www.HockeyEastOnline.com Pete Souris Assistant Commissioner for Public Relations MEN’S Association 591 North Ave – #2 Wakefield, MA 01880 WEEKLY Office: (781) 245-2122 Cell: (603) 512-1166 RELEASE [email protected] For Immediate Release: Monday, December 17, 2012 Weekly Release #11 MERRIMACK, UMASS-LOWELL, VERMONT ALL PICK UP NON-LEAGUE WINS ~ Providence hosts Vermont Thursday at ~ RECENT RESULTS ATHLETIC REPUBLIC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Monday, December 10 UMass-Lowell 5 at Harvard 0 #9 KYLE REYNOLDS, VERMONT (Sophomore Forward; Sylvan Lake, Alta.) Tuesday, December 11 Reynolds collected a goal and two assists with two shots on goal in a 5-2 win over St. Law- at Merrimack 4, Army 2 rence on Saturday night. at No. 15 Yale 4, Massachusetts 2

Saturday, December 15 Vermont 5 at St. Lawrence 2 PRO AMBITIONS CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK UPCOMING GAMES #37 BRODY HOFFMAN, VERMONT (Goaltender; Wilkie, Sask.) Thursday, December 20 Vermont at Providence * (COX) Hoffman made a career-high 39 saves on Saturday night in a 5-2 win at St. Lawrence, including 15 stops in the opening frame against the Saints. Friday, December 28 (Florida College Classic, Estero, Fla.) Maine vs. Minnesota-Duluth (7:30pm)

Saturday, December 29 PRO AMBITIONS CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK (Mariucci Classic, Minneapolis, Minn.) Boston College vs. Alabama-Huntsville (5pm) #18 JUSTIN HUSSAR, MERRIMACK (Forward; Lancaster, N.Y.) Northeastern at Harvard Hussar tallied a goal and an assist for his first multi-point game in a 4-2 win over Army. He Boston U. at Denver (9pm, HOF Game) finished the night with two shots on goal and a +1 plus/minus rating. (Florida College Classic, Estero, Fla.) Maine vs. Cornell/Ferris State (4/7:30pm) (Catamount Cup, Burlington, Vt.) Merrimack vs. Princeton (4pm) Vermont vs. Union (7pm, WCAX)

HOCKEY EAST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Sunday, December 30 (Mariucci Classic, Minneapolis, Minn.) #37 , UMASS-LOWELL Boston College at Minnesota (8pm) (Freshman Goaltender; Commerce, Mich.) (Dartmouth Tournament, Hanover, N.H.) Hellebuyck turned away all 30 shots in UMass Lowell’s 5-0 road victory vs. Harvard Monday Massachusetts vs. Bemidji State (3pm) night at the Bright Center for his second consecutive shutout. New Hampshire at Dartmouth (7pm) (Catamount Cup, Burlington, Vt.) Merrimack vs. Union (4pm) Vermont vs. Princeton (7pm, WCAX) HOCKEY EAST TEAM OF THE WEEK Bentley at UMass-Lowell (4pm)

UMASS-LOWELL RIVER HAWKS Monday, December 31 The River Hawks shutout ECAC foe Harvard on the road on Monday night by a 5-0 score. (Dartmouth Tournament, Hanover, N.H.) UML scored three goals in the final period and went 5-for-5 on the penalty kill. New Hampshire vs. Bemidji St./UMass (4pm) Massachusetts vs. Dartmouth/UNH (4/7pm)

ALL TIMES EST, 7PM, unless noted 2012-2013 HEA STANDINGS * denotes conference game Rk. Team GP W L T Pts Overall Conf. Off. Conf. Def. The 29th ANNUAL HOCKEY EAST 1. Boston College 12 9 2 1 19 11-2-1 3.42 (41) 2.33 (28) CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 2. New Hampshire 11 8 2 1 17 11-2-2 3.18 (35) 1.27 (14) 3. Boston University 12 8 4 0 16 10-5-0 2.92 (35) 2.42 (29) MARCH 22-23, 2013 4. Providence 10 5 4 1 11 7-6-2 2.40 (24) 2.30 (23) 5. Merrimack 9 4 4 1 9 6-7-3 3.00 (27) 2.67 (24) Massachusetts 11 4 6 1 9 5-9-2 2.64 (29) 2.91 (32) Vermont 11 3 5 3 9 4-8-3 1.82 (20) 2.73 (30) Tickets are ONSALE now!!!!!! 8. UMass-Lowell 10 3 6 1 7 6-7-1 2.30 (23) 2.80 (28) at the TD Garden Box Office, Northeastern 12 3 8 1 7 5-9-1 1.83 (22) 3.00 (36) at www.ticketmaster.com or 10. Maine 10 1 7 2 4 2-11-2 1.40 (14) 2.60 (26) by calling 800-745-3000

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