Casey Wellman scored the game-winner with 5:03 left and also had two assists to lead UMass past Niagara, 4-2, in a nonconference game in Niagara, N.Y. James Marcou and Will Ortiz each had a goal and assist for the Minutemen (6-1). . . .

Gustav Nyquist scored a goal and also assisted on Spencer Abbott’s eventual game-winner in the third period, giving Maine (3-5, 2-2 Hockey East) a 3-2 victory against Boston University (2-5, 1-4) in Orono, Maine. . . .