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High Character - A UMass Hockey Podcast — 180 episodes
2026 Hockey East Semifinals Recap (The Season is Over)
2026 Hockey East Quarterfinals Recap
Weekend Recap - 3/5/26 vs. #13 BC and 3/7/26 @ UNH (SEASON ENDING SWEEP!)
Series Recap - 2/27/26 @ and 2/28/26 vs. #13 UConn (Lights Out 5 Point Performance!)
Series Recap - 2/20/26 vs. and 2/21/26 @ UNH (Yet Another Weird UNH Split)
Series Recap: 2/6/26 @ 2/7/26 vs. Lowell (Bad Loss, Solid Win, Series Split)
Weekend Recap - 1/30/26 vs. Northeastern and 2/1/26 @ Lowell (Win Streak up to 7!)
Series Recap - 1/23/26 and 1/24/26 @ Vermont (Shutouts and Sweeps)
Series Recap - 1/16/26 @ and 1/17/26 vs. Merrimack (6 Point Sweep!)
Series Recap - 1/9/26 vs. and 1/10/26 @ #19 BU (Starting the Second Half with a Split)
2025-26 First Half Recap with Nathan Strauss
Series Recap - 12/6/25 and 12/7/25 @ #12 Northeastern (Leaving Matthews in Style!)
Game Recap - 11/29/25 @ Army (Worst Loss Since...?)
Series Recap - 11/20/25 @ and 11/22/25 vs. #16 Providence (Panic Button Has Been Pressed)
Series Recap - 11/14/25 @ and 11/15/25 vs. #18 BC (Swept by the Eagles)
Series Recap - 10/6/25 and 10/7/25 vs. #6 Maine (Shocking Series Split!)
Series Recap - 10/31/25 and 11/1/25 vs. #20 Cornell (Spooky Series Split)
Series Recap - 10/24/25 and 10/25/25 @ Omaha (Strange Split Out West)
Weekend Recap - 10/17/25 vs. Northeastern and 10/18/25 vs. Bentley (First Bumps in the Road)
Game Recap - 10/10/25 @ Stonehill (Nestrašil's Hat Trick!)
Series Recap - 10/4/25 and 10/5/25 vs. Northern Michigan (Record Setting Sweep!)
Coach Greg Carvel (Vol. 4)
2025-26 Schedule Preview with Nathan Strauss
Owen Murray
Mailbag Questions #2
2025-26 NewMass Newcomers
2025 NCAA Regional Final Recap (The Season is Over)
2025 NCAA Regional Semifinal Recap (3/27/25 vs. #2 Minnesota)
WE'RE IN + 2025 NCAA Regional Semifinal Preview
Cole O'Hara is NOT a Top-10 Hobey Baker Finalist
2025 Hockey East Quarterfinal Recap (3/15/25 @ #3 BU)
2025 Hockey East Opening Round Recap (3/12/25 vs. #11 Vermont)
Series Recap - 3/7/25 and 3/8/25 vs. #5 Maine (MASSIVE Top-5 Win [Just About] Clinches At-Large Tourney Bid!)
Series Recap - 2/27/25 vs. and 3/1/25 @ #16 UMass Lowell (Season Saving 5 Point Weekend!)
Series Recap - 2/21/25 @ and 2/22/25 vs. UNH (4 Points Salvaged)
Series Recap - 2/14/25 @ and 2/15/25 vs. #1 BC (Gritty Road Win over Unanimous #1!!!)
Game Recap - 2/7/25 @ #11 UConn (with Nathan Strauss)
Weekend Recap - 1/31/25 vs. Merrimack and 2/2/25 @ #6 Maine (Mostly Good, Some Bad, and a Little Weird)
Anthony Del Gaizo
Series Recap: 1/24/25 and 1/25/25 vs. Alaska Fairbanks (Season's First Sweep!)
