The University of Maine men’s and women’s hockey teams both dropped their league openers on Friday night.
In the women’s game at Alfond Arena- Sami Snyder scored a game winning goal 1:40 into the second period, as Providence defeated Maine 3-1. Audrey Knapp on a 5 on 3 powerplay in the first, and Cameryn Shiels even strength in the third had the other tallies for the Friars who improve to 4-5 and 2-1 in Hockey East. Gracie Hanson had the Black Bears lone goal in the third period on the powerplay that was assisted by Julie Jebouskova and Sade Sandilands. Kiia Lahtinen made 18 saves in net in the defeat, as Maine falls to 3-6 overall. The teams finish off the two game series on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
In the men’s game at Agganis Arena- #14 Boston University stormed out to a 4-0 first period lead, and crushed visiting #19 Maine 7-2. Tynan Lawrence scored just 29 seconds into the game to set the tone. The Terriers would score all four first period goals in just 4:49 with three of them in first 1:31, ending a short night for Petter Wickström Stumer in between the pipes as he was replaced by Albin Boija. Conrad Fondrk, Ben Merrill, Xavier Villeneuve, and Niklas Aaram-Olsen all had one goal and one assist each for BU who improves to 5-2 and 3-2 in Hockey East. Tanner Klimpke and Max Scott (powerplay) had the goals for the Black Bears, who drop their ninth straight game at Agganis Arena. Wickström Stumer had just two saves on six shots, while Boija stopped 28 of 31 in relief. Maine is now 4-3. The finale of the series is Saturday night at 6 p.m.
Photos from University of Maine Athletics
