Men's Weekly Release

Men's Weekly Release

www.HockeyEastOnline.com Pete Souris Assistant Commissioner for Public Relations MEN’S Hockey East Association 591 North Ave – #2 Wakefield, MA 01880 WEEKLY Office: (781) 245-2122 Cell: (603) 512-1166 RELEASE [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012 WEEKLY RELEASE #23 EAGLES CAPTURE THIRD STRAIGHT HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT TITLE ~ BC, BU, Maine and UMass-Lowell all to compete in NCAA Tournament this weekend ~ RECENT RESULTS ATHLETIC REPUBLIC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Friday, March 16 Hockey East Semifinals #13 JOHNNY GAUDREAU, BOSTON COLLEGE (Freshman Forward; Carneys Point, N.J.) (TD Garden, Boston, Mass.) Gaudreau led all BC players with three goals and one assist in two games and earned No. 1 Boston College 4 vs. No. 7 Providence 2 Hockey East Playoff MVP honors. Gaudreau became the fifth No. 4 Maine 5 vs. No. 3 Boston University 3 freshman to garner MVP honors and the fourth Eagles’ fresh- man to accomplish the feat. He finished the weekend with 11 shots on goal and Saturday, March 17 +2 plus/minus rating. Hockey East Championship Game (TD Garden, Boston, Mass.) PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK No. 1 Boston College 4 vs. No. 4 Maine 1 #13 JOHNNY GAUDREAU, BOSTON COLLEGE (Freshman Forward; Carneys Point, N.J.) UPCOMING GAMES Friday, March 23 Gaudreau led all BC players with three goals and one assist in two games; NCAA East Regionals (Bridgeport, Conn.) earned Hockey East Playoff MVP honors. First Round (Webster Bank Arena) Miami vs. UMass-Lowell (6:30pm, ESPNU, ESPN3) Saturday, March 24 HOCKEY EAST CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK NCAA Northeast Regionals (Worcester, Mass.) First Round (DCU Center) #35 PARKER MILNER, BOSTON COLLEGE (Junior Goaltender; Pittsburgh, Pa.) Air Force vs. Boston College (4pm) Milner stopped 68-of-71 shots (.958 save%) faced in leading the Eagles to their third (ESPNU, ESPN3) straight league tournament title with victories over Providence on Friday and Maine in the Minnesota-Duluth vs. Maine (7:30pm, ESPN3) Hockey East Championship Game on Saturday. Earned All-Hockey East Tournament ac- colades. NCAA West Regionals (St. Paul, Minn.) First Round (XCel Energy Center) Boston University vs. Minnesota (5pm, ESPN3) HOCKEY EAST CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK NCAA East Regionals (Bridgeport, Conn.) #27 WILL O’NEILL, MAINE (Senior Defenseman; Salem, Mass.) Second Round (Webster Bank Arena) TBA (6:30pm, ESPNU, ESPN3) O’Neill had two goals and an assist with six shots on goal in Maine’s 5-3 win over Boston University on Friday night at TD Garden and was named to the Hockey East All-Tournament Sunday, March 25 Team for his efforts. NCAA Northeast Regionals (Worcester, Mass.) Second Round (DCU Center) HOCKEY EAST TEAM OF THE WEEK TBA (8pm, ESPNU, ESPN3) BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES NCAA West Regionals (St. Paul, Minn.) The Eagles became the first team in the league to win three Hockey East Tournament Second Round (XCel Energy Center) Championships in a row. BC downed Providence, 4-2, on Friday night in the semifinals TBA (5:30pm, ESPNU, ESPN3) at the TD Garden and won their third consecutive league tournament championship on Saturday vs. Maine, 4-1. ALL TIMES EST, 7PM, unless noted * denotes conference game 2011-2012 HEA STANDINGS Rk. Team GP W L T Pts Overall Conf. Off. Conf. Def. 1. Boston College *# 27 19 7 1 39 29-10-1 3.56 (96) 2.22 (60) 2. UMass-Lowell * # 27 17 9 1 35 23-12-1 3.33 (90) 2.52 (68) Boston University*# 27 17 9 1 35 23-14-1 3.74 (101) 2.59 (70) 4. Maine * # 27 15 10 2 32 23-13-3 3.37 (91) 2.96 (80) 5. Merrimack * 27 13 9 5 31 18-12-7 2.59 (70) 2.41 (65) 6. New Hampshire * 27 11 14 2 24 15-19-3 2.52 (68) 2.74 (74) 7. Providence * 27 10 14 3 23 14-20-4 2.52 (68) 3.30 (89) 8. Massachusetts * 27 9 14 4 22 13-18-5 3.07 (83) 3.41 (92) Northeastern 27 9 14 4 22 13-16-5 2.70 (73) 3.04 (82) 10. Vermont 27 3 23 1 7 6-27-1 2.00 (54) 4.22 (114) * clinched playoff berth; # clinched home ice for quarterfinals 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 HOCKEY EAST WEEKLY TOP PERFORMERS Derek Army, PC (So., F, North Kingstown, R.I.) Posted one goal and one assist in the semifinals against BC on Friday. Paul Carey, BC (Sr., F, Weymouth, Mass.) Tallied three points (1g,3a) in two Hockey East wins. Alex Chiasson, BU (Jr., F, St. Augustin, Que.) Opened the scoring against Maine with his 15th goal of the season to set a new career high. Was named to the Hockey East All-tournament Team