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	Reebok Player of the Week Viktor Stalberg of Vermont

WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- In the second full weekend of Hockey East action, Vermont swept No. 2 Boston University at Agganis Arena and fifth-ranked Northeastern also collected four points on the weekend. No. 4 Boston College split its weekend series with Massachusetts, while Maine stayed unbeaten in seven straight games with a three-point weekend vs. Merrimack.

Vermont defeated BU by a score of 4-3 Friday night at Agganis Arena, led by Peter Lenes’ (Shelburne, Vt.) three points on the night. Sophomore Colby Cohen (Villanova, Pa.) had two assists for BU. The teams battled again Saturday night, when Vermont defeated the Terriers by the same score. Reebok Player of the Week Viktor Stalberg (Gothenburg, Sweden) earned a shorthanded goal and an assist in the victory.

Northeastern topped New Hampshire Friday night, 3-2. Sophomore James van Riemsdyk (Middletown, N.J.) tallied both Wildcat goals, while Wade MacLeod (Coquitlam, B.C.) scored the eventual game-winner for the Huskies in the third. NU goaltender and Pure Hockey Defensive Player of the Week Brad Thiessen (Aldergrove, B.C.) stopped 37 shots, as both teams combined for 75 shots on goal. The Huskies then traveled to Tsongas Arena and defeated UMass-Lowell 4-3. Greg Costa (Crownsville, Md.) earned a hat-trick in the victory, while Thiessen stopped another 36 shots for the Huskies.

Sophomore goalie John Muse (East Falmouth, Mass.) earned his first shutout of the season in BC’s 2-0 victory over UMass at Conte Forum. Both Eagle goals came on the power play, bringing their season total to 19 with a man advantage. The teams met again Saturday in Amherst, where they were tied at three through regulation. Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week Casey Wellman (Brentwood, Calif.) netted the game-winner with 41 seconds remaining in overtime. Wellman also added two assists in the victory. UMass sophomore James Marcou (King Park, N.Y.) notched two goals on the night. Muse stopped 37 shots for the Eagles, while Paul Dainton (Genelle, B.C.) stopped a career-high 39 shots for the Minutemen.

The Black Bears picked up their sixth victory in a row Friday night when they beat Merrimack, 2-1, in Orono. The Warriors struck first within the first minute of the game, but Maine quickly retaliated with a goal from Will O’Neill (Salem, Mass.). Brett Carriere (Ottawa, Ont.) notched the game-winner 9:43 into the game, and both teams were held scoreless in the final two periods. In the second contest of the series, the teams stayed knotted at one apiece through overtime. Francois Ouimet (Lorraine, Que.) and Keif Orsini (Montreal, Que.) scored the lone goals for Merrimack and Maine, respectively.

UML enjoyed a commanding victory 6-1 over Providence behind Kory Falite’s (Billerica, Mass.) two goals on Friday night. River Hawk netminder Nevin Hamilton (Ashland, Mass.) stopped 30 shots on the night. PC traveled to UNH on Saturday. Sophomore Danny Dries (Lake Orion, Mich.) netted two goals for UNH in the 4-3 victory at the Whittemore Center. Brian Foster (Pembroke, N.H.) stopped 32 shots on the night, while PC blueliner Mark Fayne (Bourne, Mass.) notched his first and second goals of the season in the losing effort.

Joe Cannata, MC (Fr., G, Wakefield, Mass.) Stopped 16 shots in a 1-1 tie with Maine Saturday.

Joe Charlebois, UNH (Sr., D, Potsdam, N.Y.) Had three assists this weekend including two in a win over PC on Saturday.

Colby Cohen, BU (So., D, Villanova, Pa.) Tallied four assists during the weekend series with Vermont.

Paul Dainton, UMass (So., G, Genelle, B.C.) started Saturday’s 4-3 overtime win over No. 4 BC making a career-high 39 saves in 64:19 of action.

Greg Costa, NU (Jr., F, Crownsville, Md.) Had his first career hat trick on Saturday in NU’s 4-3 win over UML.

Kory Falite, UML (Jr., F, Billerica, Mass.) Scored two goals in Friday night’s 6-1 win for his third multi-goal game of the season.

Chris Higgins, BU (Sr., F, Lynnfield, Mass.) Tallied a goal in each of BU’s contests against Vermont

Dan Lawson, UVM (So., D, Oak Forest, Ill.) Scored a power-play goal and setup the game winner in Saturday’s 4-3 win at No. 2 BU.

Peter Lenes, UVM (Jr., F, Shelburne, Vt.) Scored a power-play goal and notched two assists in Friday’s 4-3 win over BU.

Rob Madore, UVM (Fr., G, Venetia, Pa.) Made a career high 38 saves in a 4-3 victory against BU on Friday.

Steve Moses, UNH (Fr., F, Leominster, Mass.) Recored two assists in a win over PC on Saturday night.

