Weekly Release: Demko Posts Third-Straight Shutout; Four Stay Unbeaten
Correale leads UNH to 1-0-1 Weeknd; Notre Dame Draws No. 5 UMD
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Warrior Hockey Player of the Week Dan Correale of New Hampshire

AROUND HOCKEY EAST: Boston College traveled to Colorado Springs to square off with the Colorado College Tigers, where junior goaltender Thatcher Demko (San Diego, Calif.) two shutouts. Demko now boasts three-consecutive blank sheets and has not allowed a goal in his last 195:38 of play. Freshman forward Jeremy Bracco (Freeport, N.Y.) assisted on all three tallies the Eagles scored in Friday's 3-0 blanking of the Tigers ... Massachusetts completed a wild third-period comeback Friday night to tie New Hampshire, 6-6, and remain undefeated. Dennis Kravchenko (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) scored and added an assist for his third multi-point game to help erase the five-goal deficit in the final 23:35 of the game ... Boston University downed league rival UConn, 4-2, Friday night with the help of sophomore defenseman Brandon Fortunato's (North Hills, N.Y.) game-winning strike. Rookie forward Ryan Cloonan (E. Longmeadow, Mass.) has four points (2g, 2a) in his first three games as a Terrier ... UConn freshman forward Max Letunov (Moscow, Russia) scored both Husky goals at BU, pushing his point-streak to four games (5g, 3a) ... Merrimack and UMass Lowell skated to a pair of 1-1 draws in league play, with MC goalie Collin Delia (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and UML netminder Kevin Boyle (Manalapan, N.J.) allowing just two goals each and spotting 31 and 56 shots, respectively ... UNH took three points out of the weekend, including a 5-2 win at No. 18 Union Saturday night. Senior forward Dan Correale (Prince George, B.C.) poured in four goals and added one assist in the two contests while sophomore backstop Adam Clark (Sherwood, Park, Alberta) got his first win of the year with 34 saves on the road at Union ... Notre Dame skated to a pair of 3-3 draws with No. 5 Minnesota Duluth, using a pair of goals from freshman forward Dylan Malmquist (Edina, Minn.) Saturday night. Sophomore goalie Cal Petersen (Waterloo, Iowa) turned in back-to-back 39-save nights for the Irish and held UMD's power play without a goal in 12 chances ... Providence remained undefeated with a pair of wins over Ohio State. Trevor Mingoia (Fairport, N.Y.) registered three assists Saturday night in a 6-4 win ... Jarrid Privitera (Old Tappan, N.J.) struck twice against No. 1 North Dakota at Gutterson Fieldhouse Saturday night, with rookie Liam Coughlin (South Boston, Mass.) getting assists on each goal.




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DAN CORREALE - NEW HAMPSHIRE

Correale recorded five points (4g, 1a) in two games, including his first career hat trick Friday at UMass. Saturday night, he assisted on the game-winning goal at No. 18 Union to help the Wildcats take three points out of four on the weekend.


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BOBBY NARDELLA - NOTRE DAME

Nardella had a three-point weekend to help the Irish to a pair of ties against No. 5 Minnesota Duluth. The rookie defenseman had a goal Friday before notching his first multi-point game Saturday night to secure the second-straight 3-3 tie between the squads.


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THATCHER DEMKO - BOSTON COLLEGE

Demko picked up his third-consecutive shutout Saturday at Colorado College and has not allowed a goal in 195:38 of play after blanking the Tigers, 3-0 and 5-0. Demko made 46 saves in two contests to register the two blank sheets and give the Eagles two road victories.

HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS

Jeremy Bracco, BC (Fr., F; Freeport, N.Y.) Picked up the first points as an Eagle with three assists in Friday's 3-0 win at Colorado College.

Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, BU (Fr., F; Stockholm, Sweden) Scored his first collegiate goal and added an assist in a 4-2 BU win over UConn.

Brandon Fortunato, BU (So., D; North Hills, N.Y.) Netted the game-winning goal and chipped in a helper to push the Terriers past UConn.

Max Letunov, UConn (Fr., F; Moscow, Russia) Scored two goals at BU, pushing his point streak to four games (5g, 3a).

Dennis Kravchenko, UMass (So., F; Laguna Niguel, Calif.) Had his third multi-point game of the year (1g, 1a) in a 6-6 tie with UNH Friday.

Kevin Boyle, UML (Sr., G; Manalapan, N.J.) Went 0-0-2 in a home-and-home with Merrimack, allowing just two goals on 58 shots faced.

Brian Christie, MC (Sr., F; West Chester, Pa.) Posted a goal and an assist in two games against UML. Each game ended in a 1-1 draw.

Collin Delia, MC (So., G; Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) Allowed just two goals to UML in 130:00 of play, earning two ties and making 31 saves.

Chris Miller, UNH (Fr., F; Windham, N.H.) Recorded two points (1g, 1a) in his first two career games as a Wildcat.

Adam Clark, UNH (So., G; Sherwood Park, Alberta) Collected the first win of the year in his first start, stopping 34 shots at No. 18 Union.

Dylan Malmquist, ND (Fr., F; Edina, Minn.) Netted a pair of goals against No. 5 UMD Saturday night, earning a second-straight 3-3 tie.

Cal Petersen, ND (So., G; Waterloo, Iowa) Backboned Notre Dame to two 3-3 draws with No. 5 UMD, stopping 78 shots and denying all 12 of UMD's power play opportunities.

Trevor Mingoia, PC (Sr., F; Fairport, N.Y.) Registered three assists in two games against Ohio State this weekend.

Ryan Tait, PC (Fr., F; Santa Clarita, Calif.) Had the first two points (1g, 1a) of his career Saturday, finishing plus-three with five shots on goal.

Jarrid Privitera, UVM (So., F; Old Tappan, N.J.) Netted a pair of goals against No. 1 North Dakota Saturday night.

Liam Coughlin, UVM (Fr., F; South Boston, Mass.) Assisted on both of Privitera's goals Saturday night against No. 1 North Dakota.

Mike Santaguida, UVM (Jr., G; Mississauga, Ont.) Made 70 saves on the weekend, including a career-high 39 Friday night against No. 1 UND.