for his efforts. Adam Clendening, BU (So., D, Wheatfield, N.Y.) Earned a pair of assists on Friday in the Hockey East semifinals against Maine. Joey Diamond (Jr., F, Long Beach, N.Y.) had two on Friday night against Boston University… Assisted on Maine’s lone goal on Saturday night against Boston College. Brian Dumoulin, BC (Jr., D, Biddeford, Maine) Led all BC players with a +3 rating in two league tournament wins; earned All-Hockey East Tournament honors. Barrett Kaib, PC (Fr., D, Pittsburgh, Pa.) Scored one goal against BC in the semifinals on Friday. Matt Nieto, BU (So., F, Long Beach, Calif.) Recorded his first two-goal game as a Terrier in the Hockey East semifinals against Maine. Evan Rodrigues, BU (Fr., F, Etobicoke, Ont.) Assisted on a pair of goals in the Terriers’ loss to Maine in the Hockey East semifinals. The 29th Annual CAREER FIRSTS/MILESTONES/WHO’S HOT? NORM BAZIN, UMASS-LOWELL HOCKEY EAST Became the third coach in UMass Lowell history to earn Coach of the Year honors and the first since Bruce Championship TournamenT Crowder in 1996 ALEX BEAUDRY, PC (CUMBERLAND, ONT.) Set the PC record for career games played by a goalie (117) BOSTON COLLEGE PENALTY KILL March 15-16, 2013 Converted once in each win over the weekend has scored a man-advantage tally in 15-of-the-last 17 games. The at the TD Garden, Eagles are 15-for-50 in the power play during the team’s 15-game win streak (30.0 percent). The team’s penalty kill went 7-for-7 over the weekend and is 51-for-57 on the Boston, Mass. PK (89.5 percent) in the last 15 games (all wins) JOEY DIAMOND, MAINE (LONG BEACH, N.Y.) Played in his 100th career game on Friday night vs. BU JOHNNY GAUDREAU, BC (CARNEYS POINT, N.J.) Has a team-high 22 points (11g,11a) in the last 15 games ARMY ROTC THREE STARS AWARD BARRETT KAIB (PITTSBURGH, PA.) At the conclusion of each Hockey East game, the “ Army ROTC Three Scored his first collegiate goal in the semifinals against Stars of The Game” are selected. Congratulation to BU’s Kieran Millan BC on Friday for winning this year’s award. Millan finished the season as the No. 1 star of the game three times and was named a Star of the Game on 12 UMASS LOWELL RIVER HAWKS occasions. Here were the 2011-2012 season leaders: Earned its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1996 Rk. Name, School Cl. Pos. Matt NIETO, BU (LONG BEACH, CALIF.) 1. Kieran Millan, BU Sr. G Enters NCAA tournament on seven-game point streak 2. Joe Cannata, MC Sr. G with nine points (4g, 5a) during stretch Chris Kreider, BC Jr. F Wade Megan, BU Jr. F SCOTT WILSON, UML (OAKVILLE, ONT.) 5. Joey Diamond, Maine Jr. F Is the fourth River Hawk to win the Rookie of the Year 6. Doug Carr, UML So. G award and the first since Peter Vetri in 2005 Scott Wilson, UML Fr. F TEAM NOTES season games played list…Maine was selected to play in the Boston College: The Eagles are making this 31st Worcester Regional…The Black Bears will face defending NCAA Tournament appearance, including their 13th under national champion Minnesota-Duluth…Also in the regional coach Jerry York. Snooks Kelley and Len Ceglarski each field are #1 Boston College and Air Force. led BC to nine NCAA Tournament berths…Boston College became the first team to win three consecutive Hockey East UMass-Lowell: Despite staying idle this weekend, championships. The Eagles also established a new Hockey UMass Lowell earned its first NCAA Tournament bid since East record for consecutive wins in tournament play with 12, 1996. The River Hawks landed a three-seed in the East breaking their old mark of 11 set from 1998 to 2000…This Regional at Bridgeport, CN, where they will face second- is the Eagles’ 11th Hockey East title overall, their 5th title seeded Miami on Friday at 6:30 PM. UMass Lowell also in the last six years. Paul Carey tallied three points (1g,2a) received several honors on Thursday at the annual Hockey in two Hockey East wins. last six years and their 6th in the East Championship banquet. The River Hawks’ Norm Bazin last eight years. They are now 11-5 all-time in the champi- was named the Bob Kullen Coach of the Year and Scott onship game, 6-1 in their last seven appearances dating Wilson was tabbed as the Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Year. back to 2005 … BC improved to 50-11-1 in Hockey East Bazin became the third coach in program history to win the Tournament competition under Jerry York…Junior forward award, joining Billy Riley (1987) and Bruce Crowder (1994, Steven Whitney scored his 13th goal this season, equaling 1996).

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