University of Maine schedule and score updates
#17 Indiana 67, Maine 59- final. Simon 34 points, 11 rebounds, and five steals and Smith 14 points and 13 rebounds. Holmes led the Hoosiers with 22 points and seven rebounds. The Black Bears are now 4-4 on the season
Maine women's ice hockey is hosting Vermont in Hockey East play at the Alfond beginning at 2 p.m. The Black Bears swept the ranked Catamounts last time out in Burlington. UVM checks in at #13 in the country
Women's Hockey East- Maine 2, Vermont 0- end of first period. Seregely and Enzler with the Black Bear goals
Women's Hockey East- Maine 2, #13 Vermont 1- end of second period. Shots on goal are in favor of the Catamounts 21-17
Maine women's ice hockey defeats #13 Vermont for a third straight time, 3-2. Enzler had the third Black Bears goal in the third period. Maine is now 7-8, 5-6 in Hockey East and hosts Holy Cross Saturday at 4 p.m.
Maine men's hockey (6-3-1, 3-2-1 Hockey East) vs UNH (7-3-1, 4-1-1) in a battle of top 15 teams coming up at 7 p.m. from a rowdy and sold out Alfond Arena. The Black Bears are ranked #11, the Wildcats #15.
Freshman Albin Boija from Sweden is expected to make his first career start in net for Maine tonight
Maine going shorthanded as UNH heads to the powerplay with no score- 15:19 left first period
UNH doesn't score on the powerplay, and Boija stops a partial Wildcats breakaway just over a minute later. Still 0-0
Maine headed to their first powerplay with 8:36 left in the first
At the end of the Maine powerplay that was unsuccessful, UNH scores the first goal of the game with 6:25 left in the first. 1-0 Wildcats
UNH gets called for tripping with 7.2 seconds left in the period, and Josh Nadeau scores his fifth goal of the season on the powerplay seconds later. Maine 1, UNH 1- end of first
A good bounce for Maine and Thomas Freel is the beneficiary to put the Bears on top 2-1, just 23 seconds into the second period
UNH powerplay- 16:16 left in second with Maine up 2-1
Maine back to the powerplay- 12:01 remaining in the second