2/7/93                 Hockey East                Overall
                       GP  W-L-T   Pts  GF-GA  || GP   W-L-T    GF-GA
                       ===============================================
 1  Maine              16 15-0-1   31  111-39  || 30  28-0-2   199-69
 2  Boston University  17 12-4-1   25   86-54  || 26  19-5-2   131-77
 3  Providence         17  7-8-2   16   66-78  || 27  14-11-2  117-106
 4  New Hampshire      17  7-9-1   15   79-82  || 27  12-13-2  117-115
 5  UMass-Lowell       17  7-10-0  14   73-74  || 28  15-13-0  118-107
 6  Boston College     16  5-9-2   12   56-75  || 27   8-15-4   87-127
 7  Northeastern       17  5-11-1  11   69-90  || 25   8-16-1  107-138
 8  Merrimack          17  5-12-0  10   62-110 || 27  11-14-2  107-139
 
RESULTS
02/05/93 New Hampshire       0 at Boston University   4 HE
02/05/93 UMass-Lowell        4 at Maine               7 HE
02/05/93 Boston College      5 at Merrimack           4 HE
02/05/93 Providence          5 at Northeastern        2 HE
02/06/93 UMass-Lowell        2 at Maine               4 HE
02/06/93 New Hampshire       3 at Merrimack           4 HE ot
 
UPCOMING
02/08/93 Northeastern          vs Boston College        NC    Beanpot
 Consolation 5:00
02/08/93 Boston University     vs Harvard               NC    Beanpot
 Championship 8:00 WSBK-TV38
02/12/93 UMass-Lowell          at Boston College        HE    NESN
02/12/93 Merrimack             at Boston University     HE
02/12/93 Providence            at New Hampshire         HE
02/12/93 Maine                 at Northeastern          HE
02/13/93 Boston College        at UMass-Lowell          HE
02/13/93 Boston University     at Merrimack             HE
02/13/93 Maine                 at Northeastern          HE
02/13/93 New Hampshire         at Providence            HE    2:00
 
RECAP
Maine remained unbeaten by sweeping UMass-Lowell, 7-4 & 4-2.  The Black
Bears are three games away from tying the NC$$ record for unbeaten streak
in a season.  Maine sets new HE records for unbeaten streak and
consecutive wins each game; currently the streaks are: unbeaten, 16 games
(15-0-1) and winning, 14 games.  Maine is also unbeaten in its last 50
games at home.
 
BC, BU, Providence, and Merrimack also posted wins on the weekend.  BU's
4-0 win over UNH made them 16-1-1 in their last 18 games.  PC won its
third straight game vs Northeastern to move into third place, and the
Friars look to have a great shot at maintaining that position through
the last few weeks of the season.  BC, which was in danger of falling
into last place this weekend for the first time ever, is suddenly in
sixth and has a chance at 5th or even 4th next week.  Maine and BU
may be running away with the top two spots, but 3rd through 8th are
up for grabs.  Note that the 3rd through 8th place teams are all under
.500 in the league, too.
 
NEXT WEEKEND
Maine puts its unbeaten streak on the line at a rink the Black Bears
have had trouble in before, Northeastern's Matthews Arena.  The other
three pairings are all home-and-homes: BU-Merrimack, BC-UML, PC-UNH.
Friday's UML-BC game will be shown on NESN.
 
Other HE news to be posted as the week goes on, but I wanted to get
the standings out now.  Note that all teams have now played 17 HE games
with the exception of BC and Maine who have played 16, but their game
at Maine on 3/2 will even everything out.
 
I believe tickets for the HE Championships March 19-20 at the Boston
Garden are now available.  On Fri 3/19, the semifinal games will be
played at 5 and 8 pm.  On Sat 3/20, the consolation (first in HE
since 1989) will be played at 5 pm, followed by the championship at 8.
Contact the Boston Garden Box Office or your local HE school's ticket
office for details.
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Mike Machnik    [log in to unmask]   Color Voice of the Merrimack Warriors
(Any opinions expressed above are strictly those of the poster.)    *HMN*