Hockey East quarterfinal thumbnails

NO. 1 BOSTON UNIVERSITY VS. NO. 8 MAINE
When, where: Tonight, 7, at Agganis Arena.
Records: BU 27-5-4; Maine 12-20-4.
Goals: BU, Jason Lawrence 21, Brandon Yip 16, Nick Bonino 15; M, Brian Flynn 12, Gustav Nyquist 10, Tanner House 9.
Assists: BU, Colin Wilson 32, Bonino 27, Chris Higgins 26; M, Nyquist 18, Flynn 13, House 11, Christopher Hahn 11.
Goaltending: BU, Kieran Millan (21-1-3, 1.77 GAA), Grant Rollheiser (6-4-1, 2.13); M, Scott Darling (9-12-3, 2.63), Dave Wilson (3-8-1, 2.82).
Head to head: BU leads the season series, 2-0-1.
Miscellany: BU is 13-0-3 in its last 16 games . . . The Terriers led the conference in scoring offense (3.97 goals per game) and defense (1.92 GAA) . . . Nyquist is sixth among freshmen with 17 points during conference play.

NO. 2 NORTHEASTERN VS. NO. 7 UMASS-AMHERST
When, where: Tonight, 7, at Matthews Arena.
Records: Northeastern 23-9-4; UMass 15-18-3.
Goals: N, Ryan Ginand 19, Wade MacLeod 13, Steve Quailer 9; UM, James Marcou 14, Casey Wellman 11, Alex Berry 11, Cory Quirk 11.
Assists: N, MacLeod 19, Joe Vitale 19, Steve Silva 15, David Strathman 15; UM, Marcou 30, Wellman 22, Berry 18.
Goaltending: N, Brad Thiessen (23-9-4, 2.12); UM, Paul Dainton (11-12-1, 2.48), Dan Meyers (4-6-2, 2.65).
Head to head: UMass leads the season series, 2-1.
Miscellany: Marcou tied for first with 35 points in conference . . . Ginand tied for third with 14 goals in Hockey East games . . . Wellman led all freshmen with 25 points in Hockey East action.

NO. 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE VS. NO. 6 BOSTON COLLEGE
When, where: Tonight, 7, at Whittemore Center, Durham, N.H.
Records: UNH 19-10-5; BC 16-13-5.
Goals: UNH, Mike Sislo 18, James van Riemsdyk 15, Peter LeBlanc 12; BC, Brock Bradford 23, Kyle Kucharski 10, Brian Gibbons 9.
Assists: UNH, van Riemsdyk 22, Kevin Kapstad 21, Bobby Butler 19; BC, Bradford 17, Gibbons 17, Benn Ferriero 17.
Goaltending: UNH, Brian Foster (18-8-4, 2.60), Matt DiGirolamo (1-2-1, 4.66); BC, John Muse (16-13-5, 2.78).
Head to head: UNH leads the season series, 2-1.
Miscellany: Van Riemsdyk scored two goals in UNH's 4-2 victory Feb. 21 at Conte Forum . . . Bradford's 31 points in conference action ranked fourth . . . UNH has won six of its last seven.

NO. 4 VERMONT VS. No. 5 UMASS-LOWELL
When, where: Tonight, 7, at Gutterson Fieldhouse, Burlington, Vt.
Records: Vermont 20-9-5; UMass-Lowell 17-15-2.
Goals: V, Viktor Stalberg 22, Peter Lenes 13, Brian Roloff 10, Justin Milo 10; UML, Kory Falite 14, Scott Campbell 11, Maury Edwards 10.
Assists: V, Dean Strong 19, Stalberg 18, Roloff 17; UML, Jeremy Dehner 20, Edwards 17, Nick Schaus 16, David Vallorani 16.
Goaltending: V, Rob Madore (13-7-4, 2.30), Mike Spillane (7-2-1, 2.88); UML, Nevin Hamilton (9-6-1, 2.23), Carter Hutton (7-8-1, 2.05). Head to head: The teams tied the season series, 1-1-1.
Miscellany: Stalberg's 19 goals were tops in conference play . . . Hutton made 21 saves to earn a shutout in the last meeting, a 1-0 UMass-Lowell win Feb. 21 in Burlington . . . Falite has four game-winning goals in 20 conference games.