Maine Black Bears Fall To Boston College In 7-3 Loss

It was a tough night for the #10 Maine Black Bears as they fell to #15 Boston College 7-3 at the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill on Friday night, November 21st

Maine was whistled for 2 penalties in the 1st Period, and Boston College made Maine pay, scoring on both power plays to take a 2-0 lead at the end of the 1st Period.

Boston College made it 3-0 early in the 2nd Period before Owen Fowler put the Black Bears on the scoreboard, with a goal with 6:55 left to play assisted by Frank Djurasevic and Miguel Marques.

BC led 3-1 at the end of the 2nd Period.

Maine drew within 1 goal 20 seconds into the 3rd Period, with Charlie Russell's goal, assisted by Justin Poirier.

BC answered with a goal 3:12 later to make it 4-2.

But with 8:53 gone in the 3rd Period, Maine scored on the power play, when Justin Poirier scored, assisted by Brandon Holt, and Max Scott. That made the score 4-3.

But from there, the wheels fell off the bus, with BC scoring with 7:03 left and 5:03 left to make it 6-3. The Eagles added an empty-netter with 47.5 seconds to play to make it 7-3.

BC was 2-3 on the power play while Maine was 1-3.

Maine outshot BC 38-28 but BC blocked 18 Black Bear shots on the night!

Albin Boija had 21 saves in net for Maine, while Louka Cloutier had 35 saves for BC.

BC is now 7-4-1 overall and 5-2-0 in Hockey East while Maine is 7-5-1 overall and 4-3-0 in Hockey East.

The 2 teams play Saturday night, November 22nd, with the puck dropping at 7 p.m. Join Jon Shields for the call of the game, with the pregame starting at 6:30 on 92.9 The Ticket.

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