Providence College Athletics

Saturday, February 9
Orono, Maine | Alfond Arena
7:00 P.M.

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Maine Earns Series Split After 3-1 Win Over No. 11/12 Men's Hockey

2/9/2019 10:21:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

ORONO, Maine  – Brandon Duhaime scored the lone goal for the Friars, but the University of Maine earned a series split after a 3-1 win over the No. 11/12 Providence College men's hockey team on Saturday night at Alfond Arena.
 
SCORE
No. 11/12 Providence – 1 | Maine – 3

RECORDS
Providence – 16-9-5 (9-7-2 HEA) | Maine – 11-14-3 (7-8-3 HEA)

VENUE
Alfond Arena – Orono, Maine

GOALIES
Hayden Hawkey (PC) – 33 saves
Jeremy Swayman (Maine) – 30 saves

NOTES
- Maine broke through at 11:39 of the first period on the power play on Chase Pearson's 15th goal of the season.
- The Friars cashed in on the power play for the first time in four games on Brandon Duhaime's seventh goal of the season that knotted the game up at 1-1. Jason O'Neill and Spenser Young earned the assists on the play.
- Providence held an 11-9 shot advantage in the second period, but it was the Black Bears who notched the lone goal as Brendan Robbins capitalized on a turnover and scored shorthanded on a breakaway with under a minute to go in the period to put Maine up 2-1.
- Bryan Lemos nearly tied things up in the opening minutes of the third period as a puck found him wide open with an open net but the puck wouldn't settle for him before the Swayman and the Maine defense recovered.
- Mitchell Fossier sealed the game with an empty net goal with just 55.5 seconds remaining.
- Providence's 15-game winning streak and 19-game unbeaten streak against the Black Bears was snapped. It was Maine's first win over the Friars since October of 2011.
- The Friars have scored one goal in four-consecutive games and have now surrendered six shorthanded goals this season.
 
HOW THEY SCORED
1-0 (Maine) – 11:39/1st – PP – Chase Pearson (Keeper) – Pass from Keeper that deflected right to Pearson who deposited it into an open net.
1-1 (PC) – 15:23/1st – PP – Brandon Duhaime (O'Neill, Young) – Centering pass from O'Neill to Duhaime at the top of the crease for a one-timer.
2-1 (Maine) – 19:02 – SH – Brendan Robbins (unassisted) – Shorthanded breakaway snapped under the blocker of Hawkey.
3-1 (Maine) – 19:04/3rd – EN – Mitchell Fossier (Shea) – Empty net goal.
 
PC GAME HIGHS
Goals: Duhaime (1)
Assists: O'Neill, Young (1)
Points: Duhaime, O'Neill, Young (1)
Shots: Printz (5)
 
POWER PLAYS
Providence – 1/3
Maine – 1/2

SHOTS
Providence 31
Maine – 36

UP NEXT
The Friars travel to UMass Lowell next Friday night to kick off a pivotal home-and-home series with the River Hawks.
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