Strength and conditioning coach Chris Boyko is in his ninth season working with the hockey team at the University of Massachusetts.

He was also hired this summer by the Edmonton Oilers as a strength and conditioning consultant for the Springfield Falcons of the AHL.

Boyko graduated in 2000 from UMass-Lowell, where was a member of the River Hawks' baseball team and weightlifting club. He earned his master's degree in applied exercise science with a concentration in strength and conditioning from Springfield College in 2002.

Boyko is a certified strength and conditioning specialist with the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and is also a certified USA Weightlifting Level I club coach.