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, FEBRUARY 25, 2013 WEEKLY RELEASE #21 UMASS-LOWELL SWEEPS BOSTON U.; BC SINKS MERRIMACK IN OT ~ UNH gets three points at UVM; Maine, UMass split series; NU downs UMass in OT ~ ATHLETIC REPUBLIC PLAYER OF THE WEEK RECENT RESULTS Tuesday, February 19 #14 JOSEPH PENDENZA, UMASS-LOWELL (Junior Forward; Wilmington, Mass.) Northeastern 5 at Massachusetts 4 (OT) * Scored four points (2g,2a) as UMass Lowell completed the sweep of Boston University, 3-0 and 3-1. Registered one goal Friday, February 22 and one assist in both games. Finished the weekend with nine shots on goal, including seven No. 12 UMass-Lowell 3 at No. 13 Boston U. 0 * in Saturday’s win at the Tsongas Center. No. 5 New Hampshire 4 at Vermont 3 * Maine 2 at Massachusetts 0 * at Providence 6, Northeastern 2 * PRO AMBITIONS CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Saturday, February 23 #32 JON GILLIES, PROVIDENCE COLLEGE (Goaltender; South Portland, Maine) at No. 12 UMass-Lowell 3, No. 13 Boston U. 2 * at Massachusetts 5, Maine 2 * Gillies posted back-to-back wins over NU with 67 stops (.944 save%) on Providence 3 at Northeastern 2 * the weekend, making 35 saves on Friday night (W, 6-2) before turning in 32 saves in PC’s narrow 3-2 win on Saturday night. No. 5 New Hampshire 1 at Vermont 1 (OT) * Sunday, February 24 PRO AMBITIONS CO-ROOKIE OF THE WEEK No. 4 Boston College 2 at Merrimack 1 (OT) * #37 CONNOR HELLEBUYCK, UMASS-LOWELL (Goaltender; Commerce, Mich.) UPCOMING GAMES Posted his eighth and ninth straight victories with 40 saves (.976%) in the weekend sweep of Tuesday, February 26 Boston University, 3-0 and 3-1. Stopped 25 shots in Friday’s 3-0 shutout at Agannis Arena and No. 10 UMass-Lowell at No. 4 Boston College * followed with 15 saves in Saturday’s 3-1 win at the Tsongas Center. Merrimack at Boston University * Friday, March 1 HOCKEY EAST DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Vermont at Boston University * (7:30pm) Northeastern at Maine * (WABI-TV) #35 PARKER MILNER, BOSTON COLLEGE (Senior Goaltender; Pittsburgh, Pa.) Merrimack at No. 10 UMass-Lowell * Recorded 43 saves (.977 save%) in leading BC to a 2-1 overtime win vs. Merrimack on Massachusetts at No. 5 New Hampshire * Sunday afternoon at Lawler Arena. (7:30pm, WBIN-TV) No. 4 Boston College at Providence * (COX) Saturday, March 2 HOCKEY EAST TEAM OF THE WEEK Providence at No. 4 Boston College * Vermont at Boston University * UMASS-LOWELL RIVER HAWKS Northeastern at Maine * (WABI-TV) The River Hawks swept No. 13 ranked Boston University in a home-and-home series to Massachusetts at No. 5 New Hampshire * remain two points out of first place in the league standings. UML went 7-for-7 on the pen- (WBIN-TV) alty kill over the weekend vs. the Terriers. ALL TIMES EST, 7PM, unless noted 2012-2013 HEA STANDINGS * denotes conference game Rk. Team GP W L T Pts Overall Conf. Off. Conf. Def. 1. Boston College * 22 13 7 2 28 18-8-3 3.23 (71) 2.50 (55) The 29th ANNUAL HOCKEY EAST New Hampshire * 23 12 7 4 28 17-8-5 2.96 (68) 2.09 (48) CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Providence * 23 11 6 6 28 13-10-7 2.78 (64) 2.39 (55) 4. Merrimack * 22 12 7 3 27 14-11-6 2.77 (61) 2.18 (48) MARCH 22-23, 2013 5. UMass-Lowell * 22 12 8 2 26 18-9-2 3.00 (66) 2.55 (56) 6. Boston University * 22 11 9 2 24 14-14-2 2.86 (63) 2.86 (63) 7. Vermont 23 7 11 5 19 10-15-5 2.09 (48) 2.78 (64) 8. Massachusetts 23 8 14 1 17 11-17-2 2.78 (64) 3.00 (69) Tickets are ONSALE now!!!!!! 9. Maine 23 5 12 6 16 9-17-6 1.83 (42) 2.61 (60) at the TD Garden Box Office, 10. Northeastern 23 5 15 3 13 9-18-3 2.26 (52) 3.52 (81) at www.ticketmaster.com or * clinched playoff berth by calling 800-745-3000 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 Shawn Bates, MC (Jr., F, Ft. Sasketechewan, Alta.) Scored the lone goal for Merrimack and had a game-high 11 shots vs. No. 4 BC. Ryan Belonger, NU (Fr., F, Green Bay, Wis.) Had three points (1g,2a) in three games for the Huskies last week. Austin Block, UNH (Sr., F, Thousand Oaks, Calif.) Scored a pair of goals in the win over the