Maine Home Cookin’ [VIDEO]
UMaine freshman Blaine Byron scored a powerplay goal late in the third period and it turned out to the be the game winner as the Bears knocked off #7 UMass Lowell 4-2. Talk about feeling comfortable at home - Maine is 7-1 at Alfond Arena now. The Bears overall record is 7-6-1.
UML is 11-5 and 4-2.
Martin Ouellette made 26 saves in goal for the Bears.
The next Hockey East game for the Bears is January 11th when Maine plays BU at Fenway Park. So here's a check of updated HE standings...
Hockey East | Overall | ||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
Boston College | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 39 | |
Providence | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 33 | |
New Hampshire | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 60 | 46 | |
Maine | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 33 | |
UMass Lowell | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 30 | |
Vermont | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 30 | |
Northeastern | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 40 | |
Notre Dame | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 54 | 38 | |
Massachusetts | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 33 | 59 | |
Boston University | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 43 | |
Merrimack | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 37 |