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Pete Souris MEN’S Director of Public Relations Hockey East Association WEEKEND 591 North Ave – #2 Wakefield, MA 01880 Office: (781) 245-2122 Great Hockey. Guaranteed. PREVIEW Cell: (603) 512-1166 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2007 [email protected] BC-BU CLASH FOR TWO-GAME SERIES WEEKEND PREVIEW #8 ~No. 6 UNH/UML play two; PC heads to UVM on Saturday~ WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- The Boston College Eagles and the Boston University Terriers will meet for the 239th time on Friday night at Conte Forum in one of college hockey’s oldest and most storied rivalries. RECENT RESULTS The Terriers are coming off a 6-3 win against Cornell last Saturday Tuesday, November 20 HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY NOTES: Mer- at Vermont 4, No. 10 Massachusetts 2 * night in front of a soldout crowd of 18,200 at Madison Square Gar- rimack, the lone Hockey East team den. BC played a single game last week with a 4-3 overtime loss to that has the weekend off has the top UMass-Lowell 3 at Merrimack 0 * Northeastern on Friday night at Conte Forum. In the last four years, goal scorer in Hockey East on its ros- Harvard 2 at Boston University 1 OT the teams have met 22 times, including seven times in the 2003-2004 ter...Sophomore forward Matt Jones has potted nine goals, including two Friday, November 23 season with BC winning 12 times in that span. BU holds the all-time against UMass-Lowell last Saturday series advantage at 120-103-15 in 238 all-time meetings dating back night...In league play, Boston University Northeastern 4 at No. 13 Boston College 3 OT* to the first meeting on Feb. 6, 1917. is the top ranked offense in the league Senior forward Bryan Ewing (Plymouth, Mass.) leads the Terriers scoring 4.43 goals per game, in com- Saturday, November 24 parison to the 2.56 goals they scored at UMass-Lowell 6, Merrimack 2 * and the league in scoring with 16 points (6g,10a), he has also recorded last season in conference play, which 14 points (4g10a) in his last eight games for BU. He has posted a ranked fifth...Massachusetts has the top at No. 8 New Hampshire 5, Brown 2 ranked scoring defense in league play Boston University 6 vs. Cornell 3 point in seven of his last eight games. Freshman forward Joe Whitney allowing only 2.44 goals per game...In at Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.) (Reading, Mass.) has totaled 15 points (3g,12a) to led the Eagles in conference play, there has been 11 ties scoring. Whitney has a point in his last four games, after scoring 11 in the 42 games (26% of HE games) that have been played to date. Sunday, November 25 points in his first six games as an Eagles. Vermont 5 at Maine 5 OT* No. 6 New Hampshire will host UMass-Lowell in the second game of at No. 10 Massachusetts 5, Union 2 the season series at the Whittemore Center on Friday and the teams’ will complete the season series on Saturday night at Tsongas Arena. The Wildcats have won two in a row heading into the game, while the River Hawks swept Merrimack UPCOMING GAMES in two games last week. Five different River Hawks have scored at least eight points, while Carter Hutton (Thunder Bay, Friday, November 30 Ont.) and Nevin Hamilton (Ashland, Mass.) have led the UMass-Lowell defense, which ranks 14th nationally among UMass Lowell at No. 6 New Hampshire* Division I teams, allowing only 2.27 goals per game. UNH owns the third ranked scoring offense in the country, posting Boston University at Boston College (ESPN360) * 3.90 goals per game. Senior forward Matt Fornataro (Calgary, Alb.) and freshman James vanRiemsdyk (Middletown, Brown at No. 12 Northeastern N.J.) lead the Wildcats statistically with 14 points apiece. No. 11 Massachusetts at Cornell (7:30) Providence College will travel to Vermont for its first meeting of the season series on Saturday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse. The Catamounts won the season series last year, 2-1. Providence won the last meeting, 4-1, on February 3, Saturday, December 1 No. 6 New Hampshire at UMass Lowell * 2007 at Gutterson. Vermont is coming off a 5-5 tie with Maine last Sunday afternoon, while Providence was idle on the Providence at Vermont * holiday weekend. UVM junior forward Corey Carlson (Two Harbors, Minn.) will look to end the month of November on a Boston College at Boston University * (CN8) strong note, after registering eight points (4g,4a) in six games in the month. PC defenseman Matt Taormina (Washington New Brunswick at Maine (exh) * Township, Mich.) is the leading scorer blueliner in Hockey East with 11 points (5g,6a). In non-conference play this weekend, No. 12 Northeastern will host Brown on Friday night at Matthews Arena. No. Sunday, December 2 11 Massachusetts will travel to Itahca, N.Y. for a Friday night meeting with Cornell at Lynah Rink. The last time the US Under-18 Team at No. 11 Massachusetts (exh) Huskies were ranked on the Top 15 of the USA Today poll was March 4, 2002. NU owns the second longest unbeaten steak in Division I college hockey at six games (5-0-1). The Minutemen have won two of their last three games. UMass * Hockey East game and Cornell will meet for the seventh time in the season series with the last meeting coming on January 23, 1996. Games start at 7pm EST unless indicated On Saturday, Maine will host New Brunswick at Alfond Arena in exhibition play, while the Minutemen will host the (Rankings in composite schedule and release are United State Under-18 Team on Sunday night at the Mullins Center in Amherst. from the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll) 2007-08 STANDINGS Rk. Team GP W L T Pts Overall Offense Defense The 24th ANNUAL HOCKEY EAST 1. Northeastern 10 6 3 1 13 6-4-1 30 (2.73) 29 (2.64) CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 2. Massachusetts 9 3 2 4 10 6-3-4 38 (2.92) 30 (2.31) MARCH 21-22, 2008 3. New Hampshire 7 4 2 1 9 7-2-1 39 (3.90) 26 (2.60) at the TD Banknorth Garden 4. Vermont 7 3 2 2 8 3-5-2 26 (2.60) 38 (3.80) Providence 8 3 3 2 8 3-6-2 28 (2.55) 33 (3.00) Boston College 9 2 3 4 8 3-4-5 33 (2.75) 28 (2.33) Tickets go on sale on Saturday, UMass Lowell 9 2 3 4 8 4-3-4 31 (2.82) 25 (2.08) December 1st at 10 a.m. 8. Boston University 7 3 3 1 7 4-7-2 48 (3.69) 45 (3.46) by calling (617) 931-2000 or visiting Merrimack 10 3 6 1 7 6-6-1 29 (2.23) 38 (2.92) www.ticketmaster.com 10. Maine 8 2 4 2 6 4-6-2 26 (2.17) 33 (2.75) BOSTON COLLEGE • BOSTON UNIVERSITY • UNIVERSITY of MAINE • UNIVERSITY of MASSACHUSETTS • UMASS-LOWELL MERRIMACK COLLEGE• UNIVERSITY of NEW HAMPSHIRE • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY • PROVIDENCE COLLEGE • UNIVERSITY of VERMONT.