CCM / RBK Hockey Players of the Week Matt Anderson of UMass and Cory Schneider of Boston College

As expected, not very many goals were scored in this past weekend's series between Boston College and Vermont. The two hottest goaltenders in Hockey East were going head-to-head, and BC's Cory Schneider came away the victor, shutting out Vermont in back-to-back games. That makes it five shutouts in league play for Schneider this season, a new Hockey East record. The Eagle offense was led by Brian Boyle and Chris Collins, who each had a hand in all five BC goals against Vermont goaltender Joe Fallon in the two-game series. BC has now won eight straight league games, and boasts an eight-point lead in the Hockey East standings.

Boston University has won five straight, thanks to a weekend sweep of Merrimack. Kenny Roche notched a hat trick and one assist to lead Friday's 5-3 win. John Curry did the honors Saturday by stopping all 20 shots he faced in the rematch. Rookie Brandon Yip had five assists on 10 BU goals on the weekend.

Despite a sub-.500 record, UMass continues to put the heat on ranked teams and did it again with a spirited split vs. UNH. Goaltender Gabe Winer stopped 75 of 80 shots faced against the Wildcats, but was edged by Jeff Pietrasiak's 27 saves in Friday's 3-1 UNH victory, the last goal an empty-netter. Winer got the win Saturday when teammate Matt Anderson capped a four-point weekend with a goal with just four ticks left in overtime.

Providence and Maine swapped wins in Orono as the Friars tagged the Black Bears with a 4- 0 shutout Friday, only to drop a 5-2 decision in the rematch. PC's Torry Gajda set up two scores in each contest. Northeastern continued to claw for points with its fifth tie of the season Saturday at Lowell, as goaltender Adam Geragosian stopped all 12 shots in the third period and five in overtime. At the other end, Peter Vetri was equally spectacular, totalling 63 saves on 66 shots in the two game series, gaining a win and a tie.

CCM / RBK HOCKEY PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Matt Anderson, UMass
Jr. F; West Islip, NY
Scored two (including an OT winner) and set up two of UMass’ five goals in a split vs. UNH.

Cory Schneider, BC
So. G; Marblehead, MA
Stopped all 55 shots he faced over back-to-back shutouts vs. fifth-ranked Vermont.

CHRIS HIGGINS – Boston University
Freshman Forward; Lynnfield, MA
Had one goal, two assists and a +3 rating vs. Merrimack Saturday and totalled four points in the sweep.

Brian Boyle, BC (Jr. F; Hingham, MA) - Had a hand in all five BC goals in a sweep of Vermont, scoring one and asetting up four others.

Chris Collins, BC (Sr. F; Fairport, NY) - Had a goal in each game and added three assists in a weekend sweep of Vermont.

John Curry, BU (Jr. G; Shorewood, MN) - Notched a 20-save shutout Saturday vs. Merrimack.

Torry Gajda, PC (Sr. F; Westfield, MA) - Set up two Friar goals in each game of a split at Maine.

Adam Geragosian, NU (Jr. G; No. Andover, MA) - Stopped 30 of 32 shots faced, including five in OT, to preserve a 2-2 tie at Lowell.

Peter MacArthur, BU (So. F; Clifton Park, NY) - Had both game-winning goals and added two assists in a sweep of Merrimack.

Greg Moore, Maine (Sr. F; Lisbon, ME) - Scored a goal and added two assists in a 5-2 win vs. Providence.

Jeff Pietrasiak, UNH (Sr. G; Shrewsbury, MA) - Stopped all but one of 28 shots faced in a 3-1 win at UMass Friday.

Kenny Roche, BU (Jr. F; South Boston, MA) - Had a hat trick and an assist to dominate a 5-3 win at Merrimack Friday.

Tyler Sims, PC (So. G; Fort Worth, TX) - Stopped all 20 shots he faced in a 4-0 win at Maine Friday.