Arena Review - Mullett Arena (Arizona State)
Series Recap - 1/17/25 @ and 1/18/25 vs. Merrimack (5th Straight Series Split)
Tommy Upton (UMass Hockey Assistant Coach)
Series Recap - 1/10/25 @ and 1/11/25 vs. Northeastern (Great Win, Awful Loss)
2025 Desert Hockey Classic (Arizona) Recap
Arena Reviews - UNH, UMass, Bentley, Orleans (LV), SHU, and UVM
Series Recap - 12/7/24 @ and 12/11/24 vs. #11 BU (The Goalie Interference Game)
Game Recap - 11/29/24 vs. Army (Three Straight Black Friday Wins!)
Weekend Recap - 11/22/24 vs. Harvard and 11/24/24 vs. Vermont (Consistently Inconsistent)
Series Recap - 11/14/24 vs. and 11/16/24 @ #10 Providence (Resounding Road Win in Series Split!)
Series Recap - 11/8/24 and 11/9/24 @ Vermont (Not Much Going Right)
Game Recap - 11/2/24 @ AIC (Another "Shouldn't Be This Stressful" Win)
Series Recap - 10/25/24 vs. and 10/26/24 @ UConn (Disappointing Two Point Weekend)
Series Recap - 10/18/24 vs. and 10/19/24 @ Sacred Heart (Growing Pains in Series Split)
2024 Ice Breaker Tournament (Las Vegas) Recap
Game Recap - 10/5/24 @ Bentley (Opening Night W!)
2024-25 Season Preview with Coach Carvel
2024-25 Schedule Preview with Nathan Strauss
2024-25 #NewMass Newcomers
Steve Trachtenberg (UMass Hockey Director of Hockey Operations)
Episode 120: 2024 NCAA Regional Semifinals Recap (The Season is Over)
Episode 119: WE'RE IN + 2024 Hockey East Semifinals Recap
Episode 118: 2024 Hockey East Quarterfinals Recap (with Nathan Strauss)
Episode 117: Series Recap - 3/8/24 and 3/9/24 @ #9 Maine (Nightmare Weekend)
Episode 116: Series Recap - 3/1/24 @ and 3/2/24 vs. Lowell (Back to Back Ufko OT Game Winners!)
Episode 115: 2/23/24 vs. and 2/24/24 @ #16 UNH ("Real frustrating, once again, referees.")
Episode 114: Chancellor Javier Reyes
Episode 113: Series Recap - 2/16/24 vs. and 2/18/24 @ #1 BC ("There's some things that they couldn't fight through")
Episode 112: Mailbag Episode LIVE from The Hangar
Episode 111: Series Recap - 2/9/24 @ and 2/10/24 vs. UConn (Perfect Weekend!)
Episode 110: Game Recap - 2/3/24 vs. #6 Maine (PUT IT ON NET)
Episode 109: Game Recap - 2/2/24 @ Merrimack (Revenge at Lawler)
Episode 108: BIG ANNOUNCEMENT + Arena Review - Herb Brooks Arena
Episode 107: Game Recap - 1/20/24 @ Northeastern (Late Game Heroics at Matthews!)
Episode 106: Series Recap - 1/12/24 vs. and 1/13/24 @ Merrimack (So-So Split)
Episode 105: Game Recap - 1/5/24 vs. UConn (Shutout in the Shootout, Again)
Episode 104: Adirondack Winter Invitational Recap (Not a Miracle Weekend for UMass)
Episode 103: Series Recap - 12/8/23 and 12/9/23 vs. Alaska Anchorage (11 Goal Game and a Sweep!)
Episode 102: Game Recap - 12/1/23 @ Vermont (Ref Show in Burlington)
Episode 101: Arena Review - Bright-Landry Hockey Center (Harvard)
Episode 100: Game Recap - 11/24/23 @ Harvard (Black Friday Barn Burner!)
Episode 99: Series Recap - 11/16/23 @ and 11/18/23 vs. #5 Providence (TWO 3RD PERIOD COMEBACKS = SWEEP)
Episode 98: Series Recap - 11/10/23 and 11/11/23 vs. Vermont (Disappointing Split)
Episode 97: Game Recap - 11/3/23 vs. Northeastern (Homecoming Overtime Win!)
