UNH's Nick Ring, left, gets a shot off during the Maine game last weekend. Ring scored one goal and added two assists in the Wildcats' 5-1 victory over RIT on Friday night.
UNH's Nick Ring, left, gets a shot off during the Maine game last weekend. Ring scored one goal and added two assists in the Wildcats' 5-1 victory over RIT on Friday night.
Nick Ring scored a goal and added two assists to help the UNH hockey team beat Rochester Institute of Technology 5-1 in a nonconference game Friday night before 3,717 fans at the Whittemore Center in Durham.
Bedford's Alex Gagne, Brentwood's Cy LeClerc, Marty Lavins and Liam Devlin also scored for the Wildcats (5-4-2), who led 2-0 after one period and 4-1 after two.
The teams conclude their two-game series at the Whittemore Center on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Boston College 5, Dartmouth 3: Mike Posma's power-play goal with 6:06 remaining broke a 2-2 tie and the No. 5 Eagles held off the 15th-ranked Big Green in a nonconference game on Friday night before 7,395 fans at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
BC scored two empty-net goals in the final 2:08, offset by an extra-attacker tally by Dartmouth's John Fusco.
The loss was the first of the season for Dartmouth (5-1-1), which had been the only unbeaten team in the country.
Freshman James Hagens, projected as a first-round pick in next June's NHL draft, scored twice for BC (10-3-0).
Woodstock, Vermont's Steven Townley and Auburn's Cooper Flinton also scored for the Big Green, who visit Vermont in another nonleague game on Sunday at 4 p.m.