Warrior Hockey Player of the Week Tyler Kelleher of New Hampshire

AROUND HOCKEY EAST: No. 7 UMass Lowell traveled for a weekend-sweep of Colorado College. In game one, the River Hawks were led by senior forward Joe Gambardella (Staten Island, N.Y.), whose three-point performance aided in an 8-5 victory. Freshman goalie Tyler Wall's (Leamington, Ont.) second career start in Saturday's finale was an impressive 29-save shutout performance which allowed Norm Bazin's squad to take a 4-0 win ... Maine's freshmen shone again in tight weekend series against No. 3. Quinnipiac. On Friday, Red Gendron's squad overcame a 3-1 deficit in the third period to force extra frames. Freshman forward Mitchell Fossier (Alpharetta, Ga.) then scored the game-winner two minutes into the overtime period to give the Black Bears a 4-3 win. In game two, the Black Bears again scored two third period goals to send the game into an extra frame, ultimately falling, 3-2 ... Saturday's matchup between New Hampshire and Clarkson saw the Wildcats earn their first win of the season. Senior forward Tyler Kelleher (Longmeadow, Mass.) tallied a four-point performance (2g, 2a), including the game-winning goal with 1:39 left to play in the third period to give the Wildcats a 5-3 win ... No. 5 Notre Dame split its weekend series at No. 4 Minnesota Duluth. The Bulldogs took the first game, 4-3, before the Irish responded with a 3-1 victory Saturday. Notre Dame sophomore forward Dylan Malmquist (Edina, Minn.) tallied a goal and two assists in the win ... No. 9 Boston College split its weekend series at Wisconsin. On Friday, the Eagles could not overcome three-straight Badger goals and fell, 3-1. Sunday's matchup was a high-scoring affair, with forward Christopher Brown (Bloomfield Hills, Mi.) recording his first collegiate hat trick. The sophomore, who is associate head coach Greg Brown's nephew, had four points in total (3g, 1a) and the Eagles went on to beat the Badgers, 8-5 ... No. 11 Providence traveled to face Holy Cross for a single non-conference game. The Friars opened scoring late in the third period with a goal from sophomore forward Erik Foley (Mansfield, Mass.), but the Crusaders would come back two minutes later to tie it up and send the game into overtime. Holy Cross forward Johnny Coughlin scored 1:41 into the overtime frame to give the Crusaders the 2-1 win ... No. 14 Northeastern and Bentley played to a tight 1-1 tie Friday before things opened up Saturday night in a 7-3 Huskies win. The three-point weekend was paced by a pair of five-point performances from Zach Aston-Reese (Staten Island, N.Y./2g, 3a) and Dylan Sikura (Aurora, Ont./5a) ... UConn extended its undefeated start to the year in a pair of non-conference draws with Colgate and RIT. On Friday, the Huskies skated to a 4-4 tie with Colgate, as junior defenseman David Drake (Naperville, Ill.) recording a goal and an assist. On Saturday, UConn fell victim to a late third period RIT goal, which resulted in UConn's second draw in as many games ... Merrimack also traveled to upstate New York this weekend for a pair of non-conference tilts against Atlantic Hockey opponents Clarkson and No. 15 St. Lawrence. On Friday, Clarkson was able to shutout the warriors en-route to a 4-0 win. In Saturday's game against St. Lawrence, Hampus Gustafsson (Ljungby, Sweden) scored the lone Merrimack goal of the weekend, but the Warriors were defeated by the Saints, 4-1 ... No. 2 Boston University dropped its weekend series against No. 10 Denver. The Terriers could not overcome a 4-1 Friday deficit despite a two-goal third period comeback, and fell 4-3. In Saturday's series finale, freshman forward Kieffer Bellows (Edina, Minn.) scored his first collegiate goal, but Pioneers took the game, 3-1.