John Muse, BC (So., G, E. Falmouth, Mass.) Stopped 64 shots and registered a 1.93 GAA and a .941% in a two-game series split with UMass.

Will O’Neill, Maine (Fr., D, Salem, Mass.) Scored a goal and added an assist in Maine’s 1-0-1 weekend against Merrimack

Nick Schaus, UML (Jr., D, Buffalo, N.Y.) Had three assists, including two helpers in Friday’s win

Matt Taormina, PC (Sr., D, Washington Township, Mich.) Scored one goal against UML on Saturday and recorded two assists on Saturday vs. UNH.

James van Riemsdyk, UNH (So., F, Middletown, N.J.) Had three points (2g,1a) during the weekend including his first career multi-goal game.

Mike Borisenok, UNH (Watervliet, N.Y.) Scored his first collegiate goal on Saturday night vs. PC

Brett Carriere, Maine (Ottawa, Ont.) Scored his first career goal on Friday night against Merrimack

Greg Costa, NU (Crownsvile, Md.) Had his first career hat trick in NU’s 4-3 win over UML

Paul Dainton, UMass (Genelle, B.C.) Made a career-high 39 saves in the win over Boston College

Will O’Neill, Maine (Salem, Mass.) Scored his first career goal on Friday night against Merrimack

James van Riemsdyk, UNH (Middletown, N.J.) Has 11 points in his last six games (4g, 7a - 1.83 ppg)

Vermont’s power play Has 10 goals in the last six games and has gone 10-for-31 (.323) on the man advantage in that stretch

Nov. 25, 1995: Senior Jeff Daw scores three goals, including the 50th of his career, and sets up three more for a six-point game as UMass Lowell bests UNH, 9-6, in the Governors Cup in Orono, Maine.

Nov. 28, 1990: Dick Umile earns his first Hockey East victory with a 7-3 win over Lowell at Snively Arena.

Nov. 28, 2001: Senior goaltender Cam McCormick registers his fourth shutout of the season and ties Brian Doyle’s school record with the sixth of his career, making 18 saves as UMass Lowell blanks Union, 3-0, in Schenectady, N.Y. The win is the 100th in the career of head coach Blaise MacDonald.

Boston College: Boston College combined to score five goals in the two-game series split with Massachusetts. The team’s five goals were scored by five forwards and 14 players tallied at least one point…BC’s 2-0 shutout victory over the Minutemen on Friday marked BC’s first since the Hockey East Tournament title game against Vermont (4-0) on March. 22, 2008…Seniors Brock Bradford (Burnaby, B.C.) and Benn Ferriero (Essex, Mass.) as well as sophomore Brian Gibbons (Braintree, Mass.) each had scoring streaks snapped over the weekend. Bradford (9-5-14) and Gibbons (1-7-8) each had streaks of seven games broken while Ferriero’s six-game streak came to an end on Friday against UMass…Freshmen Paul Carey (Weymouth, Mass.) scored his fourth goal (in his ninth collegiate game) and tallied an assist at UMass on Saturday. Carey was BC’s only player with multiple points in the two-game series and has registered at least one point in four straight contests…John Muse recorded 27 saves in his first shutout performance of the season and the fourth shutout of his career.

Boston University: Sophomore Colby Cohen ranks first among Hockey East defensemen in points with 12 (1g, 11a) and is fourth in the nation among blueliners in points per game at 1.09...Senior Chris Higgins took over the team lead in goals with seven after earning a tally in each of BU’s games against Vermont and now has 98 career points...Freshman goaltender Kieran Millan (Edmonton, Alb.) suffered his first loss on Saturday after becoming the first Terrier to win his first five collegiate starts since Michel Larocque won his first seven starts as a freshman during the 1995-96 season... Senior Brandon Yip (Maple Ridge, B.C.) has scored a goal in six of BU’s last eight meetings with Vermont...The Terriers are halfway through their six-game homestand and will welcome Holy Cross and St. Lawrence to Agganis Arena on Tuesday (Nov. 25) and Saturday (Nov. 29), respectively...Tuesday’s game will mark BU’s first contest with the Crusaders since Jan. 5, 1948.

Maine: The Black Bears extended their unbeaten streak to seven games with a win and a tie against Merrimack...It is the longest unbeaten streak for Maine since starting the 2006-07 season with a nine-game unbeaten streak...Maine head coach Tim Whitehead recorded his 250th career victory on Friday night against Merrimack...Maine has killed off 33 of the last 34 opponent power plays...Maine has allowed two goals or less in nine of its 11 games this season.

Massachusetts: UMass is 3-1-1 against teams ranked in the nation’s Top-5 this season…Saturday’s crowd of 8,389 against No. 4 Boston College was a Mullins Center record and the 9th largest attendance for UMass all-time…In the last eight games vs. Boston College, UMass is 5-3-1…UMass has now scored four-or-more goals in a game five times this season …The Minutemen are now 3-1-0 at home this year …UMass has now fallen to 0-for-19 on power play chances dating back to Nov. 1…UMass is now 6-0-0 when scoring three-or-more goals this season and 0-4-1 when scoring fewer than three goals.

