Two big, big series this weekend. Lowell plays BC twice and UNH plays Northeastern twice. Up until now, UNH and BC have been looking insurmountable as HockeyEast home-ice playoff teams ... but that could change. What happened out in Amherst yesterday? I speculate that the Minutemen had the proverbial horseshoe you know where. They do have quite a good veterinary school out there! UNH soundly outplayed Amherst but to no avail. The main thing that Amherst and senior goalie Brian Regan did is to give Northeastern a little "heads up" going into the Huskies weekend series with UNH. These Wildcats can be beat ... especially if you play them three times in just a few weeks. Recent UNH losses to Maine and Amherst were both failed attempts to win the third of three games in a short period. A recent UNH victory over Northeastern could mean that the Huskies are bound to take at least one this weekend. The Huskies are also much more talented than Amherst and also stronger than Maine ... so a Husky sweep isn't out of the question either. BC looked pretty dominating in its last HockeyEast game against Merrimack. But if anyone can slow them down, its the gritty Riverhawks of Lowell. The only BC-Lowell match this season was a closely fought game where Lowell was clearly in the position to win that won on the road before Gionta scored with about 8:00 to go. If Northeastern continues its miracle performance against UNH and Lowell is able to contain the mighty BC attack, we could have a suddenly different playoff race. In any case, BU is looking pretty comfortable with a weekend series against the struggling Minutemen on their plate. Looks like one more HockeyEast Championship for the Terriers. Also, it looks like third place in HockeyEast will get the unenviable opportunity to host the Maine Black Bears in the first round. Finally, with Lowell's 2-0-1 domination of Northeastern this season, a first round quarterfinal series with the Huskies would hopefully result in the Riverhawks' sixth straight trip to HockeyEast's semi-finals. HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.