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[email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 WEEKLY RELEASE #6 NORTHEASTERN SHUTS OUT BU; UMASS SWEEPS NIAGARA ~BC, UML, Vermont all take three points; Maine downs BU in Orono~ WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- Three Hockey East teams came away with three-point weekends, as Boston College, UMass-Lowell and Vermont all accomplished the feat, while Northeastern shutout No. 5 Boston RECENT RESULTS University of Friday night and Maine downed the Terriers on Sunday afternoon in Orono. Massachusetts also Friday, November 6 swept its rare non-league home-and-home series with Niagara. Boston College 4 at UNH 4 OT * UNH and the Eagles battled to a 4-4 tie on Friday night at the Whittemore Center, after BC scored three at Northeastern 1, No. 5 Boston University 0 * goals in first and UNH stormed back in the final period with a three-goal effort. Eagles’ senior blueliner Carl No. 8 UMass-Lowell 3 at No. 15 Vermont 3 OT * Sneep (Nisswa, Minn.) notched a career-high two goals, while UNH’s Bobby Butler (Marlboro, Mass.) scored at Massachusetts 4, Niagara 1 the game-tying goal with under a minute remaining in regulation. Hockey East Co-Player of the Week Brian Gibbons (Braintree, Mass.) had a two assist effort in the stalemate. The Eagles skated the next night to a 5-1 Saturday, November 7 at Boston College 5, Northeastern 1 * victory over Northeastern at Conte Forum, Gibbons had another multiple point effort with three (1g,2a) on the night.