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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 8, 2004 WEEKLY RELEASE #6 McLAUGHLIN EARNS MERRIMACK A SPLIT WITH UMASS Maine salvages weekend with solid 3-0 shutout over UNH

It worked for BU. Why not for Merrimack? After Merrimack’s Jim Healey and Casey Guenther each gave up four goals in Friday’s lopsided 8-2 loss at UMass, head coach Chris Serino decided to start third-stringer Frank RECENT RESULTS McLaughlin in Saturday’s rematch, and the move paid off. McLaughlin totaled 41 saves in his Friday, November 5 first collegiate start, sending UMass back to Western Massachusetts with a 5-2 loss. The New Hampshire 4, Boston University 3 * Minutemen got an early jump in the split weekend, with Matt Anderson’s two goals 1:17 apart (at Manchester, NH) in the first period Friday, sandwiching another UMass score by defenseman Marvin Degon. Boston College 3, at Maine 1 * UMass rolled to the 8-2 victory there, but was thwarted by McLaughlin in the rematch. Three at Massachusetts 8, Merrimack 2 * Merrimack players and two UMass players each had three points in the split. at Northeastern 5, 2 Wayne State 4, at Providence 2 McLaughlin’s sudden rise to prominence mirrors that of BU walk-on sophomore John Curry. Curry won his first three collegiate starts before losing to UNH 4-3 on Friday. CCM Player of Saturday, November 6 the Week Daniel Winnik had a in each period for his first career hat trick to end Curry’s at Merrimack 5, Massachusetts 2 * unexpected streak. Despite brimming with confidence after that win, the Wildcats could not at Providence 4, Wayne State 1 build on it Sunday at Maine, falling to the host Black Bears 3-0. Brent Shepheard had two goals in the win, while starter Jimmy Howard and reliever Matt Lundin combined for the shut- Sunday, November 7 out. The victory took some of the sting off a 3-1 home loss to top-ranked BC on Friday. at Maine 3, New Hampshire 0 * In non-conference action, Northeastern got two goals from Jason Guerriero to down Con- necticut 5-2 on Friday. At the same time, Providence was being outshot 18-3 in the second UPCOMING GAMES period of a 4-2 loss to Wayne State. But the Friars rebounded the next night, getting 36 saves from rookie Tyler Sims en route to a 4-1 triumph. Senior defenseman Eric Lundberg opened Friday, November 12 the scoring just 2:32 into the game with his first career goal, which came in his 109th career Massachusetts at Boston College * game. Merrimack at Boston University * Maine at Northeastern * Providence at New Hampshire (NHPTV) * HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS Colgate at UMass Lowell

Team GP W L T Pts Overall Offense Defense Saturday, November 13 Massachusetts 5 3 2 0 6 5-4-0 3.00 GPG 2.67 GAPG Boston University at Merrimack * Maine at UMass Lowell * Boston College 2 2 0 0 4 4-1-0 3.80 GPG 2.20 GAPG Boston University 3 2 1 0 4 3-3-0 2.50 GPG 3.33 GAPG Sunday, November 14 Maine 4 2 2 0 4 6-5-0 3.00 GPG 2.00 GAPG Northeastern at Providence (2pm - COX) * Providence 4 2 2 0 4 4-3-0 3.29 GPG 2.57 GAPG Mercyhurst at Massachusetts (3pm) New Hampshire 2 1 1 0 2 4-2-1 3.29 GPG 3.14 GAPG Merrimack 4 1 3 0 2 3-5-0 3.12 GPG 4.25 GAPG * Hockey East game Games start at 7pm unless indicated. Northeastern 0 0 0 0 0 3-3-1 3.43 GPG 3.86 GAPG All game times are Eastern Time. UMass Lowell 2 0 2 0 0 3-2-0 3.00 GPG 2.60 GAPG

