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\"Miles<\/a>
A weekend sweep of New Hampshire puts UConn in solid position heading into the final month of the regular season (photo: Melissa Wade)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maine and Connecticut each pulled off sweeps this weekend, allowing each to move up the standings with just four weekend left in the regular season.<\/p>\n

1. Maine in top 4 race; UConn solidifies\u00a0position in middle of standings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maine went on the road to win two at Massachusetts. Upon swept its two-game series with New Hampshire. Now suddenly each of those teams are well positioned for the stretch run.<\/p>\n

The Black Bears are in the best position, just a single point out of fourth place with a game in hand with the two teams they are chasing – Boston University and UMass Lowell.<\/p>\n

Connecticut’s sweep was also well timed given that the seventh-place Huskies have the most games played in Hockey East. They will play just single league games in each of the final four weeks, but they now have a six-point cushion over their closest chasers.<\/p>\n

2. Providence takes a key three points from a much-hyped series with Northeastern<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though neither Providence nor Northeastern entered last weekend in first place, the series was considered one of the heavyweight battles that preview playoff intensity.<\/p>\n

The two teams delivered, going to overtime both nights. But it was Providence that was the big winner, earning a tie and win to catapult from fifth to third place in Hockey East and sit just a single point second-place Northeastern.<\/p>\n

Most importantly the Friars jumped up to ninth in the PairWise rankings, which ranks tops among Hockey East teams.<\/p>\n

3. Boston University officially has a winning streak<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Terriers won their first two games of the season, but then couldn’t put together back-to-back wins to save their lives.<\/p>\n

Well, don’t look now, but BU has a season-best four game winning streak and a six-game unbeaten streak (5-0-1), which is fourth-best in the country.<\/p>\n

They earned a two-game road sweep of Arizona State winning in very different ways. A blow away 8-0 win on Friday was followed by a hard-fought 4-3 victory on Saturday to send the Terriers into the final month of the season red hot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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