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 Merrimack College sophomore goalie Joe Cannata has been named Hockey East Pure Hockey Defensive Player of the Week Monday. Cannata led Merrimack to a sweep over  UMass, making 42 saves for his first shutout of the season in a 3-0 win on Saturday. He stopped 63 of 64 shots on the weekend, as the Warriors swept the Minutemen for the first time since 1998. Since returning to the lineup on February 6, Cannata is 4-0-1 with a 1.18 goals-against-average and a .956 save percentage.   Merrimack (13-15-1, 10-11-1 HEA) continues its push for the Hockey East Playoffs against Boston College at 7 p.m. today at Conte Forum. The Warriors, unbeaten in five straight, have never posted a six-game unbeaten streak in Hockey East games. 

 Merrimack College sophomore goalie Joe Cannata has been named Hockey East Pure Hockey Defensive Player of the Week Monday. Cannata led Merrimack to a sweep over  UMass, making 42 saves for his first shutout of the season in a 3-0 win on Saturday. He stopped 63 of 64 shots on the weekend, as the Warriors swept the Minutemen for the first time since 1998. Since returning to the lineup on February 6, Cannata is 4-0-1 with a 1.18 goals-against-average and a .956 save percentage.   Merrimack (13-15-1, 10-11-1 HEA) continues its push for the Hockey East Playoffs against Boston College at 7 p.m. today at Conte Forum. The Warriors, unbeaten in five straight, have never posted a six-game unbeaten streak in Hockey East games. 

Marina Moschitto scored two goals and Paige Murray recorded three assists as Brooks beat Middlesex 4-1.

 Saint Anselm's Tucker Mullin of Andover has been named Player of the Week in both the Northeast-10 and the ECAC East for his extremely productive offense last week. Additionally, he earned the honor of NE-10 Freshman of the Week.

Area girls scoring leader Sarah Oteri notched another hat trick as Andover doubled up on Chelmsford, 8-4. Nicole Giroux backed her with two goals and three assists.

Kyla Mosquera stopped 35 shots for her third shutout and Sarah Oteri scored both goals as Andover downed Billerica, 2-0. The win clinched a playoff berth for the 9-5-3 Golden Warriors.

Avenging an early-season 5-0 loss, shackling defense allowed Andover to achieve a 1-1 tie with league power Arlington. Back liners Megan Pearce, Laura Cahill, Emily Appleton and Kendra Dargoonian helped goalie Kyla Mosquera's cause tremendously and allowed Sarah Oteri's early third-period score to keep things deadlocked.

Sarah Oteri scored twice, giving her 18 goals on the year, as the Andover girls nipped Chelmsford 3-2. Oteri also had an assist, Lea Macheras had a goal and two assists and Jill Manning assisted on every goal as the Warriors improved to 7-4-2.

Mariana Walsh celebrated her 17th birthday in style, scoring a whopping four goals as Phillips pounded New Hampton 8-2.

Sarah Oteri notched five points for Andover, including her second hat trick of the season, in a 7-2 pounding of Wayland.