3   Kevin Czepiel
Kevin Czepiel

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Holyoke, Mass.

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 170

Position:
F

Birthdate:
03/15/1988

Last Team:
New Jersey (EJHL)


03/02/2012

Seniors Shine In 5-1 Win Over #12 Merrimack

Hobbs and Syner score as the Minutemen clinch a Hockey East playoff berth.

02/25/2012

Hockey Uses 2-Goal 2nd Period In 4-2 Win Over New Hampshire

Win moves Minutemen back into tie for 8th place in Hockey East standings.

02/17/2012

#11 Maine Skates Past UMass Hockey, 7-3

The Minutemen score three times in the final period.

01/13/2012

Mastalerz, Minutemen Blank #4 Boston College, 4-0

The freshman netminder made 35 saves in UMass' first ever shutout of the Eagles.

12/07/2011

Gracel's Goal, Boyle's 26 Saves Power Mass Attack Past #17 Yale

UMass remains unbeaten at home after defeating their second top-20 team this season.

As a Sophomore in 2010-11: Game-by-Game Statistics
In his second season for UMass Czepiel played in 33 gameswith1 goal and 6 assists.At the end of the seasoncame away with a -3... Took 12 penalties for 24 minutes...First goal of the season scored at the win againstVermont (1/22) and finished game with a +1...Contributed first assist against Wisconsin (12/31)...Assisted in the win against UMass Lowell (1/15) with a +1... Hashed out assists against Boston University (2/11) and Providence (2/12)...Also contributed against Merrimack (2/18)and Maine (3/4)with +1s...

As a Freshman in 2009-10: Game-by-Game Statistics
Speedy and gritty forward who will provide depth on the UMass line-up ... Played in 27 games scoring one goal and adding four assists ... Finished the year with a minus-2 rating while taking 8 penalties for 16 minutes ... Recorded an assist for the second straight game and finished with an even rating vs. Maine (3/6) ... Notched first collegiate assist, finished with a plus-1 rating and won 6-of-9 face-offs against Maine (3/5) ... Had one shot on net and won 12 out of 16 face-offs in a weekend split against UNH (11/13,11/14) ... Had four shots on net, finished with an even rating, and won 10 out of 19 face-offs in a weekend sweep of Niagara (11/6, 11/8) ... Recorded four shots on net in a weekend split with Providence (10/30, 10/31) ... Played in his first collegiate game against Maine (10/23) where he won five out of seven face-offs, registered one shot on goal, and finished with an even rating.

Before UMass:Played for the New Jersey Hitmen (EJHL) during the 2008-09 season, recording 20 goals and a league leading 62 assists while helping the Hitmen to the league championship in 2009 ... Played in the EJHL All-Star game in 2009 ... Played four seasons at Northfield Mount Hermon High School under Coach Josh Brandywine before graduating in 2007 ... Was named team captain of Northfield prior to his senior season.

Personal: Kevin Michael Czepiel ... Born March 15, 1988 in Holyoke, Mass. to Stephen and Mary Czepiel ... Has one sister, Kristina ... Majoring in Finance & Operations Mgmt in the School of Management.

SeasonGPGAPointsShotsShot%Pen-Min+/-PPGSHGGWG 2009................ 27 1 4 5 28 .036 8-16 -2 0 0 0 2010................ 33 1 6 7 31 .032 12-24 -3 0 0 0 2011................ 23 0 3 3 19 .000 6-12 -6 0 0 0 TOTAL............... 83 2 13 15 78 .026 26-52 -11 0 0 0



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