AROUND HOCKEY EAST: Boston College junior netminder Thatcher Demko (San Diego, Calif.) continued his incredible run, collecting two more shutouts to record his sixth blank sheet in his last seven outings. Demko has two three-game shutout streaks this season, marking only the second time in the history of college hockey that such a streak has been put together. Eagles freshman forward Colin White (Hanover, Mass.) is riding a four-game point streak (2g, 7a) and has factored in on four of the last six game-winning goals for Boston College ... Boston University captain Matt Grzelcyk (Charlestown, Mass.) made his return to the Terriers lineup with a pair of goals in a weekend home-and-home against Northeastern. The senior defenseman sparked the offense in each game, helping his squad to two victories. The Terriers have won the first four home games of 2015-16, the first time they have achieved that feat since 2008-09 when BU captured the national title. Northeastern rookie forward Adam Gaudette (Braintree, Mass.) scored two goals and added an assist in the two games for the Huskies, extending his goal-streak to three games ... UMass Lowell took a pair of hard-nosed victories at Vermont, with senior goaltender Kevin Boyle (Manalapan, N.J.) picking up his sixth career shutout with a 32-save effort in Saturday night's 1-0 win. In Friday's 5-3 road victory, senior forward Michael Fallon (Glenview, Ill.) picked up three points (1g, 2a) for the River Hawks. Vermont junior forward Mario Puskarich (Jr., F; Fort Walton Beach, Fla.) posted a goal, assist and 10 shots on net in the two games for the Catamounts while rookie defenseman Mike Lee (Hamden, Conn.) netted his first career tally Friday night. ... Merrimack improved to 5-1-2 on the year with two wins over Bentley and Canisius, outscoring opponents, 8-3, off the back of sophomore goaltender Collin Delia (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.). Delia made several highlight reel saves, stopping 38 shots in 120 minutes of play ... Anders Bjork (Mequon, Wis.) helped Notre Dame to a weekend split with Minnesota, scoring a career high three points (1g, 2a) in Friday's 4-3 triumph. He added another helper Saturday to finish with a plus-three rating. Sophomore defenseman Jordan Gross (Maple Grove, Minn.) netted two goals for the Irish Friday night, including the late game-winner to secure the 4-3 victory ... Massachusetts ran its overall record to 6-2-1 with a two-game sweep of UConn. Rookie forward Austin Plevy (Langley, B.C.) had a four-point (2g, 2a) weekend, scoring his third game-winner of the year Friday night late in the period and assisting on the game-winner Saturday. Sophomore forward Dominic Trento (Brockport, N.Y.) racked up a five-point weekend on three goals and two assists ... New Hampshire dropped a pair of games at Michigan State, but saw continued production from Tyler Kelleher (Longmeadow, Mass.) and Andrew Poturalski (Williamsville, N.Y.). The duo rank tied for first and third, respectively, in overall scoring among Hockey East skaters.
