University of Massachusets Athletics
Massachusetts Hockey Announces Captains For 2021-22
May 06, 2021 | Hockey
Trivigno will serve as captain while Felix and Kessel will be the assistant captains for the defending Hockey East and NCAA champions.
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts hockey has announced that rising senior forward Bobby Trivigno has been named team captain for the 2021-22 season, while rising senior defenseman Colin Felix and rising junior defenseman Matthew Kessel will be the assistant captains for the defending Hockey East and National Champion Minutemen.
"I am extremely excited to announce that Bobby Trivigno will deservedly serve as our team captain next season," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "Bobby has proven his outstanding leadership qualities through the success he has had over the past three years on and off of the ice. He will be supported by two more exceptional members of our team, Colin Felix and Matt Kessel. The leadership of all three will be essential as our team will attempt to defend both the Hockey East and National championships."
Trivigno led UMass with 34 points in 2020-21 on 11 goals and 23 assists and garnered a CCM/AHCA Hockey All-America First Team selection. The first Minuteman to win the Walter Brown Award as the best American-born college hockey player in New England, Trivigno helped guide UMass to its first Hockey East Tournament Championship and NCAA Championship as an assistant captain during his junior campaign.
In the 2021 Hockey East playoffs, Trivigno led the squad with six points over three tournament games on two goals and four assists and was +6, to garner Tournament MVP recognition along with a spot on the Steve Nazro Hockey East All-Tournament Team. In the Frozen Four, he set up both the tying goal and the overtime game-winning goal in a 3-2 OT thriller vs. Minnesota Duluth in the National Semifinal and scored in UMass' 5-0 win over St. Cloud State in the National Championship game to earn Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player recognition.
The 2021 Hockey East First-Team All-Star finished the season tied for sixth nationally in points and 10th in points per-game (1.17), tied for fifth in assists and seventh in assists per-game (0.79). A native of Setauket, New Your, Trivigno will enter his senior season with 82 career points over 102 career contests on 22 goals and 49 assists.
Felix has been a fixture on the UMass blueline over the past three seasons, appearing in every game during that span, 104 straight contests since arriving in Amherst. As a junior the Ocean City, New Jersey native dished 10 assists and was +20, playing on UMass' top defensive pairing. He has 32 career points (2g, 30a) thus far in his career with the Minutemen.
Kessel, a 2021 Hockey East Third-Team All-Star registered 23 points on 10 goals and 13 assists over 29 games in 2020-21 and was +15 with a team-best six power-play goals. The Bloomfield Hills, Michigan native led all defensemen nationally in goals, goals per-game (.34) and power-play goals. An All-Tournament Team selection at the Frozen Four, Kessel ended the year tied for fourth nationally in points by a defenseman, ninth in points per-game (.88) and tied for 10th in power play points (9).
It marked the eighth time in program history a UMass defenseman reached the 10-goal plateau as Kessel joined Thomas Poeck, Cale Makar, Marc Del Gaizo, Adam Philips and Marvin Degon as the sixth Minuteman to reach the milestone. Kessel will enter his junior season having totaled 34 points (17g, 17a) in 63 career games.
"I am extremely excited to announce that Bobby Trivigno will deservedly serve as our team captain next season," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "Bobby has proven his outstanding leadership qualities through the success he has had over the past three years on and off of the ice. He will be supported by two more exceptional members of our team, Colin Felix and Matt Kessel. The leadership of all three will be essential as our team will attempt to defend both the Hockey East and National championships."
Trivigno led UMass with 34 points in 2020-21 on 11 goals and 23 assists and garnered a CCM/AHCA Hockey All-America First Team selection. The first Minuteman to win the Walter Brown Award as the best American-born college hockey player in New England, Trivigno helped guide UMass to its first Hockey East Tournament Championship and NCAA Championship as an assistant captain during his junior campaign.
In the 2021 Hockey East playoffs, Trivigno led the squad with six points over three tournament games on two goals and four assists and was +6, to garner Tournament MVP recognition along with a spot on the Steve Nazro Hockey East All-Tournament Team. In the Frozen Four, he set up both the tying goal and the overtime game-winning goal in a 3-2 OT thriller vs. Minnesota Duluth in the National Semifinal and scored in UMass' 5-0 win over St. Cloud State in the National Championship game to earn Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player recognition.
The 2021 Hockey East First-Team All-Star finished the season tied for sixth nationally in points and 10th in points per-game (1.17), tied for fifth in assists and seventh in assists per-game (0.79). A native of Setauket, New Your, Trivigno will enter his senior season with 82 career points over 102 career contests on 22 goals and 49 assists.
Felix has been a fixture on the UMass blueline over the past three seasons, appearing in every game during that span, 104 straight contests since arriving in Amherst. As a junior the Ocean City, New Jersey native dished 10 assists and was +20, playing on UMass' top defensive pairing. He has 32 career points (2g, 30a) thus far in his career with the Minutemen.
Kessel, a 2021 Hockey East Third-Team All-Star registered 23 points on 10 goals and 13 assists over 29 games in 2020-21 and was +15 with a team-best six power-play goals. The Bloomfield Hills, Michigan native led all defensemen nationally in goals, goals per-game (.34) and power-play goals. An All-Tournament Team selection at the Frozen Four, Kessel ended the year tied for fourth nationally in points by a defenseman, ninth in points per-game (.88) and tied for 10th in power play points (9).
It marked the eighth time in program history a UMass defenseman reached the 10-goal plateau as Kessel joined Thomas Poeck, Cale Makar, Marc Del Gaizo, Adam Philips and Marvin Degon as the sixth Minuteman to reach the milestone. Kessel will enter his junior season having totaled 34 points (17g, 17a) in 63 career games.
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