Joe Whitney found the net at 11:29 of the third period to snap a 2-2 tie and send 15th-ranked Boston College to a 3-2 victory over No. 10 Notre Dame last night in a nonconference game at South Bend, Ind.
John Muse had 20 saves for the Eagles (1-1-0), while Brad Phillips made just 13 stops for the Irish (3-3-0).
Ben Smith and Brian Gibbons had the Eagles’ other strikes.
UMass 5, Maine 3 - James Marcou had a goal and three assists and Casey Wellman added a goal and an assist as the Minutemen held off the Black Bears (1-4-0, 0-1-0 Hockey East) in a Hockey East showdown in Amherst.
Paul Dainton had 26 saves for UMass (3-0-0, 2-0-0).
UMass-Lowell 5, Colgate 3 - Freshman Colin Wright scored his first collegiate goal with 6:50 remaining to break a 3-3 tie and send the River Hawks (2-1-0) past the visiting Red Raiders (1-2-2) in a nonconference game.
Merrimack 5, Vermont 2 - Francois Ouimet had a goal and an assist, and Chris Barton’s strike early in the second period was the winner as the Warriors (3-2-0, 1-0-0 Hockey East) improved to 3-0 at home for the first time since the 1993-94, beating the No. 7-ranked Catamounts (2-2-0, 1-1-0).
Bentley 4, UConn 3 - Freshman Dan Koudys had two goals, including the winner with 5:01 left in the third period, as the host Falcons (1-2-0, 1-0-0 Atlantic Hockey) rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Huskies (0-3-0, 0-1-0).
