ORONO, Maine — The College of Maine’s seventh-ranked hockey staff acquired a stiff check from the visiting Colgate College Raiders however freshman goalie Albin Boija made 30 saves and the Black Bears acquired objectives from Bradly Nadeau, Harrison Scott and Ryan Hopkins to put up their seventh straight win, 3-1, at Alfond Area Friday evening.
UMaine improved to 13-3-1 whereas Colgate fell to 6-9-2.
The seven-game profitable streak is the primary for UMaine because the 2006-2007 staff received its first seven-game en path to the varsity’s eleventh and final Frozen 4 look.
Freshman proper wing Nadeau gave UMaine a 1-0 lead with the one objective of the primary interval earlier than junior heart Scott and freshman defenseman Ryan Hopkins prolonged the lead within the second interval.
Colgate head coach Mike Tougher pulled goalie Carter Gylander halfway by way of third interval with the Raiders on the ability play and junior heart Ryan McGuire scored his tenth of the season and eighth in his final eight video games.
However the Black Bears held on.
Boija, making simply his second begin, made numerous nice saves together with a pad cease on Daniel Panetta’s breakaway.
Gylander completed with 32 stops. The groups will play once more on Saturday at 7.
Scott scored what proved to be the game-winner early within the second interval.
It was fifth objective of the season and fourth in his final 5 video games on the 4:57 mark of the free-wheeling center interval.
Harrison hunted down the puck behind the web and minimize shortly out entrance to the correct of Gylander for a wraparound shot. His shot appeared to hit the stick of Colgate defenseman Nick Anderson and slip between Gylander’s pads.
Hopkins scored his first collegiate objective off a face-off win by Lynden Breen with 51 seconds remaining within the interval.
The puck got here instantly again to Hopkins on the left level. He took a couple of strides towards the center and sailed a screened wrist shot previous Gylander’s blocker.
The 2 groups mixed for 34 photographs on objective within the center interval with Boija and Gylander every making numerous high-quality saves.
Colgate’s Tommy Bergsland rang a wrist shot off the crossbar halfway by way of the interval.
Bradly Nadeau scored off a cross from his brother Josh simply 5:26 into the sport.
The puck pinballed round within the excessive slot earlier than Josh Nadeau wheeled round and fired a cross to Bradly, who was alone in entrance of Gylander.
The youthful Nadeau brother moved the puck from his backhand to his forehand and roofed a 12-foot wrist shot over Gylander’s glove and into the quick aspect nook for his team-leading thirteenth objective of the season.
Brandon Holt additionally earned an help on the objective.
The Black Bears had a glittering likelihood to broaden the lead whereas shorthanded late within the interval.
Harrison Scott carried the puck down the left wing in a two-on-one with Donavan Houle and fed the puck throughout to Houle, who shot from the highest of the crease was stopped by the pad of Gylander.
UMaine outshot Colgate 10-4 within the first interval however the Raiders did a great job defensively, defending the entrance of their internet and limiting UMaine’s odd-man rushes.
