Kevin Boyle – G – Westside Warriors (BCHL)
34 GP / 16-16-1 / 3.06 GAA / .902 sv%
These up and down performances for Boyle are just plain crazy.  On Saturday he gave up 5 goals in a loss but bounced back last night to pick up a win while only giving up 1 goal.

Kenny Gillespie – RW – Shattuck St Mary’s (MN)
35 GP / 10 G / 34 A /  44 Pts / 46 PIM
Gillespie had a goal and four assists in his last two games.

Zack LaRue – C/F – Markham Waxers (OPJHL)
47 GP / 31 G / 35 A / 66 Pts / 22 PIM
LaRue had a goal and an assist in an overtime win against Brampton last week.

Shane Walsh -LW – Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
25 GP / 2 G / 5 A / 7 Pts / 8 PIM
Walsh played two games for the Saints this week and was held off the board.

I also have created a list of players who are rumored to be on UMass’ radar.  You can find it at the bottom of the Recruits page.  Again, these are just players who have been mentioned as potential UMass targets.  Information may be old or UMass may not even ever offer these players a scholarship.  In assembling this list I noticed that Nick Gordon who I had written about last winter committed to RIT.  Gordon played locally for Northfield-Mt Hermon and is now out in the USHL. 

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USCHO writer Dave Hendrickson makes his picks for who makes it into the Hockey East playoffs with UMass as the 7th seed.

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UMassathletics.com has footage of Justin Braun taking part in the hardest shot competition in the AHL All Star Skill competition.  He finished second.  Meanwhile Matt Anderson scored a goal in the 11-8 win for the Eastern Conference.  UNH’s Bobby Butler was named the game’s MVP.

Jon Quick was named the NHL’s #2 star for last week.