CCM HOCKEY SUPERSKILLS HOCKEY DEFENSIVE PLAYER PLAYER OF THE WEEK ROOKIE OF THE WEEK OF THE WEEK DANIEL WINNIK – New Hampshire TYLER SIMS – Providence FRANK McLAUGHLIN – Merrimack Sophomore Forward; Mississauga, ON Freshman Goaltender; Fort Worth, TX Junior Goaltender; Drexel Hill, PA Notched his first career hat trick with one Stopped 36 of 37 shots faced in his colle- Passed a major test in his first collegiate goal in each period of a narrow 4-3 win giate debut, a 4-1 win over Wayne State start, stopping 41 of 43 shots faced to over Boston University Friday night at on Friday that earned the Friars a week- down UMass 5-2, earning Merrimack two Manchester’s Verizon Wireless Arena. end split. important points in league play.

BOSTON COLLEGE • BOSTON UNIVERSITY • UNIVERSITY OF MAINE • UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS • UMASS LOWELL MERRIMACK COLLEGE • UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY • PROVIDENCE COLLEGE HOCKEY EAST HONOR ROLL • Mike Alexiou, MC (So. F; Pickering, ON) – Had two goals and an assist in a weekend split vs. UMass. • Matt Anderson, UMass (So. F; West Islip, NY) – Scored twice and had one assist in a split vs. Merrimack. • Jeff Caron, MC (So. D; Moncton, NB) – One goal, two assists in a split vs. Massachusetts. • P.J. Fenton, UMass (Fr. F; Longmeadow, MA) – Scored one goal and set up two others to lead a 8-2 triumph over Merrimack. • Jason Guerriero, NU (Sr. F; Manorville, NY) – Scored twice in NU's 5-2 win over Connecticut on Friday. • Jon Jankus, Maine (Jr. F; Stoney Creek, ON) – Set up two of Maine’s three goals in a 3-0 win over UNH. • Matti Kaltiainen, BC (Sr. G; Espoo, Finland) – Stopped 16 of 17 shots in a 3-1 win at Maine. • Matt Lundin, Maine (Fr. G; Apple Valley, MN) – Preserved a shutout win over UNH with 14 saves in relief of starter Jimmy Howard. • Mike Radja, UNH (Fr. F; Yorkville, IL) – Set up two scores and had a +2 rating in a 4-3 win over BU. • Bryan Schmidt, MC (Jr. D; Bloomington, MN) – Scored one goal and had two assists in a split vs. UMass. • Ryan Shannon, BC (Sr. F; Darien, CT) – Scored a goal and set up another in a 3-1 win at Maine. • Brent Shepheard, Maine (So. F; Shawnigan Lake, MN) – Scored twice to lead a 3-0 win over UNH. • Tony Zancanaro, PC (So. F, Trenton, MI) – Registered three points in a weekend split with Wayne State.

LEADING SCORERS (Hockey Games) LEADING SCORERS (All Games)

Player, School Cl GP G A Pts Player, School Cl GP G A Pts 1 Matt Anderson, UMass So 5448 1 Matt Anderson, UMass So 9 7 6 13 2 P.J. Fenton, UMass Fr 5437 2 Derek Damon, Maine Jr 11 6 6 12 3 Chris Chaput, PC Sr 4235 3 , BC Jr 5 3 8 11 4 Pete MacArthur, BU Fr 3224 4 Brian Yandle, UNH * Jr 6 0 10 10 Colin McDonald, PC So 4404 Mike Morris, NU Jr 7 4 6 10 Matt Johnson, MC Jr 4314 Jeff Caron, MC * So 8 2 8 10 Jon Jankus, Maine Jr 4224 7 Jason Guerriero, NU Sr 7459 Stephen Werner, UMass Jr 5224 Bryan Schmidt, MC * Jr 8459 9 Ryan Shannon, BC Sr 2123 Matt Byrnes, MC So 8189 Daniel Winnik, UNH So 2303 P.J. Fenton, UMass Fr 9549 Patrick Eaves, BC Jr 2213 8 Ben Walter, UML Jr 5718 John Laliberte, BU Jr 3123 Brett Hemingway, UNH So 7538 Bryan Miller, BU Sr 3033 Chris Chaput, PC Sr 7358 Mike Alexiou, MC So 4213 Chase Watson, PC So 7268 Bill McCreary, PC So 4213 Stephen Werner, UMass Jr 9358 Jon Rheault, PC Fr 4213 Jon Jankus, Maine Jr 10 4 4 8 Chase Watson, PC So 4123 Greg Moore, Maine Jr 11 6 2 8 Garrett Summerfield, UMA So 5123 Ben Murphy, Maine Sr 11 2 6 8 * defenseman * defenseman

