ORONO, Maine — The College of Maine males’s hockey staff’s 10-game dwelling unbeaten streak got here to an finish on Saturday night time.
Junior defenseman Guillaume Richard, who had initially dedicated to attend the College of Maine, celebrated his twenty first birthday by scoring an influence play aim 23 seconds into extra time to offer Windfall School a 4-3 win over the Black Bears.
UMaine had been 8-0-2 at Alfond Enviornment.
The Friars erased three one-goal deficits to earn the win. The Friars at the moment are 16-9-2 general advert 9-6-2 in Hockey East, whereas the Black Bears fell to 18-6-2 and 10-5-1.
The Black Bears had a golden alternative to interrupt a 3-3 tie with two minutes left within the sport however did not convert on a break involving Donavan Houle and Ben Poisson.
Moments later, freshman defenseman Liam Lesakowski picked up a minor penalty for holding with 1:09 remaining in regulation.
The Black Bears killed off the regulation phase of the penalty, nevertheless it carried over into the three-on-three extra time.
It went to a four-on-three energy play in OT and Richard capitalized with a one-timer into the quick facet nook previous UMaine freshman goalie Albin Boija from the appropriate faceoff circle off a move from Nick Poisson. It was his third aim of the season.
The ability play alternative was the eighth of the sport for Windfall, which is essentially the most surrendered by the Black Bears in a sport this season.
All three UMaine objectives got here on the ability play with freshman proper wing Josh Nadeau scoring his fifteenth aim of the season and eighth on the ability play with 12 seconds left within the first interval. He one-timed a diagonal move from his brother Bradly seconds after Bradly dove to cease a possible Friar breakaway.
Graduate scholar left wing Jamie Engelbert tied it with an even-strength aim 5:18 into the second interval as he deflected a Cam McDonald shot previous Boija.
Graduate scholar left wing Poisson restored the one-goal lead for UMaine with 25 seconds left within the center interval when he swatted a Josh Nadeau previous sophomore goalie Philip Svedeback for his fourth of the season.
Freshman proper wing Graham Gamache tied it early within the third interval together with his fourth of the 12 months on the ability play. He beat Boija from the center of the slot off a rebound.
Sophomore defenseman Brandon Chabrier’s sixth aim equipped UMaine with its third one-goal lead with 8:59 left.
However freshman middle Hudson Malinoski tied it with 4:33 left when he flipped the puck previous Boija throughout a flurry in entrance. It was his seventh aim.
Svedeback completed with 22 saves whereas Boija made 28 stops and allowed greater than two objectives in a sport for the primary time in his profession.