Episode 96: Series Recap - 10/27/23 @ and 10/28/23 vs. #9 BU (Tough Results, but Promising Play)
Episode 95: Series Recap - 10/20/23 and 10/21/23 @ #19 Minnesota St. (SWEEP REVENGE)
Episode 94: Series Recap - 10/13/23 and 10/14/23 vs. #6 Michigan (6 THIRD PERIOD GOALS TO STUN #6)
Episode 93: Game Recap - 10/7/23 vs. AIC (Opening Night Victory!)
Episode 92: 2023-24 Season Preview with Greg Carvel
Episode 91: 2023-24 Schedule Preview
Episode 90: WE'RE BACK + 2023-24 #NewMass Newcomers
Episode 89: 2023 Hockey East Opening Round Recap (The Season is Over)
Episode 88: 2023 Hockey East Opening Round Preview
Episode 87: Arena Review - Alfond Arena (Maine)
Episode 86: Series Recap - 3/3/23 and 3/4/23 @ Maine (Sweep up North!)
Episode 85: Series Preview - 3/3/23 and 3/4/23 @ Maine
Episode 84: Arena Review - Matthews Arena (Northeastern)
Episode 83: Series Recap - 2/24/23 vs. and 2/25/23 @ #15 Northeastern (Senior Weekend Split)
Episode 82: Series Preview - 2/24/23 vs. and 2/25/23 @ #15 Northeastern
Episode 81: Series Recap - 2/17/23 @ and 2/18/23 vs. BC (Things Are Rough)
Episode 80: Series Preview - 2/17/23 @ and 2/18/23 vs. BC
Episode 79: Series Recap - 2/10/23 and 2/11/23 vs. Vermont (3rd Period Deja Vu)
Episode 78: Series Preview - 2/10/23 and 2/11/23 vs. Vermont
Episode 77: Game Recap - 2/3/23 @ Providence (Gutsy Road Win)
Episode 76: Game Preview - 2/3/23 @ Providence
Episode 75: Answering UMass Twitter's Hot Button Questions (with Evelin Simmons)
Episode 74: Game Recap - 1/27 @ #18 Lowell (Lowell's First Win Over UMass in 11 Tries)
Episode 73: Game Preview - 1/26/23 @ #18 Lowell
Episode 72: Arena Review - Toscano Family Ice Forum (UConn)
Episode 71: Series Recap - 1/20/23 vs. and 1/21/23 @ #13 UConn (Some Good, Some Bad versus UConn)
Episode 70: Series Preview - 1/20/23 vs. and 1/21/23 @ #13 UConn (with Matt from the UConn Hockey Podcast)
Episode 69: Game Recap - 1/15/23 vs. UNH (UNH Tops UMass)
Episode 68: Game Preview - 1/15/23 vs. UNH
Episode 67: Game Recap - 1/11/23 @ #7 BU (What Is Going On?)
Episode 66: Game Preview - 1/11/23 @ #7 BU
Episode 65: Frozen Fenway Recap (UMass Strikes Out Against BC)
Episode 64: Frozen Fenway Preview
Episode 63: Game Recap - 1/3/23 vs. Brown (Pav Shuts Down Brown)
Episode 62: Game Preview - 1/3/23 vs. Brown
Episode 61: Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off Recap (Some Good, Some Bad in Wisconsin)
Episode 60: Kwik Trip Holiday Face-Off Preview
Episode 59: Arena Review - SSE Arena (Friendship Four)
Episode 58: Game Recap - 12/7/22 vs. #11 Merrimack + First Half Wrap Up
Episode 57: Game Preview - 12/7/22 vs. #11 Merrimack
Episode 56: Game Recap - 12/3/22 vs. #16 Lowell (Ref Show in Amherst)
Episode 55: Game Preview - 12/3/22 vs. #16 Lowell
Episode 54: Friendship Four Game 2 Recap (Bedlam in Belfast)
Episode 53: Friendship Four Game 1 Recap (New Continent, Same Little Brother)
Episode 52: Friendship Four Preview
Episode 51: Game Recap - 11/18/22 @ UNH (Back in the Win Column)
