UMass Lowell defenseman Maury Edwards, the sophomore with the rocket shot, is the leading scorer among defensemen in Hockey East and sixth overall in the league’s scoring race.
Just over halfway through the season, Edwards, who made the Hockey East All-Rookie Team last winter, has already matched his freshman output of eight goals and is within two points of last year’s total of 19. He’s tied with junior wing Kory Falite for the River Hawks’ scoring lead with 17 points.
With 15 points in league play, Edwards is only three points behind co-leaders Viktor Stalberg of Vermont and Colin Wilson of Boston University.
Edwards has a good shot of becoming the first UML defenseman to score 10 goals in a season since Ron Hainsey — now with the Atlanta Thrashers — in 2000-01. The team’s Division I record for goals in a season is 13 by Dave Barozzino in 1995-96 and Anthony Cappelletti in 1998-99.
The school’s all-time record for goals in a season by a defenseman is 27 by Paul Lohnes in 1981-82. Lohnes won the Division II Hobey Baker Award that winter.
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