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By The Daily Gleaner

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The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds had nothing to declare at customs upon their return from a pair of weekend exhibition games in Massachusetts.

They dropped both games on the exhibition tour, falling 4-1 to the Boston University Terriers Sunday afternoon on the heels of a 6-0 defeat at the hands of the UMass-Amherst Minutemen Saturday.

The Terriers put the V-Reds behind the eight-ball early scoring three first period goals to post the win. Freshman forward Vinny Saponari had a goal and an assist to lead the Terriers. Chris Connolly, Corey Trivino and John McCarthy had the other markers for the Terriers. Highly-touted recruit Daine Todd had the V-Reds' only goal midway through the second period. McCarthy's empty net goal with 11 seconds left sealed the deal for the Terriers, who outshot the V-Reds 25-24. Derek Yeomans went the distance in the crease for the V-Reds and took the loss. V-Reds were 1-for-7 on the power play.

Saturday, the UMass-Amherst Minutemen used four power-play goals, two by senior Alex Berry, in a 6-0 win over the V-Reds before 385 fans at the Mullins Center Practice Rink.

UMass held a commanding 39-21 shots on goal advantage and converted 4-of-8 power play opportunities. Paul Dainton made 12 saves, while Dan Myers made nine to share the shutout. Each saw 30 minutes of action. UNB rookie goalie Travis Fullerton made 33 saves in the loss.

Berry started the scoring with a power play goal at the 17:05 mark of the first period. He added a second just four minutes into the second period.

Almost a minute and a half later, freshman Casey Wellman added a third power play goal to put UMass up 3-0. Senior Scott Crowder ended a three-goal second period with a shorthanded marker with just 1:12 remaining.

Senior captain Cory Quirk scored a power play goal 1:38 into the third period and Michael Lecomte added another at the 16:58 mark to round out the scoring. Hunter Tremblay and Jimmy Cuddihy each had three of UNB's 21 shots.

V-Reds host the University of Maine Black Bears in games Friday and Saturday at the Aitken Centre.