Maine Hockey Loses to Penn State 5-1 in NCAA Tourney

The Maine Black Bears fell to Penn State 5-1, Friday night, in the NCAA Tourney held in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

The game started well for Maine as they took an early 1-0 lead when Bodie Nobes scored, unassisted with 4:08 gone in the 1st period. The goal was under review for what seemed a long time, as the officials reviewed whether Maine should have been assesses a major penalty prior to the goal being scored.

Penalties were a problem for the Black Bears, as they were whistled for a boarding penalty, shortly after scoring. Penn State's power play was clicking, as they scored to even the score at 1-1 with 5:05 gone in the 1st Period.

With 5:34 left in the Period the Nittany Lions scored again, to make it 2-1 in favor of Penn State.

Maine was whistled for a hooking call with 3:52 left in the Period, and Penn State scored again. Their power play goal came with 1:52 left in the game and it made the score 3-1.

Penn State scored in the 2nd Period with 5:51 gone to make it 4-1. They added an empty-netter with 3:23 left in the 3rd Period to make the final score 5-1.

Penn State outshot Maine 34-27. The Nittany Lions were 2-5 on the power play while Maine was 0-2.

Albin Boija stopped 29 shots in net for Maine.

Maine ends their season with a record of 24-8-6, the program's most wins since the 2005-06 season.

In other games yesterday, Boston College defeated Bentley 3-1 and Denver defeated Providence 5-1. BC and Denver will meet on Sunday with the winner heading to the Frozen Four. UConn defeated Quinnipiac 4-1 and now UConn will play Penn State on Sunday with the winner going to the Frozen Four.

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