Bears Lose 3-2, One Game Playoff Next [VIDEO]
After a wild final weekend of Hockey East play, the Maine Black Bears finish in 6th place and will have to play a one game winner-take-all playoff game against Merrimack to get into the quarterfinal round.
The Bears lost 3-2 to the Providence College Friars and the weekend sweep by the Friars left the Maine with a 9-8-3 HE record (6th place). The Bears overall record is 15-13-4.
The first round playoff game with #11 Merrimack is Saturday night (March 8th) at 7pm.
Hockey East | Overall | ||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Boston College | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 75 | 40 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 142 | 71 | |
UMass Lowell | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 54 | 43 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 96 | 66 | |
Providence | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 50 | 49 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 102 | 79 | |
New Hampshire | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 64 | 51 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 113 | 92 | |
Northeastern | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 52 | 51 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 108 | 93 | |
Maine | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 59 | 48 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 97 | 76 | |
Vermont | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 49 | 48 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 95 | 76 | |
Notre Dame | 20 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 43 | 40 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 101 | 68 | |
Boston University | 20 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 66 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 79 | 110 | |
Massachusetts | 20 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 42 | 61 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 75 | 104 | |
Merrimack | 20 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 66 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 62 | 95 |