LEADING GOALTENDERS (League Games) Player, School Cl GP Min W L T GAA SP 1 Matti Kaltiainen, BC Sr 1 60 1 0 0 1.00 .941 2 Jim Howard, Maine Jr 4 213 2 2 0 1.41 .947 3 , BC Fr 1 60 1 0 0 2.00 .920 4 Gabe Winer, UMass Jr 4 232 3 1 0 2.33 .908 5 John Curry, BU So 3 179 2 1 0 2.35 .909 6 Jeff Pietrasiak, UNH Jr 2 119 1 1 0 2.51 .900 7 David Cacciola, PC Sr 4 238 2 2 0 2.77 .904 8 Chris Davidson, UML Sr 2 119 0 2 0 3.01 .908 9 Jim Healey, MC So 3 139 0 3 0 4.74 .853

LEADING GOALTENDERS (All Games)

Player, School Cl GP Min W L T GAA SP 1 John Curry, BU So 5 269 3 1 0 1.78 .930 2 Matti Kaltiainen, BC Sr 3 180 2 1 0 2.00 .891 3 Jim Howard, Maine Jr 10 570 5 5 0 2.10 .920 4 Gabe Winer, UMass Jr 6 351 4 2 0 2.39 .908 5 Cory Schneider, BC Fr 2 120 2 0 0 2.50 .886 6 Chris Davidson, UML Sr 4 186 1 2 0 2.57 .910 7 Jeff Pietrasiak, UNH Jr 5 304 3 1 1 2.76 .902 8 David Cacciola, PC Sr 6 358 3 3 0 2.85 .904 9 Keni Gibson, NU Sr 6 368 3 2 1 3.09 .883 10 Tim Warner, UMass Sr 3 184 1 2 0 3.24 .888 TEAM STATISTICS (Hockey East Games) TEAM STATISTICS (All Games)

