Weekly Wrap-Up BU Sweeps Maine in Orono

With Great goaltending by John Curry, and the return of Brandon Yip, the Boston University Terriers went into Maine and surprisingly swept the Maine Black Bears at Alfond Arena.

On Friday night BU shocked everyone when the offense was a factor in the game. In the first period Maine scored on the power play when Brent Shepheard got one passed John Curry to give Maine a 1-0 lead. 15 seconds later, BU came right back when Peter MacArthur scored to tie it at 1-1. In the second period MacArthur was at it again scoring two goals (giving him a hat trick for the night) including a shorthander to give BU a 4-1 lead. Maine would make it 4-2 when Josh Soares scored Maine's second power play goal of the game. Jason Lawrence for BU would add another power play goal giving BU a 5-2 lead going into the third. In the third period Bryan Ewing made it 6-2 1:27 into the third. So BU with a 6-2 lead could cruise into Saturday nights game right? Wrong! Keith Johnson added a power play goal Maine's third of the night to make it 6-3. Josh Soares would score a pair to make it 6-5. Maine had many oppurtunities in the last 3:46 to tie the game but it was too little too late as John Curry stopped 40 of 45 Maine Shots on goal in the 6-5 victory.

Saturday night the power play was not a factor for Maine. The Black Bears went 0-7 on the powerplay. Matt Gilroy, Dan McGoff, and Chris Higgins all had a goal for the Terriers. John Curry was spectacular again stopping all 30 Maine shots in a 3-0 shutout. Curry stopped 70 of 75 Maine shots this past weekend and proved again that he is arguably the best goalie in Hockey East.

In other college hockey action this weekend:

In the CCHA series of the week two surprise teams went at it as Notre Dame swept Lake Superior in a series in the Great Lakes. The first night went into overtime where Irish forward Erik Condra scored the game winner with 1:36 left in overtime. Irish netminder David Brown has 30 saves the second night as Notre Dame got the 4-1 victory over Lake Superior.

Wisconsin and Minnesota split in a rivalry series in the WCHA. Wisconsin won 2-1 the first night behind Ross Carlson's two power play goals. The second night saw just one goal by Minnesota forward Jim O'Brien as Minnesota got the split in Madison.

New Hampshire goaltender Kevin Regan had 43 saves in a 4-2 win against in state rival Dartmouth at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester.

And Clarkson tied Colgate and Cornell in ECACHL play.

This weeks top upcoming games include:

Boston College travels to Vermont to face the Catamounts in a key Hockey East series. The teams are seperated by three points.

Denver and Minnesota will face off for a two game WCHA series at Marucci Arena.

Michigan State and Lake Superior (also important for CCHA standings) will face each other in East Lansing for two.

Michigan travels to Alaska for a pair of games.

And up and coming Bemidji State will have a home and home series against North Dakota.

Big games this weekend and keep it here on hockeynuts for all your college hockey needs.