SPORTS
ORONO, Maine - Down by two goals with seven minutes left, 14th-ranked University of New Hampshire rallied for a 5-4 Hockey East triumph over the University of Maine at the Alfond Arena yesterday.
> Allen Lessels' UNH Notebook: Pleasant day for hockey, hoops
> Click here to visit Allen Lessels' 'Tracking the 'Cats' blog
OTTAWA - When James vanRiemsdyk and Blake Kessel left campus to play for Team USA at the World Junior Hockey Championship, they'd hoped to be coming back to UNH with gold medals. It didn't happen.
LOWELL, Mass. - Right wing Jon DiSalvatore picked up a hat trick as the Lowell Devils topped the Manchester Monarchs, 4-1, yesterday at the Tsongas Arena.
> Click here to visit Kevin Provencher's Monarchs blog, 'Lighting the Lamp.'
NEW YORK - Wilson Chandler scored a career-high 31 points and the Knicks snapped an eight-game losing streak against the sputtering Celtics with a 100-88 victory last night.
Bill Belichick certainly has good instincts for player acquisition, but everything he's done with the Patriots has had Scott Pioli's thumbprint on it.
> Click here to visit the blog of the Union Leader's Boston sports correspondent, Brian MacPherson, 'One If By Land.'
> nfl.com: Cardinals, Chargers win playoff openers
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