BOSTON, Mass. (Nov. 3, 2007) – Maury Edwards (Rocky Rapids, Alb.) scored two goals, but Boston University rallied with six unanswered goals to defeat UMass Lowell, 7-4, in Hockey East action at the Agganis Arena Saturday night.

The Terriers have won two straight and improve to 2-4-1 overall and 2-1-0 in Hockey East play. The River Hawks have dropped their last two and fall to 2-2-1 overall and 0-2-1 in league play.

Luke Popko (Skillman, N.J.) scored twice for BU, and Nick Bonino (Unionvile, Conn.) netted the game-winning goal and added an assist. Brian McGuirk (Danvers, Mass.), Colin Wilson (Winnipeg, Man.), Zach Cohen (Schaumburg, Ill.) and Ryan Weston (Henniker, N.H.) also scored for the Terriers.

In addition to Edwards’ two goals, Mark Roebothan (St. John’s, Nfld.) and Jason DeLuca (East Moriches, N.Y.) scored for UML.

Edwards, who was penalized for hooking just 17 seconds into the contest, came out of the penalty box to score the game’s first goal at 2:24 of the opening period. Edwards beat BU netminder Karson Gillespie (Mankota, Sask.) with a top-shelf shot on a partial breakaway.

The River Hawks built the lead to 3-1 less than two minutes into the second period as the two teams traded goals during a 43-second flurry. Roebothan netted the first of the second, his second of the year, at 1:12. McGuirk cut the UML lead in half at 1:38 and DeLuca scored his second of the year at 1:55 of the second.

Edwards gave the River Hawks a 4-1 lead with his second goal of the game, third of the year on the power play at the 8:56 mark of the period. Ben Holmstrom (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Chris Auger (Belleville, Ont.) had the assists on the power play marker.

Popko scored the first of his two goals in the contest at 11:41 of the second to begin a stretch of six unanswered goals for the Terriers.

Wilson, a freshman center, scored the first goal of his career for BU less than two minutes into the third period (1:56). Popko tied the game at the 8:19 mark of the third. And Bonino got the game-winner at 13:17 of the third.

Cohen scored an insurance goal at 14:20 and Weston added an empty netter at 19:32 to cap the scoring.

Brett Bennett (Williamsville, N.Y.) came off the bench to pick up the win between the pipes for the Terriers. Bennett made 12 saves in 36:39 of action. Gillespie made just three saves on six shots in 23 minutes.

Nevin Hamilton (Ashland, Mass.) had a career-high 35 saves, including 26 over the final two periods, in defeat for the River Hawks.

The Terriers out-shot the River Hawks 17-4 in their five-goal third period and 42 to 19 for the game.

UML was 1-for-5 on the power play, while BU was 1-for-4 on the man-advantage.

“Besides the result, I thought we competed really hard,” said UML head coach Blaise MacDonald. “Right to the very end guys competed. We were overmatched at times and we had guys play very tentatively in the defensive zone, but I thought for the most part we really grew as a team tonight. We showed some great poise. Maury Edwards scores two goals; our defense is generating some offense. Now we need some of our forwards on the board offensively.”

Barry Goers (Ivyland, Pa.) earned an assist on DeLuca’s goal and has points in four of the first five games this season. Auger also has points in four of the first five with an assist Saturday.

The River Hawks return to the ice Friday night at New Hampshire (7:00 p.m. face off). BU next plays Friday night when it hosts Massachusetts Friday night (7:30 p.m.).