Maine Hockey Falls to Holy Cross 3-2 in Overtime

The Maine Hockey Team fell to Holy Cross 3-2 in overtime on Saturday night, October 3rd in Worcester, Massachusetts. 

Holy Cross took a 1-0 lead with 8:57 gone in the 1st Period. 

The score remained 1-0 through the end of the 2nd Period. 

The Crusaders took a 2-0 lead on a power play goal with 6:55 left to play in the game. 

Then Maine scored a pair of goals within 1:06 to tie the game. 

Isa Parekh scored his 1st goal as a Black Bear, assisted by Tanner Klimpke and William Gerrior to make the score 2-1. The goal came with 3:27 left to play. Parekh is a junior, and a transfer from Bemidji State. 

Lee Parks then tied the game, with a power play goal with 2:21 left to play. Lukas Peterson had the assist. It was Parks’ 1st goal as a Black Bear. Parks is a junior transfer from UMass Lowell. 

The game went into overtime tied 3-3.  

Holy Cross scored the game winner with 1:33 in the overtime period. The Crusaders pulled their goalie for an extra attacker with the teams skating 3 on 3, as Maine was going to be whistled for a delayed penalty. The move paid off as Holy Cross scored. 

Maine was 1-4 on the power play while Holy Cross was 1-5. 

Maine outshot Holy Cross 28-26 

Petter Wicktrom Stumer, a junior transfer from Canisius, made his 1st start in goal for Maine and took the loss. He had 23 saves in net.  

Both Maine and Holy Cross are 1-1-0. 

The Maine Black Bears return home to play Quinnipiac on Friday, October 2nd and 3rd with the puck dropping at 7 p.m. each night. If you can’t be there to root on the Black Bears you can listen to both games with Jon Shields and Larry Mahoney, with the pregame starting at 6:30 on 92.9 The Ticket.