HOCKEY EAST HEADLINES

#12/12 Massachusetts swept #7/8 Providence with a pair of wins in league play in two televised match ups between Hockey East’s top-ranked teams. The win, the 100th of head coach Greg Carvel’s UMass career, moves the Minutemen to 6-2-0 overall and 4-0-0 in Hockey East. Matt Murray stopped 69 of the 70 shots he faced, including all 28 in a 1-0 win on Friday for his 12th career shutout, taking over sole possession of the UMass career record.

Northeastern took a pair of 4-1 wins in a home-and-home with New Hampshire. Transfer student Jakov Novak had four goals, two in each outing, to power the offense with his first goals and points as a Husky. Devon Levi stopped 53 pucks in the series.

Merrimack earned a split weekend against #14/15 Boston College with a 4-3 win on the road Saturday night. Hugo Ollas earned the win, his first collegiate victory, by stopping 27 shots, including all 12 he saw in the third period. Filip Karlsson-Tagtstrom had a goal and an assist, including the primary assist on the third period game-winner.

HOCKEY EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Jakov Novak - Northeastern

Jakov Novak (Sr., F; Windsor, Ont.) had four goals, two in each game, to power the Northeastern offense to a weekend home-and-home sweep over New Hampshire. The tallies were his first goals and points as a Husky after transferring from Bentley as a senior. He netted the game-winning goal on Saturday.

PRO AMBITIONS ROOKIE OF THE WEEK

Hugo Ollas - Merrimack

Hugo Ollas (Fr., G; Linköping, Sweden) stood tall for his first collegiate win Saturday against #14/15 nationally ranked Boston College. He turned aside 27 shots, including all 12 he saw in the third period.

HOCKEY EAST DEFENDER OF THE WEEK

Harrison Rees - UConn

Harrison Rees (Jr., D; Oakville, Ont.) snapped a 17-game scoreless drought and delivered two goals, including the overtime game-winner, to give the Huskies their first-ever sweep at Maine last weekend. Rees scored his first of the season in the second period of Saturday’s series clinching win then picked-up the game-winner with 21 seconds left in overtime to record his second career multi-goal game.

HOCKEY EAST GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK

Matt Murray - Massachusetts

Matt Murray (Gr., G; St. Albert, Alta.) stopped 69 of the 70 shots he faced in a weekend sweep of #7/8 Providence, going 2-0-0 with a .986 save percentage and a 0.50 GAA. He made 28 saves in a 1-0 win over the Friars at the Mullins Center on Friday for his 12th career shutout, taking over sole possession of the UMass career record. The grad student then followed up with a 41-save performance on the road at PC, a new career high for the fifth-year netminder in the 5-1 victory.

HOCKEY EAST TOP PERFORMERS

Robert Mastrosimone, BU (Jr., F; East Islip, N.Y.) Scored twice for the Terriers on Friday night, his fourth and fifth tallies of the season.

Ty Gallagher, BU (Fr., D; Clarkston, Mich.) Potted a goal on Saturday night that tied the game at 1-1 at 7:26 of the first period.

Case McCarthy, BU (Jr., D; Clarence Center, N.Y.) Enjoyed his first two-point night of the season with a goal and an assist on Friday at Northern Michigan.

Ryan Tverberg, UConn (So., F; Richmond Hill, Ont.) scored three goals and added an assist as the Huskies went on the road to sweep Maine, extending their best-start in Hockey East to 4-1-0. Tverberg had a two-goal effort with an assist in Friday’s 4-3 win, his second multi-goal effort this season and his fifth multi-point game. On Saturday, he scored his team leading seventh goal of the season, extending his point streak to four-straight games (4g, 4a) as the Huskies improved to 6-3-0, their best season start since 1998-99 (6-2-1).

Darion Hanson, UConn (Gr., G; East Bethel, Minn.) Hanson picked up two wins on the weekend set in Maine, stopping 50 of the 55 shots he faces over the two games. On Friday, he made 23 saves in a 4-3 win over the Black Bears and came back on Saturday to stop 27 shots and keep Maine off the scoreboard in the third period and overtime for the win.

Scott Morrow, UMass (Fr., D; Darien, Conn) Helped UMass to two wins over #7/8 Providence on the weekend, extending his goal scoring streak to three games ... Netted his second straight game winner, the lone goal in Friday’s 1-0 victory at the Mullins Center ... Followed up with his second multi-point game of the season with a power-play goal and an assist on the road at PC, part of UMass’ four-goal third to break the game open en route to head coach Greg Carvel’s 100th win at UMass.

Filip Karlsson-Tagtstrom, MC (So., F; Stockholm, Sweden) Lifted Merrimack to the a win over #14/15 Boston College with a goal and an assist, including the primary assist on the third period game-winner. The evening marked his first career point, goal and multi-point game.

Devon Levi, NU (So., G; Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que.) Stopped 53 pucks on the way to two 4-1 wins in a home-and- home sweep over UNH.