getting involved, Hrabal's continued success, and more!

UMass started the second half of their season with a defensive battle of a home and home series with #19 BU! Cameron and Evin are here to talk all about these two low scoring games, and what they might mean as we head closer to the home stretch of this season.

Cameron and Evin are once again joined by one of the voices of the Minutemen Nathan Strauss to breakdown everything they noticed from the first half of the season.

Cameron and Evin recap UMass' road series at #12 Northeastern to close out the first half of the regular season, and say goodbye to Matthews Arena for the final time! They discuss the game one comeback to force overtime, the shutout win in game two, the current goalie situation, their thoughts on the first half, and more!

Cameron and Evin recap UMass' disastrous loss on the road to Army, a loss that likely puts a dagger in the team's at large NCAA tournament chances. They discuss what went wrong in this game in particular, what they're seeing from the team as a whole right now, and what needs to change to right the ship as we move towards the halfway point in the season.

Cameron and Evin recap UMass' home and home series with #16 Providence, where they won the first game in overtime and lost the second game in blowout fashion. They discuss the highs and lows of this series, the concerning things they've been seeing week to week, and if they think it's time to start fully panicking about this team...

Cameron and Evin recap UMass' very disappointing sweep at the hands of their rival Boston College. They discuss what went wrong in both games, UMass' goaltender situation, the continued "compete" struggles, the upcoming Providence series, some UMass Athletics fiascos, and more.

Cameron and Evin are here to recap everything from UMass' big home series with #6 Maine, which somehow included one of the worst losses AND best wins in the Carvel era! They discuss the brutal loss, the players' "soul searching" between games, the big time shutout win, and look forward to another big series coming up: a home and home with #18 BC!

Cameron and Evin break down UMass' hard fought Halloweekend split with #20 Cornell, which ended up being a defensive and special teams battle. They discuss the go-ahead last minute goal on Friday, the unfortunate shortcomings on Saturday, Taylor Makar's NHL debut, the upcoming Maine series, and more!

Cameron and Evin are breaking down UMass' split against Omaha in Nebraska, their one big trip out west this season! They discuss the team's continued slow starts, Friday night's big comeback win, the defensive struggles, their experience in Omaha, and more, including a rant about UMass Football to finish the episode.

Cameron and Evin breakdown a funky weekend for UMass Hockey, which included their first loss of the season to Northeastern, and an overtime win against Bentley. The fellas have a LOT of thoughts to get out about the team's performance this past weekend, in what are obviously some early growing pains for this young team.

Cameron and Evin break down #14 UMass' 4-1 victory on the road against Stonehill to give them a 3-0 start to the season! They recap everything that happened in this one game weekend, including a hat trick from freshman phenom Václav Nestrašil, and the team's first ever visit to Warrior Ice Arena.

Cameron and Evin are here to break down UMass' season opening sweep of Northern Michigan in the first series recap of the year! They discuss the stellar performance from the newcomers, the record setting shot totals, and the all around encouraging play from the young group.

Cameron and Evin sat down with UMass Hockey Head Coach Greg Carvel, for the fourth consecutive year, to talk all things #NewMass! We talked about everything from this year's team, to recruiting, to facilities, and much, much more. This was easily the most fun and candid conversation we've ever had with Carvy, and we hope you guys enjoy!

Cameron and Evin sat down with good friend of the pod, and one of the voices of the Minutemen, Nathan Strauss to break down every single matchup that UMass will face during the regular season! This episode is absolutely LOADED with college hockey knowledge and information, as well as Cam and Evin's final record predictions for the year. Enjoy!

Cameron and Evin sat down with the newest Captain of the Minutemen, Owen Murray, to talk all about him, his career, and UMass Hockey! This was our first time ever having an active player join us on the podcast, and Owen gave some awesome insight into the program, so this one is a must listen!

It's the dog days of the hockey offseason, but Cameron and Evin are here to answer your hard hitting questions about UMass Hockey and beyond! Start getting yourself excited for the upcoming season with 2+ hours of us talking puck!

High Character is BACk for the 2025-26 season! Cameron and Evin are here to take you through all of the movement on the UMass roster this offseason, discussing both the departures and additions. This is your first chance to learn about all the new #HighCharacter individuals joining the team!

With a chance to punch their ticket to the Frozen Four, UMass suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss at the hands of 1-seeded Western Michigan. Cameron and Evin are here to recap this wild game, and put a bow on what has been an overall incredibly successful season of UMass Hockey.

UMass just STUNNED Minnesota in the NCAA Regional Semifinal, storming back from a 3-1 deficit in the third period and eventually scoring the game winner in overtime to move on to Western Michigan in the Regional Final! Cameron and Evin are here to talk all about it, just minutes after Suniev scored in OT, and preview the next game with a trip to St. Louis on the line!

UMass has officially clinched their spot in their 6th NCAA tournament in program history, and are set up for a 2022 Regional Semifinal rematch with 2 seed Minnesota on Thursday night in Fargo, North Dakota! Cameron and Evin are here to preview this matchup, and get out all of their excited/anxious thoughts about what is sure to be a nail-biting do or die game.

The top-10 finalists for the 2025 Hobey Baker award just got announced, and Cole O'Hara (and others from Hockey East) were inexplicably left out. Cameron and Evin share their thoughts and frustration on the decision in a quick impromptu episode.

UMass went on the road to play BU in the Hockey East Quarterfinals with a trip to TD Garden on the line, and they suffered a heartbreaking overtime loss in what was an unbelievable short handed effort. Cameron and Evin are here to break down every aspect of this game, including some incredible individual and team efforts from the Minutemen.

