ORONO, Maine - Three Black Bears scored and Albin Boija made 30 saves as the #7/8 University of Maine men's hockey team defeated Colgate, 3-1, on Friday night at Alfond Arena.
Bradly Nadeau's 13th goal of the season put Maine up 5:26 into the first period. Harrison Scott scored less than five minutes into the second period before Ryan Hopkins' first career goal with a minute to play in the frame made it 3-0 at the second intermission. With the goaltender pulled and on the power play, Colgate pulled a goal back to make it 3-1 but Boija and the Black Bears closed out the game.
#7/8 Maine 3, Colgate 1
Jan. 5, 2024 | Orono, Maine
Alfond Arena
NOTABLES
- Maine had the 35-31 lead in shots on goal.
- The Black Bears were 0-for-3 on the power play while Colgate was 1-for-2.
- Albin Boija made 30 saves in moving to 2-0-0 on the year ... Carter Gylander finished with 32 saves for Colgate.
- Maine is now 7-8-4 overall in the series with Colgate.
- Ryan Hopkins scored his first career goal ... he now has three points on one goal and two assists on the year.
- Josh Nadeau extended his point streak to 13 games with an assist ... it marks the first 13-game point streak in Hockey East since Josh Wilkins of Providence had a 13-game streak in 2018-19.
- This is the first seven-game winning streak for Maine since it opened the 2006-07 season with a seven-game winning streak.
RECORDS
Maine: 12-3-1
Colgate: 6-8-2
UP NEXT
Maine and Colgate will close out the series tomorrow night with another 7 p.m. puck drop at Alfond Arena.