Catamounts on Friday. He had five shots on goal. Patrick Brown, BC (Jr., F, Bloomfield, Hills, Mich.) Blocked a team-high 3 shots and tallied the primary assist on Quinn Smith’s OT winner. Brett Bruneteau, UVM (Sr., F, Omaha, Neb.) Posted an assist on Friday night vs. New Hampshire and won 21 of 24 faceoffs in Saturday’s 1-1 tie. Stefan Demopoulos, PC (So., F, La Mesa, Calif.) Led the Friars to a 6-2 win over NU on Friday night with a career-high five points. Ben Hutton, Maine (Fr., D, Prescott, Ont.) Scored a goal and added two assists in Maine’s weekend split at UMass. Mark Jankowski, PC (Fr., F, Dundas, Ont.) Netted PC’s game-winning goal on Friday night. Josh Manson, NU (So., D, Prince Albert, Sask.) Scored his first three career goals this week, including the OT winner at UMass Tuesday. Sam Marotta, MC (Jr., G, Bridgewater, Mass.) Stopped 26 shots in a 2-1 overtime loss to No. 4 Boston College Sunday. Martin Ouellette, Maine (St.-Hippolyte, Que.) Went 1-1-0 on the weekend with a 2.02 GAA and a .929 save percentage. Evan Rodrigues, BU (So., F, Etobicoke, Ont.) Scored the first shorthanded goal of his collegiate career on Saturday at UMass Lowell. Chad Ruhwedel, UML (Jr., D, San Diego, Calif.) Registered one goal and one assist in a pair of victories vs. Boston University over the weekend. Tim Schaller, PC (Sr., F, Merrimack, N.H.) Led the Friars to a weekend sweep of NU, including a career-best five (1g,4a) points vs. NU on Friday. Steven Shamanski, PC (Jr., D, Carberry, Man.) Helped the Friars to a weekend sweep of NU with two goals, one goal in each victory. Quinn Smith, BC (So., F, Fairfield, Conn.) Scored the overtime game-winner and took a team-high five shots in BC’s 2-1 win at Merrimack. Trevor van Riemsdyk, UNH (So., D, Middletown, N.J.) Recorded a goal and three assists helping the Wildcats to a three-point weekend at Vermont. Scott Wilson, UML (So., F, Oakville, Ont.) Scored two goals, both to open the scoring, in the weekend’s 3-0 and 3-1 wins over Boston University. 2012-2013 CAREER FIRSTS/MILESTONES/WHO’S HOT? HOCKEY EAST SCORING LEADERS DEREK ARNOLD, UML (FOXBORO, MASS.) presented by MADE HIS 100TH APPEARANCE FOR UMASS LOWELL NICK BRUNETEAU, UVM (OMAHA, NEB.) SKateD IN HIS 100TH CAREER GAME SaturDAY VS. UNH CHRISTIAN FOLIN, UML (GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN) Rk. Name (School) GP PPG G A P HAS 3-11-14 IN HIS LAST 14 GAMES 1. Mike Collins (MC) 22 1.36 10 20 30 2. Johnny Gaudreau (BC) 22 1.23 9 18 27 CONNOR HELLEBUYCK, UML (COMMERCE, MICH.) HAS WON NINE STRAIGHT STARTS 3. Steven Whitney (BC) 22 1.14 14 11 25 Pat Mullane (BC) 22 1.19 9 16 25 BRODY HOFFMAN, UVM (WILKIE, SASK.) 5. Joseph Pendenza (UML) 22 1.05 9 14 23 HAS ALLOWED ONE GOAL OR LESS IN Kevin Goumas (UNH) 23 1.00 7 16 23 FOUR OF HIS LAST FIVE starts 7. Cason Hohmann (BU) 22 1.00 6 16 22 JOSH HOLMSTROM, UML (COLORADO SPRINGS, COL.) Branden Gracel (UM) 23 0.96 10 12 22 MADE HIS 100TH APPEARANCE FOR UMASS LOWELL MERRIMACK’S penalty KILL HAS NOT ALLOWED A POWER PLAY GOAL at HOME IN 2013, GOING 28-FOR-28 PARKER MILNER, BC (PITTSBURGH, PA.) RECORDED HIS 60TH CAREER VICTORY IN HIS 80TH start. MILNER IS 60-16-4 (.775 WIN %) PROVIDENCE COLLEGE FRIARS ARMY ROTC THREE STARS AWARD are unbeaten in their last seven HocKEY East games At the conclusion of every Hockey East game, the “ Army ROTC Three (3-0-4), their longest unbeaten HocKEY East streaK Stars of The Game” are selected by the members of the media. Here since the team went 6-0-2 from Feb. 1-28, 2003 are the 2012-2013 season leaders to date: JAKE RUTT, MAINE (SCARBOROUGH, MAINE) Rk. Name, School Cl. Pos. HAS 13 CAREER POINTS AND SEVEN OF THEM have COME IN HIS LAST SIX GAMES 1. Martin Ouellette, Maine Jr. G 2. Joseph Pendenza, UML Jr. F CONOR Sheary, UMASS (MELROSE, MASS.) 3. Casey DeSmith, UNH So. G PLAYED IN HIS 100TH CAREER GAME SaturDAY VS. MAINE 4. Sam Marotta, MC Jr. G 5. Joey Diamond, Maine Sr. F STEVEN WHITNEY, BC (READING, MASS.) John Henrion, UNH Sr. F SCORED HIS 10TH GOAL IN THE LAST 10 GAMES AND HIS 7. Johnny Gaudreau, BC So. F 20TH GOAL (IN 29 GAMES) THIS SEASON. HE SECOND Jon Gillies, PC Fr.