The Maine Black Bears negated a 2-0 first period deficit for the second straight night and stormed past the Hockey East leading New Hampshire Wildcats, 6-3, in the rubber match of the season series Saturday at Alfond Arena. Maine swept the weekend set after losing an October game in New Hampshire. <\/p>\n
Maine freshman left wing Joey Diamond’s power-play goal 4:36 into the third period was the eventual game-winner. He snuck in from the corner in front of UNH goaltender Brian Foster and tipped in a wrister from the right point by junior defenseman Jeff Dimmen. <\/p>\n
“I knew as long as I kept getting chances, at least one of them was going to go in,” Diamond said. “I got that chance.” <\/p>\n
Maine improved to 14-9-3 and 11-6-2 in Hockey East play. They trail UNH by three points in the conference standings. The Wildcats fell to 13-10-4 (12-5-3 HEA) and have lost three of their last four games. <\/p>\n
“We got beat,” UNH coach Dick Umile said. “I’m not going to take anything away from them. They found a way to win the game. We went ahead twice and couldn’t hold onto it.” <\/p>\n
UNH brought the game back within one goal 9:19 into the third period after surrendering four consecutive Maine goals. Junior center Phil DeSimone beat Maine goalie Scott Darling with a backhander in the slot. <\/p>\n
Maine sophomore left wing Brian Flynn iced the game at 5-3 with his second goal of the game with 1:48 left. He stuffed his ninth goal of the season through Foster’s five-hole on a breakaway. Junior center Tanner House added an empty-net goal in the final minute. <\/p>\n
“We’ve grown a ton since the beginning of the season,” Flynn said. “To hold them to five goals this weekend, I think is a big accomplishment.” <\/p>\n
Darling made 27 saves to improve to 14-3-3. Foster made 34 saves, while falling to 12-10-4. <\/p>\n
“The guys played great in front of me tonight,” Darling said. “I didn’t have my best game, but we got the win.” <\/p>\n
In both weekend games, UNH let Maine back in the game with a second period power-play goal. Maine scored two goals within a minute to even the game at 2-2. <\/p>\n
“We didn’t come out as well as we would have liked tonight,” Flynn said. “We kind of willed this one out.” <\/p>\n
Maine sophomore center Theo Andersson scored the go-ahead goal with 1:31 remaining in the second period when he whacked in a centering pass from the corner by senior right wing Kevin Swallow at the top of the crease. It was Andersson’s third goal of the season. <\/p>\n
“The puck came out, and I just kind of ripped it in,” Andersson said. “I got lucky I guess.” <\/p>\n
Flynn banked in a power-play goal off Foster’s back to put Maine on the scoreboard 6:46 into the second period. Junior center Robby Dee followed with his tenth goal of the season and second of the weekend 57-seconds later, when he finished a rebound at the doorstep. <\/p>\n
Maine went two-for-four on the power play while shutting UNH out on four chances. The Wildcats went 0-for-seven with the extra skater on the weekend. <\/p>\n
UNH struck on a breakout 8:27 into the first period to open the scoring. Freshman right wing John Henrion carried the puck into the Maine zone and flicked a wrister over Darling’s glove. <\/p>\n
Senior center Peter Leblanc gave UNH a 2-0 lead 1:30 before the end of the first period when he beat Darling with a snap shot in the slot. Just seconds after the Wildcats killed off Maine’s second power play of the period, LeBlanc snuck behind the defense and took a centering pass from sophomore right wing Stevie Moses. <\/p>\n
Maine had a scare when top scorer Gustav Nyquist left the ice late in the second period favoring his leg. He returned at the start of the third. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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