Episode 50: Game Preview - 11/18/22 @ UNH
Episode 49: Arena Review - Agganis Arena (BU)
Episode 48: Series Recap - 11/11/22 vs. and 11/12/22 @ #14 BU (When It Rains, It Pours)
Episode 47: Series Preview - 11/11/22 vs. and 11/12/22 @ #14 BU
Episode 46: Arena Review - Schneider Arena (Providence)
Episode 45: Series Recap - 11/4/22 @ and 11/5/22 vs. #14 Providence (Too Many Miscues Lead to Brutal Weekend)
Episode 44: Series Preview - 11/4/22 @ and 11/5/22 vs. #14 Providence
Episode 43: Arena Review - Lawler Rink (Merrimack)
Episode 42: Series Recap - 10/28/22 vs. and 10/29/22 @ Merrimack (The Overtime Series)
Episode 41: Series Preview - 10/28/22 vs. and 10/29/22 @ Merrimack
Episode 40: Series Recap - 10/21/22 and 10/22/22 vs. Union (14 GOAL WEEKEND)
Episode 39: Series Preview - 10/21/22 and 10/22/22 vs. Union
Episode 38: Game Recap - 10/15/22 vs. #1 Denver (UMASS SWEEPS #1)
Episode 37: Game Recap - 10/14/22 vs. #1 Denver (#1 HAS FALLEN)
Episode 36: Series Preview - 10/14/22 and 10/15/22 vs. #1 Denver
Episode 35: Arena Review - MassMutual Center (AIC)
Episode 34: Game Recap - 10/8/22 @ AIC (Opening Night Draw)
Episode 33: Game Preview - 10/8/22 @ AIC
Episode 32: 2022-23 Season Preview
Episode 31: John Leonard
Episode 30: 2022-23 Schedule Preview
Episode 29: Coach Greg Carvel
Episode 28: WE'RE BACK + #NewMass Newcomers
Episode 27: NCAA Regional Semifinal Recap (The Season is Over)
Episode 26: NCAA Regional Semifinal Preview
Episode 25: UMass Hockey's Postseason History
Episode 24: 2022 HOCKEY EAST CHAMPIONS
Episode 23: Hockey East Semifinal Recap and Championship Preview
Episode 22: Hockey East Semifinal Preview
Episode 21: Jake Gaudet
Episode 20: Hockey East Quarterfinal Recap (Murray Magic)
Episode 19: Hockey East Quarterfinal Preview
Episode 18: Arena Review - Conte Forum (Boston College)
Episode 17: Series Recap - 3/4/22 @ and 3/5/22 vs. BC (Worst Possible Weekend)
Episode 16: Series Preview - 3/4/22 @ and 3/5/22 vs. BC
Episode 15: Arena Review - Gutterson Fieldhouse (Vermont)
Episode 14: Series Recap - 2/25/22 and 2/26/22 @ Vermont (Burlington Blowouts)
Episode 13: Series Preview - 2/25/22 and 2/26/22 @ Vermont
Episode 12: Arena Review - XL Center (UConn)
Episode 11: Series Recap - 2/18/22 @ and 2/19/22 vs. #20 UConn (Road Teams Prevail in Hard Fought Series Split)
Episode 10: Series Preview - 2/18/22 @ and 2/19/22 vs. #20 UConn
Episode 9: Eli Slovin
Episode 8: Series Recap - 2/11/22 and 2/12/22 vs. Maine (Four Point Effort in Ben Barr's Return to UMass)
Episode 7: Series Preview - 2/11/22 and 2/12/22 vs. Maine
Episode 6: UMass Reindeer
Episode 5: Series Recap - 2/4/22 and 2/5/22 vs. LIU (UMass Sweeps a New Non-Conference Foe)
Episode 4: Series Preview - 2/4/22 and 2/5/22 vs. LIU
Episode 3: Arena Review - Tsongas Center (UMass Lowell)
Episode 2: Game Recap - 1/30/22 @ #14 Lowell (Massive Come From Behind Road Win)
Episode 1: Game Recap - 1/28/22 vs. #17 Providence (Winter Storm Bobby [T])