TEAM OFFENSE TEAM OFFENSE Team GP G GPG Team GP G GPG —————————————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————— 1.Massachusetts...... 5 17 3.40 1.Boston College...... 5 19 3.80 2.Providence...... 4 13 3.25 2.Northeastern...... 7 24 3.43 3.Boston College...... 2 6 3.00 3.New Hampshire...... 7 23 3.29 4.Merrimack...... 4 11 2.75 Providence...... 7 23 3.29 5.Boston University... 3 8 2.67 5.Merrimack...... 8 25 3.12 6.Maine...... 4 8 2.00 6.Maine...... 11 33 3.00 UMass Lowell...... 2 4 2.00 Massachusetts...... 9 27 3.00 New Hampshire...... 2 4 2.00 UMass Lowell...... 5 15 3.00 NA Northeastern...... 0 0 – 9.Boston University... 6 15 2.50 TEAM DEFENSE TEAM DEFENSE Team GP GA GAPG Team GP GA GAPG —————————————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————— 1.Maine...... 4 5 1.25 1.Maine...... 11 22 2.00 2.Boston College...... 2 3 1.50 2.Boston College...... 5 11 2.20 3.Boston University... 3 7 2.33 3.Providence...... 7 18 2.57 4.Providence...... 4 11 2.75 4.UMass Lowell...... 5 13 2.60 5.Massachusetts...... 5 15 3.00 5.Massachusetts...... 9 24 2.67 UMass Lowell...... 2 6 3.00 6.New Hampshire...... 7 22 3.14 New Hampshire...... 2 6 3.00 7.Boston University... 6 20 3.33 8.Merrimack...... 4 18 4.50 8.Northeastern...... 7 27 3.86 NA Northeastern...... 0 0 – 9.Merrimack...... 8 34 4.25 POWER PLAY POWER PLAY Team GP PPG Att SHGA Pct Team GP PPG Att SHGA Pct ———————————————————————————————————————————-- ———————————————————————————————————————————-- 1.UMass Lowell...... 2 4 16 0 .250 1.UMass Lowell...... 5 11 43 0 .256 2.Boston University... 3 5 26 0 .192 2.New Hampshire...... 7 13 53 1 .245 3.Providence...... 4 6 32 1 .188 3.Northeastern...... 7 10 51 0 .196 4.Merrimack...... 4 5 28 1 .179 4.Merrimack...... 8 13 68 4 .191 5.New Hampshire...... 2 2 12 0 .167 5.Providence...... 7 10 54 1 .185 6.Boston College...... 2 2 15 0 .133 6.Maine...... 11 11 77 1 .143 7.Maine...... 4 2 26 0 .077 7.Boston University... 6 7 51 1 .137 8.Massachusetts...... 5 1 31 0 .032 8.Boston College...... 5 6 44 1 .136 NA Northeastern...... 0 0 0 0 – 9.Massachusetts...... 9 7 55 0 .127 KILL PENALTY KILL Team GP OPPG Att SHG Pct Team GP OPPG Att SHG Pct ———————————————————————————————————————————-- ———————————————————————————————————————————-- 1.Merrimack...... 4 1 29 1 .966 1.Maine...... 11 6 70 1 .914 2.Maine...... 4 1 24 0 .958 2.Merrimack...... 8 7 65 1 .892 3.Providence...... 4 4 29 1 .862 3.Boston College...... 5 5 44 2 .886 4.Boston College...... 2 3 19 0 .842 4.Providence...... 7 7 55 1 .873 5.UMass Lowell...... 2 2 12 0 .833 5.UMass Lowell...... 5 4 31 1 .871 6.New Hampshire...... 2 3 16 0 .812 6.Boston University... 6 8 45 1 .822 7.Boston University... 3 4 20 0 .800 7.Massachusetts...... 9 13 66 1 .803 8.Massachusetts...... 5 9 37 0 .757 8.New Hampshire...... 7 10 46 0 .783 NA Northeastern...... 0 0 0 0 – 9.Northeastern...... 7 14 49 0 .714 PENALTY MINUTES PENALTY MINUTES Team GP P PiM PMPG Team GP P PiM PMPG ——————————————————————————————————————————— ——————————————————————————————————————————— 1.Providence...... 4 35 70 17.50 1.Northeastern...... 7 56 112 16.00 2.UMass Lowell...... 2 13 37 18.50 2.Massachusetts...... 9 76 166 18.44 3.Massachusetts...... 5 44 99 19.80 3.Providence...... 7 66 132 18.86 4.Merrimack...... 4 41 82 20.50 4.New Hampshire...... 7 65 141 20.14 5.Maine...... 4 45 101 25.25 5.UMass Lowell...... 5 34 101 20.20 6.Boston College...... 2 26 52 26.00 6.Merrimack...... 8 86 172 21.50 7.Boston University... 3 29 88 29.33 7.Boston College...... 5 55 110 22.00 8.New Hampshire...... 2 24 59 29.50 8.Maine...... 11 108 246 22.36 NA Northeastern...... 0 0 0 – 9.Boston University... 6 61 152 25.33 TEAM NOTES WHO’S HOT

Boston College: BC is 4-0 against ranked opponents this • Patrick Eaves, BC (Jr. F; Faribault, MN) season. Ryan Shannon has at least one point in each of Leading the nation with a 2.20 points per game average. those games ... Friday’s win was BC’s first over Maine since Nov. 7, 2003. The Black Bears had defeated BC three • Brett Hemingway, UNH (So. F; Surrey, BC) straight times before losing to the Eagles on Friday. Has scored a point in each of six games this season.

