UNH defeated UMass/Amherst 7-1 Sunday night at the Mullins Center in Amherst. The win returns the Wildcats to third place in the Hockey East standings ahead of Northeastern. Steve Pleau returned after a three week absence due to a shoulder injury and scored 2 goals and had 2 assists. (Welcome back, Steve!) UNH(18-6-3) 2 3 2 7 UMass(5-20-2) 0 0 1 1 Saves: Heinke (UNH) 26, Regan (UMass) 42 1st UNH Flinton (Schmidtke, Russell) 00:32 UNH Boguniecki (Gagnon, Pleau) 15:27 2nd UNH O'Brien (Putnam, Dellezay) 4:45 UNH Schmidtke (Mowers, Royal) 5:03 UNH Pleau (unassisted) 10:52 3rd UNH Boguniecki (Pleau, Gagnon) 11:32 UMass Cahill (O'Connell) 13:48 UNH Pleau (Gagnon, Boguniecki) 18:08 UNH plays at BC this Friday and hosts UMass/Lowell Saturday night at JFK in Manchester. Karen Ambrose Go Blue!