[2] Greg Carvel is a graduate of St. Lawrence University, having played four years for the ice hockey program.
Carvel took over the program at his alma mater, getting the team to two conference semifinals and earning a Tim Taylor Award in four years.
[3] In 2016, Carvel left St. Lawrence to take over at Massachusetts where the program had fallen on hard times since the retirement of Don Cahoon.
[5] The following year, with eventual Hobey Baker Award winner Cale Makar leading the way, Carvel's team posted the best record in the history of the program.
On April 10, 2021, Carvel's UMass team won the national title, defeating St.