Boston University: After going 0-for-14 on their power play • Peter MacArthur, BU (Fr. F; Clifton Park, NY) in the first two games, the Terriers are 7-for-37 (.189) on Rookie has at least one point in five of BU’s six games their power play in the last 4 games ... The Terriers are and is leading the Terriers in both goals (4) and points (7). undefeated at home this year (3-0), but they have yet to enjoy the thrill of victory away from Walter Brown Arena (0- • Maine’s penalty-killing unit – The Black Bears killed 3) ... The Terriers have outshot five of their first six oppo- all 13 opposing power plays this weekend and have killed nents ... BU is holding a MEDIA ONLY tour of Agganis Arena 64 of 70 (.914) on the season. on Tuesday, November 16th at 1:00 p.m. Any member of the media interested in attending should contact Ed Car- • Merrimack’s special teams – The penalty-killing unit penter at 617-353-2872. has killed 36 straight penalties while the power-play unit has scored eight goals in the last four games. University of Maine: Maine natives Derek Damon and Greg Moore are leading the team with six goals each ... Maine has shut out UNH the last two times they have met. Both of Maine’s shutouts this year have come in league play. ITECH THREE STARS University of Massachusetts: UMass' 3 goals in 1:17 vs. Merrimack on Friday were the fastest three goals in school As part of a long-term agreement between Hockey East and history. The game total of eight goals tied a UMass record ITECH, SIDs and media will designate ITECH “Three Stars for most goals in a Hockey East game and most goals at of The Game” in each of the 108 Hockey East league games. the Mullins Center. The player earning the most points over the course of the season will be recognized at the Hockey East champion- UMass Lowell: UML has scored the first goal in each of its ship banquet at season’s end. The leaders to date: five contests this season ... Four of UML's five games this Name Cl Pos School season have been decided by 3-2 scores. Matt Anderson So F UMass Chris Chaput Sr F PC Merrimack College: With 10 points, Jeff Caron has already John Curry So G BU surpassed his season point total of six from a year ago ... Patrick Eaves Jr F BC With three points over the weekend, junior defenseman P.J. Fenton Fr F UMass Bryan Schmidt has surpassed the 50 point mark for his ca- Jon Jankus Jr F Maine reer ... Frank McLaughlin's 41-save effort was the first 40- Pete MacArthur Fr F BU Colin McDonald So F PC plus save performance by a Warrior since Jim Healey Frank McLaughlin Jr G MC stopped 48 shots in a 3-3 tie with UMass Lowell on March Ryan Shannon Sr F BC 3, 2004, which was the only 40-plus save performance of Brent Shepheard So F Maine last season for the Warriors. Stephen Werner Jr F UMass Daniel Winnik So F UNH University of New Hampshire: UNH has not won a game at Alfond Arena since Jan. 8, 2000, going 0-6-1 in Orono since ... Sophomore forward Daniel Winnik has four goals FIRST CAREER GOAL in seven games, matching his freshman year total which took 38 games to achieve.

Northeastern University: The Huskies are riding a three- Obi Aduba, Massachusetts game unbeaten streak. The line of Brian Swiniarski, Ray So. F; Walpole, MA Ortiz and Jared Mudryk has combined for five goals and 11/5/04 vs. Merrimck five assists during the streak. Mudryk has scored a goal in each of the three games he has played this season ... Ja- Chris Bourque, Boston University son Guerriero and Mike Morris have combined for eight goals and 11 assists through seven games this season. Fr. F; Topsfield, MA Last year, they only had three goals and two assists in the 11/5/04 vs. UNH first seven games. Eric Lundberg, Providence Providence College: The Friars are 4-1 when scoring first Sr. D; Vernon, CT this season. The Friars have scored four goals or more in 11/6/04 vs. Wayne State each of their four victories ... Wayne State was the first CHA opponent for the Friars since January 14, 2000 ... The Fri- ars will face their first ranked opponent this season Friday when they travel to UNH, where they ended last season with a Hockey East quarterfinal loss.