UMass -Lowell : The River Hawks scored nine goals in two games over the weekend, both home games. UML is averaging 4.30 goals per game at home (30 goals in 7 home games)…The River Hawks had their streak of seven straight games with a power play goal end Saturday night. UML has a man-advantage goal in eight of 11 games and rank fourth in Hockey East in power play percentage (20.0%)…Saturday’s 4-3 loss to Northeastern dropped the River Hawks to 0-3-0 this season in games decided by one goal…Nick Monroe (1g, 3a) and Nick Schaus (0g, 5a) each have four-game point streaks…UMass Lowell visits Merrimack Tuesday night.

Merrimack: The Warriors snapped a six-game losing streak in Maine dating back to a 2-2 tie on December 3, 2004…Merrimack snapped Maine’s six-game winning streak with the 1-1 tie on Saturday…J.C. Robitaille’s (Des Rouisseaux, Que.) goal 46-seconds into the game on Friday marked the quickest Warrior tally to start a game since Mickey Rego (Hudson, Mass.) potted a goal 44 seconds in against PC on March 4, 2006…Merrimack has scored just 11 goals in Andrew Braithwaite’s (Kingston, Ont.) seven starts…The Warriors’ penalty kill did not allow a goal in 11 short-handed situations against Maine over the weekend…Francois Ouimet’s (Lorraine, Que.) goal on Saturday was his first since scoring twice opening night vs. Robert Morris… The Warriors wrap up their three game in five day schedule when they host UMass Lowell on Tuesday.

New Hampshire: UNH is now 10-1-1 in its last 12 games against Providence...After going the first nine games of the season without a multi-goal performer, the Wildcats have had a player two multi-goals in each of the past four games. Danny Dries (11/14 @ UML, 11/22 vs. PC), Mike Sislo (11/15 @ BC), James van Riemsdyk (11/21 @ NU)...UNH remains unbeaten at 5-0-1 at Whittemore Center...Joe Charlebois has a point in three straight games (0-5-5)...Mike Sislo has already doubled his goal production from a year ago with six goals in 13 games compared to just three all last year…UNH sophomores have scored a goal in 12 of 13 games this season including two goals by Danny Dries and one from Mike Sislo on Saturday against Providence. The second-year Wildcats have accounted for 68.5 percent of the goal scoring 24-of-35 goals.

Northeastern: Greg Costa had the first hat trick of his collegiate career on Saturday against UMass Lowell. It was NU’s first hat trick since Ryan Ginand (Milford, Mass.) on Nov. 4, 2005. Ginand had assists on two of Costa’s goals and had a goal of his own in the game...NU’s line of Ginand, Costa and Chris Donovan (Fairfax Station, Va.) had five goals and five assists over two games...At 9-2-2, Northeastern is off to its best start through 13 games since 1980-81 (12-1-0). NU’s 7-2-1 Hockey East start is its best ever...Northeastern’s penalty kill was perfect in both games this weekend. The Huskies have held opponents scoreless on the power play in eight of 13 games and lead Hockey East with a 92.8 percent penalty kill...Northeastern has a goal differential of +1.15. The last time Northeastern had a positive goal differential for the season was 2001-02 (+0.18).

Providence Colege: Junior co-captain John Cavanagh (Warwick, R.I.) who had six goals in his first two seasons at Providence, already has four this season and leads the team in goals…The Friars trailed 4-1 against No. 13 UNH on Saturday and mounted a comeback before falling short, 4-3. PC outshot the Wildcats, 18-3, in the third period and 35-30 for the game…Junior defenseman Mark Fayne (Sagamore Beach, Mass.) scored his first goal of the season on Saturday…Freshman Matt Bergland scored his third goal of the season and continues to lead the team in scoring with 12 points (three goals, nine assists)…The Friars will play their next four games against ECAC opponents

Vermont: The Catamounts became the first team in 16 years to sweep a weekend series at Boston University with a 4-3 win over the Terriers on both Friday and Saturday…Maine was the last team to win on consecutive days at BU, doing so on Nov. 20 and 21, 1992 at Walter Brown Arena…Vermont (7-3-2, 4-3-1 HEA) didn’t win its seventh game last season until Feb. 3…UVM is 7-6-3 against BU since joining Hockey East…Seven of the 12 games that Vermont has played this season have come against opponents ranked in the top-7 nationally…Those teams have a combined 31-13-6 record and the Catamounts have gone 3-3-1 in games against those opponents…UVM is 15-4 in onegoal games dating back to the start of last season…Vermont is unbeaten in 42 straight games when scoring at least four goals…Senior Peter Lenes ranks tied for fourth among Hockey East players in scoring with 16 points (4g,12a)…Vermont is 5-1-1 in its last seven games.