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[email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2010 WEEKLY RELEASE #24 BOSTON COLLEGE WINS LEAGUE RECORD NINTH HOCKEY EAST TOURNEY TITLE ~ BC, UNH, Vermont all qualify for NCAA Tournament this weekend~ Wakefield, Mass. - The Boston College Eagles skated to their league-record ninth Hockey East Tournament Championship on Saturday night against Maine at the TD Garden, thanks to a RECENT RESULTS hat trick from Tournament MVP Matt Lombardi (Milton, Mass.). Lombardi scored just 5:25 into the Friday, March 12 extra frame to give the Eagles the thrilling 7-6 victory to cap off a four-point game for the senior Hockey East Quarterfinals Game 1 at No. 1 UNH 7, No. 8 Vermont 4 assistant captain. at No. 2 BC 6, No. 7 Massachusetts 5 Both Tanner House (Cochrane, Alb.) and Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week Joey Diamond at No. 3 Boston U. 3, No. 6 Merrimack 2 (Long Beach, N.Y.) registered three points apiece for the Black Bears. Diamond scored two goals, No. 5 UMass-Lowell 2 at No. 4 Maine 1 which included the game-tying goal with 27 seconds to go in regulation. Saturday, March 13 On Friday in the second tilt of the night, Maine defeated Boston University by a final score of Hockey East Quarterfinals Game 2 5-2. Maine jumped to an early three-goal advantage showing no nerves plotting two goals in the No.