ORONO, Maine - Behind a hat trick from Harrison Scott, the #8 University of Maine men's hockey team earned a 7-2 win over UMass Lowell on Saturday night in front of a sold out Alfond Arena.
For the second night in a row, Maine responded to an early 1-0 UMass Lowell lead with a short-handed goal as Ben Poisson was able to send the game in to the first intermission tied, 1-1. The teams traded goals to open the second period, with Maine getting one from Donavan Villeneuve-Houle and Owen Cole striking for UMass Lowell.
Scott then blew the game open, scoring two goals in 23 seconds, before Brandon Holt pushed Maine's lead out to 5-2 by the end of the middle frame. Scott completed his hat trick with a power-play tally midway through the third before Sully Scholle capped the scoring with his fifth of the season.
#8 Maine 7, UMass Lowell 2
Jan. 20, 2024 | Orono, Maine
Alfond Arena
NOTABLES
- Maine had the 32-20 lead in shots on goal.
- Maine went 1-for-2 on the power play while keeping UMass Lowell to 0-for-4.
- Albin Boija made 18 saves in moving to 3-1-1 on the year.
- Maine is now 84-49-6 in the all-time series with UMass Lowell ... the Black Bears are 46-21-1 at Alfond Arena.
- Harrison Scott scored three goals for his first career hat trick ... it was his third multi-point game of the season.
- Scott now has career-highs in points (18), goals (10) and assists (8).
- Donavan Villeneuve-Houle recorded three points on one goal and two assists ... it was his fifth multi-point game of the season.
- With two assists, Josh Nadeau registered his 13th multi-point game of the season.
- Bradly Nadeau had three assists for his ninth multi-point game of the year.
- With Josh Nadeau (12-20-32) and Bradly Nadeau (14-17-31), Maine now has two freshmen with 30 points in the same season for the first time since 1994-95 (Shawn Wansborough and Scott Parmentier).
- Anthony Calafiore earned an assist for his first career point.
- Maine is now 8-3-1 in conference play, reaching eight wins in the first 12 conference games for the first time since 2003-04.
RECORDS
- Maine: 16-4-2, 8-3-1 Hockey East
- UMass Lowell: 7-14-2, 3-8-1 Hockey East
UP NEXT
- The Black Bears won't play again until the first weekend of February.
- Maine will travel to play at Northeastern on Feb. 2 and at UMass on Feb. 3.