Peter Vetri, UML (So. G; Windham, NH) - Stopped 63 of 66 shots faced over two games vs. NU, including 36 of 37 in Friday's 2-1 win.

Chase Watson, PC (Jr. F; Media, PA) - Led a 4-0 win Friday at Maine with a goal and two assists.

Gabe Winer, UMass (Sr. G; Stoughton, MA) - Faced 40 shots each night vs. UNH, totalling 75 saves in the split.

Brandon Yip, BU (Fr. F; Maple Ridge, BC) - Totalled five assists on 10 BU goals in a two-game sweep of Merrimack.

Cory Schneider, BC (So. G; Marblehead, MA) - Has won his last seven games, posting a 0.43 GAA and .984 save percentage. Has three straight shutouts and a shutout streak of 217:49.

BC's Brian Boyle, Chris Collins and Stephen Gionta- Accounted for all five goals vs. Vermont this weekend and have combined for eight goals and 10 assists over the last thre games.

BU's Peter MacArthur, Kenny Roche and Brandon Yip- Over the past four games, the trio has collectively produced nine goals and 15 assists.

UMass Power Play - Clicking at 35.7 percent over the past seven games after struggling at only 9.1 percent over the first 15 games.

Boston College: BC has killed all 25 opponent power plays over the last five games ... BC has eight straight wins in league play, the most for any Hockey East team since Maine and UNH did it in the 1998-99 season. The Eagles have outscored their opponents 31-6 in that span ... Chris Collins' 14 goals in league play matches the total of last year's Hockey East leaders.

Boston University: BU has won five straight games and seven of the last eight ... Freshmen accounted for eight of the 12 points versus Merrimack Saturday ... After scoring five or more goals on just three previous occasions this season, BU has five goals in each of its last three games.

University of Maine: Maine has posted a win in each game following the last eight shutouts it has suffered ... Despite giving up three power play goals on the weekend to the Friars, Maine still has the nation's best penalty kill at 91.9 percent ... Maine has four players with 20+ points this season.

University of Massachusetts: UMass' win at UNH's Whittemore Center was their first there since March 2, 2001, and just the second all-time.

UMass Lowell: Danny O'Brien registered his second straight game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory at Northeastern Friday. He has five goals and seven points over his last four games ... Rookie Mark Roebothan was a factor in two of UML's four goals on the weekend, setting up the game-winning goal on Friday and scoring the first marker on Saturday ... Defenseman Cleve Kinley missed the first game of his collegiate career Saturday due to an injury sustained Friday.

Merrimack College: Sophomore Derek Pallardy notched his first career goal, one assist and a +2 rating Friday vs. BU ... Merrimack rallied from a 3-1 deficit to tie the game on Friday night. It marked the second time they have overcome a two-goal deficit to tie a game this season.

University of New Hampshire: Seven of UNH's last 11 games are on the road and nine of those are vs. nationally ranked opponents ... Jacob Micflikier needs two points to become the 63rd player in UNH history with 100 career.

Northeastern University: NU was not whistled for any penalties in the first period of Saturday's game at UMass Lowell, marking just the second time this season that that has happened ... NU's last five goals have been scored by freshmen. Freshmen have scored 20 of NU's 40 goals this season ... The Huskies recently ended a scoring drought of 211:05, their longest since the 1970-71 season.

Providence College: The Friars recorded their first ever shutout victory at Alfond Arena on Friday. It was Tyler Sims' third of the season, tying the Providence record shared by Mario Proulx and Nolan Schaefer ... Senior defenseman James Pemberton's six goals this season is one more than he had in his first three seasons combined ... The Friars have scored 25 power-play goals this season, three more than all of last season.

University of Vermont: UVM's two losses at BC are the team's first back-to-back losses of the season. BC defeated the Catamounts in all three meetings this season, despite being outshot twice. Vermont's last win over Boston College was Nov. 1, 1994 ... Vermont is 3-6-1 this season when its opponent scores first ... The Catamounts' 30 penalty minutes on Saturday was a season high.