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Junior winger Michael Pereira scored twice and assisted on two more goals as UMass upended 11th-ranked Boston University, 5-1, last night in a Hockey East clash at the Mullins Center in Amherst.
Kevin Boyle stopped 19 shots for UMass (10-12-2) and held the Terriers (13-10-1) off the scoreboard until 4:22 remained in the game. Sean Maguire had 23 saves for BU.
Branden Gracel (goal, two assists) put the Minutemen on top with 2:39 to go in the first period off passes from Pereira and Conor Allen.
Late in the second period, Kevin Czepiel doubled the UMass lead. Mike Busillo and K.J. Tiefenwerth had the assists.
UMass scored three times in a span of 5:47 during the third period. Conor Sheary (14:44) and Pereira (10:40) had full-strength goals followed by a shorthanded tally from Pereira at 8:57.
New Hampshire 3, Northeastern 1 — Sophomore goalie Casey DeSmith stopped 47 shots and three different players scored for the third-ranked Wildcats (16-6-2) in a Hockey East win over the Huskies (7-13-3) at Matthews Arena.
Grayson Downing, Eric Knodel and John Henrion provided the goals for UNH. Kevin Goumas had two assists for theWildcats.
Vinny Saponari’s second-period goal for the Huskies was the only shot to elude DeSmith.
Merrimack 1, UMass-Lowell 0 — Justin Hussar scored with 12:20 left in the third period to halt a scoreless deadlock and lift the Warriors (11-10-5) to a Hockey East win over the 13th-ranked River Hawks (14-8-2) at Lawler Arena in North Andover.
Rhett Bly and Ben Bahe had assists on the lone goal.
Merrimack junior goalie Sam Marotta stopped 25 shots, 21 in the first two periods. Doug Carr (26 saves) was in net for UMass-Lowell.
Maine 2, Providence 2 — Joey Diamond scored twice in the third period to allow the Black Bears (7-14-5) to earn a tie with the Friars (10-10-5) in Orono, Maine.
RPI 3, Harvard 0 — Mark Miller scored twice for the Engineers (9-11-5) and goalie Jason Kasdorf needed to make just 11 saves for the shutout during this ECAC victory over the Crimson (5-14-1) in Troy, N.Y.
Quinnipiac 1, Brown 1 — Connor Jones scored the lone goal for the second-ranked Bobcats (18-3-4) during a nonconference tie with the Bears (7-9-5) at Meehan Auditorium in Providence. Eric Hartzell had 30 saves for Quinnipiac, which extended its unbeaten streak to 18 games (15-0-3).
Niagara 2, Bentley 1 — Jeff Hannan had a goal plus an assist for the No. 17 Purple Eagles (16-4-5) during this Atlantic Hockey triumph over the Falcons (11-12-1) at Dwyer Arena in Niagara, N.Y. Branden Komm had 37 saves for Bentley.
Yale 4, Princeton 2 — Andrew Miller and Kenny Agostino each had a goal plus an assist for the eighth-ranked Bulldogs (13-5-3) during this ECAC victory over the Tigers (7-9-4) at Ingalls Arena in New Haven, Conn.
Amherst 6, Bowdoin 3 — Conor Brown had two goals for the No. 11 Lord Jeffs (12-5-2) during this NESCAC win over the No. 2 Polar Bears (16-2-1) in Brunswick, Maine.
Trinity 3, Williams 1 — Samuel Kane had a goal and an assist for the Bantams (11-4-3) during a NESCAC triumph over the No. 10 Ephs (12-5-2) in Williamstown.
UMass-Boston 6, Skidmore 4 — Peter MacIntyre’s second goal of the game was the winner for the 12th-ranked Beacons (15-3-2) in an ECAC East victory over the Thoroughbreds (9-10-2) at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Harvard 2, Dartmouth 2 — Jillian Dempsey and Kalley Armstrong each scored a goal for the third-ranked Crimson (17-2-1) during an ECAC tie with the Big Green (12-7-3) in Hanover, N.H.
Harvard 67, Yale 64 — Wesley Saunders posted his first collegiate double-double with 15 points and a career-high 11 assists as the Crimson (11-6, 3-0) held off the Bulldogs (7-13, 1-2) during this classic Ivy League clash at Lavietes Pavilion.
Laurent Rivard knocked down 15 points for the Crimson.
Brown 62, Dartmouth 50 — Rafael Maia matched his season high with 21 points on 10-of-11 shooting from the field as the Bears (8-9, 2-1) cruised past the Big Green (4-13, 0-3) in Ivy League action at Hanover, N.H.
Harvard 67, Yale 54 — Temi Fagbenle scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lift the Crimson (11-6, 2-1) past the Bulldogs (6-11, 1-2) in an Ivy League game in New Haven, Conn.