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UMass Hockey's Trivigno Agrees To Terms WIth New York Rangers
April 01, 2022 | Hockey
The College Hockey News Player of the Year completes his career with the Minutemen as the program's all-time leading scorer of the Hockey East era.
NEW YORK – University of Massachusetts hockey senior captain Bobby Trivigno, has agreed to terms with the New York Rangers, the club announced on Friday. The 2022 College Hockey News Player of the Year, Hockey East Player of the Year and Top-10 Hobey Baker Finalist, leaves UMass as the all-time leading scorer of the program's Hockey East era. The free agent forward is the 12th player in head coach Greg Carvel's UMass tenure to ink and NHL deal and the eighth to do so after coming to Amherst undrafted.
"We are all beyond excited for Bobby after signing with the team he has cheered for his entire life," said Carvel. "Bobby's list of achievements during his time at UMass is unmatched and I doubt it ever will be. Beyond all of his success on the ice he served as a captain for two years but has been a leader since his freshman year. He came to UMass as a relatively unknown player but leaves UMass as one of the most sought-after free agents in college hockey. It was an absolute honor and privilege to coach him for four years. The growth of UMass hockey during his four years on campus has to be unprecedented. Bobby did it all and it was so much fun watching him earn it every single day."
Trivigno undoubtedly helped usher in the most successful era in the history of Massachusetts hockey as a member of the winningest class in program history, at 94-39-8 (.695) with four-straight seasons of 20 wins or more. He guided UMass to its first National Championship and Hockey East Tournament Championship in 2021-22 as a First-Team All-American, the program's first-ever Walter Brown Award-winner, MVP of the Hockey East Tournament and Most Outstanding Player of the Frozen Four. As a freshman in 2018-19, he was a pivotal contributor to the Minutemen's first Hockey East Regular Season Title and NCAA Runner-Up finish with a program-record 31 wins. In his sophomore season, which was cut short due to the COVID 19 pandemic, UMass was in position to earn another NCAA Tournament berth as the team finished eighth in the final Pairwise rankings.
Trivigno, the 2021-22 College Hockey News Player of the Year, was the recipient of the Walter Brown Award for a second-straight year in 2022, presented annually to the best American-born Division I college hockey player in New England, just the fourth player to win the award in back-to-back years since it was first presented in 1953.
He also repeated as a member of the Hockey East All-Tournament Team and Hockey East Tournament MVP this spring after helping UMass to its second consecutive Hockey East Tournament title. Continuing his laundry list of accolades, Trivigno was a Top-10 Finalist for the 2022 Hobey Baker Award and was crowned the 2021-22 Hockey East Player of the Year, joining Makar as the only two Minutemen to earn that distinction. In addition, Trivigno was named a unanimous 2021-22 Hockey East First Team All-Star selection, his second career Hockey East First Team nod.
Trivigno finished third in the nation in points with 49 on 20 goals and 29 assists, all career highs for the forward over 37 games this season. He was fifth nationally in points per-game (1.32), tied for eighth in assists and was 11th in goals. Trivigno was crowned the 2021-22 Hockey East Scoring Champion with an average of 1.33 points per game, nearly .20 higher than his closest competitor, putting up a league-best 32 points over 24 contests on 14 goals and 18 assists, ranking second in both categories.
Trivigno has etched his name into the UMass record books, becoming just the seventh player in program history to join UMass' 50-goal, 100-point club when he scored his 50th career goal on February 26 at Vermont. He finishes his collegiate career as the all-time leading scorer of the program's Hockey East era with 131 points in addition to holding the school record for career plus-minus (+75), ranking second in career game winning goals (9), fourth in assists (78) and tied for fifth in goals (53).
His 2021-22 points total (49) ties him for fifth in program history, while his 29 assists rank seventh on the school's single-season list.
"We are all beyond excited for Bobby after signing with the team he has cheered for his entire life," said Carvel. "Bobby's list of achievements during his time at UMass is unmatched and I doubt it ever will be. Beyond all of his success on the ice he served as a captain for two years but has been a leader since his freshman year. He came to UMass as a relatively unknown player but leaves UMass as one of the most sought-after free agents in college hockey. It was an absolute honor and privilege to coach him for four years. The growth of UMass hockey during his four years on campus has to be unprecedented. Bobby did it all and it was so much fun watching him earn it every single day."
Trivigno undoubtedly helped usher in the most successful era in the history of Massachusetts hockey as a member of the winningest class in program history, at 94-39-8 (.695) with four-straight seasons of 20 wins or more. He guided UMass to its first National Championship and Hockey East Tournament Championship in 2021-22 as a First-Team All-American, the program's first-ever Walter Brown Award-winner, MVP of the Hockey East Tournament and Most Outstanding Player of the Frozen Four. As a freshman in 2018-19, he was a pivotal contributor to the Minutemen's first Hockey East Regular Season Title and NCAA Runner-Up finish with a program-record 31 wins. In his sophomore season, which was cut short due to the COVID 19 pandemic, UMass was in position to earn another NCAA Tournament berth as the team finished eighth in the final Pairwise rankings.
Trivigno, the 2021-22 College Hockey News Player of the Year, was the recipient of the Walter Brown Award for a second-straight year in 2022, presented annually to the best American-born Division I college hockey player in New England, just the fourth player to win the award in back-to-back years since it was first presented in 1953.
He also repeated as a member of the Hockey East All-Tournament Team and Hockey East Tournament MVP this spring after helping UMass to its second consecutive Hockey East Tournament title. Continuing his laundry list of accolades, Trivigno was a Top-10 Finalist for the 2022 Hobey Baker Award and was crowned the 2021-22 Hockey East Player of the Year, joining Makar as the only two Minutemen to earn that distinction. In addition, Trivigno was named a unanimous 2021-22 Hockey East First Team All-Star selection, his second career Hockey East First Team nod.
Trivigno finished third in the nation in points with 49 on 20 goals and 29 assists, all career highs for the forward over 37 games this season. He was fifth nationally in points per-game (1.32), tied for eighth in assists and was 11th in goals. Trivigno was crowned the 2021-22 Hockey East Scoring Champion with an average of 1.33 points per game, nearly .20 higher than his closest competitor, putting up a league-best 32 points over 24 contests on 14 goals and 18 assists, ranking second in both categories.
Trivigno has etched his name into the UMass record books, becoming just the seventh player in program history to join UMass' 50-goal, 100-point club when he scored his 50th career goal on February 26 at Vermont. He finishes his collegiate career as the all-time leading scorer of the program's Hockey East era with 131 points in addition to holding the school record for career plus-minus (+75), ranking second in career game winning goals (9), fourth in assists (78) and tied for fifth in goals (53).
His 2021-22 points total (49) ties him for fifth in program history, while his 29 assists rank seventh on the school's single-season list.
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