UMass kicked off the Hockey East tournament with an Opening Round matchup versus 11-seed Vermont, and came away with a hard fought 2-1 win behind a stout defensive effort! Cameron and Evin are here to discuss everything that happened in this game, and look forward to their quarterfinal game at BU with a trip to TD Garden on the line.

Yet another weekend with MASSIVE playoff implications for UMass, and once again they get the job done, crushing #5 Maine in the process and looking dominant all series! Cameron and Evin are here to break down all the action from this regular season finale, discuss their current national tournament standing, and preview their Hockey East Opening Round matchup with Vermont!

UMass took on their rival UMass Lowell in a MASSIVE home and home series with major playoff implications and got the job done, securing 5 Hockey East points and some stable footing in the Pairwise ranks! Cameron and Evin are here to talk all about this series, Coach Carvel becoming the winningest coach in program history, preview the final series of the year with Maine, and break down all the possible Hockey East and National tournament possibilities.

UMass took on UNH for the first time this season in a home and home series that had MASSIVE Hockey East and Pairwise implications. Cameron and Evin are here to break down a couple of weird performances from UMass that weren't very convincing, but did somewhat get the job done with 4/6 Hockey East points, and discuss everything you need to know about the team's playoff picture with 4 regular season games remaining!

UMass played their toughest opponent of the season over the weekend (#1 BC) and split the series, with the win coming on the road at Conte Forum! Cameron and Evin are here to break down everything that happened in this series, including what may very well be the biggest regular season win in program history! This is the longest High Character episode of all time so far, so buckle up!

Nathan Strauss once again joins the show, this time to talk all about #18 UMass' MASSIVE comeback road victory against #11 UConn! Him, Cameron, and Evin also dive deep into a bunch of other UMass Hockey topics, including Jack Musa's hat trick, Coach Carvel's incredible college coaching career, the upcoming home and home with #1 BC, the team's best road to the national tournament, and much more!

One of the weirder scheduling weekends for UMass ends with a nice win at home over Merrimack, and a heartbreakingly close loss up in Maine. Cameron and Evin are here to break down all the action from both games, and to detail what is at stake for UMass with 9 games remaining in the regular season.

Cameron and Evin sat down with former Minuteman, two time Hockey East Champion, and National Champion Anthony Del Gaizo to talk all about his years at UMass and beyond! Anthony was a cornerstone of some of the best UMass teams in program history, and it was incredible getting some insight into the golden years of UMass Hockey, and his career!

UMass FINALLY got their first sweep of this season, and it came in their very last non-conference regular season games against Alaska Fairbanks! Cameron and Evin are here to break down a bunch of good from the weekend, shout out some Patreon members, and discuss how the team is much closer to the National Tournament right now than you might expect...

It's time for another arena review, and this time we're back down in the desert to take a deeper look at Mullett Arena, home of Arizona State and the Desert Hockey Classic! This place hosted NHL games less than a year ago, so surely it should rank pretty highly on Cameron and Evin's rankings... right?

UMass just split their fifth straight two game series (this one makes it three weekends in a row), this time in a home-and-home with Hockey East foe Merrimack. Cameron and Evin are here to break down all the good and the bad from the weekend, including one of the most surprising Carvy quotes we've ever seen.

Cameron and Evin sat down with one of the assistant coaches of the Minutemen, Tommy Upton, to talk all things UMass and beyond! This was an awesome conversation (in our opinions maybe the best interview we've ever recorded), and gave us some great insight into the program and Tommy's career.

UMass restarted their Hockey East schedule with a home and home series against Northeastern, and one game went just about as well as possible, while the other game was the exact opposite. Cameron and Evin are here to break down everything that happened, and have some difficult conversations about why this team is so inconsistent this year.

The long December break is finally over, and UMass Hockey is BACK! Cameron and Evin are here to recap UMass' games in the 2025 Desert Hockey Classic, which included a 4-2 loss to #16 Cornell and an 8-0 blowout of Robert Morris, as well as some VERY interesting quotes from Coach Carvel unlike any we've ever heard.Please check out our Patreon here: https://patreon.com/HighCharacter?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Arena reviews are back, and since it's been so long, Cameron and Evin have 6 in the bank, including the long awaited Mullins Center review! Time stamps for each of the arenas are below:Whittemore Center (UNH) - 0:02:21Mullins Center (UMass) - 0:22:30The Bentley Arena (Bentley) - 0:48:44Orleans Arena (Las Vegas) - 1:02:01Martire Family Arena (SHU) - 1:20:30Gutterson Fieldhouse (UVM) - 1:33:23

UMass finally got their long awaited win against BU, coming in stunning shutout fashion on the road in a game that included five (5!!!) goaltender interference calls. Cameron and Evin are here break down everything that happened in this game, as well as the 4-2 defeat at Mullins Center that wrapped up this crazy first half ending series split.

Only one game for UMass Hockey over Thanksgiving Weekend, and they got the job done against Army. Cameron and Evin are here to break down this contest, and discuss where the team stands ahead of their big time series with BU this upcoming weekend.

UMass played two games against two different opponents over the weekend, with one game going very well, and one not so much. Cameron and Evin are here to break down both games, and try to wrap their heads around where this team is at as we near the end of the first half.

It was a series split, but UMass is feeling good after a BIG TIME road win at #10 Providence! Cameron and Evin are here to break down everything that happened in these two games, including some conversations surrounding the team's perplexing goaltending plans.