Providence 6, at Merrimack 4. A solid tuneup for both teams. Friars showed why they are #5. Warriors gave notice they will be tough to beat if they can get over the "play good in the 1st & 3rd/awful in the 2nd" routine. Team USA 10, at BC 1. BC was outshot 65-18. No big surprise here. I'd be inclined to say the close USA-BU game and this blowout show the difference between BC & BU right now, but then again Canada had a close game on the board with BC (7-4) and beat Maine by 6. Got lots of stuff to send out to everyone, including highlights of the above games, USA stats & scores, Can-BC box, USA-BU notes, and more. Hope you'll all bear with me as I was too busy yesterday to write up the stuff I promised, but you will see it within a day or two. With the HE preseason luncheon coming up Wednesday and the season starting this weekend, the next week will be a busy one as well. Those with access to NESN, just a reminder that NESN opens its 1991-92 college hockey coverage this weekend with two games. Friday it's Vermont at Providence, and Saturday RPI is at BU; both games start at 7 pm Eastern. College Hockey USA follows the UVM-PC game Friday around 9:30, and in New England, SportsChannel has taped coverage of Michigan-MSU at 11 pm Eastern. If you're lucky, you can catch 3 games, 6 teams this weekend, including three teams in the preseason top 10. - mike