ORONO, Maine - The #9 University of Maine men's hockey team topped Northeastern, 5-1, on Friday night at Alfond Arena.
Fourteen seconds after Albin Boija stopped a Northeastern penalty shot in the first period, Bradly Nadeau put the Black Bears up 1-0 with his 15th goal of the season. A minute later, Sully Scholle made it a 2-0 lead that would hold into the break.
Northeastern pulled a goal back at 11:51 of the second period but Lynden Breen responded four minutes later for a 3-1 lead after two periods.
Five minutes into the third, Bradly Nadeau potted his second goal of the game to make it 4-1. Parker Lindauer then capped the scoring with his first career goal midway through the third.
#9 Maine 5, RV Northeastern 1
Feb. 23, 2024 | Orono, Maine
Alfond Arena
NOTABLES
- Northeastern had the 35-32 lead in shots on goal.
- Maine and Northeastern both went 0-for-2 on the power play.
- Albin Boija picked up the win and moved to 6-3-1 on the year.
- Maine is now 57-57-21 in the all-time series with Northeastern ... the Black Bears are 37-31-10 at home against the Huskies.
- Lynden Breen scored his 40th career goal to join the 40-goal, 40-assist club for his career ... he added an assist for his eighth multi-point game of the season.
- Bradly Nadeau scored his 15th goal of the season to join Josh Nadeau (15 goals) and give Maine two first-year 15 goal scorers for the first time since 1992-93 (Paul Kariya, Chris Ferraro, Mike Latendresse).
- Bradly Nadeau recorded two points for his 10th multi-point game of the year.
- With his assist, Thomas Freel set a new career-high in assists on the year with 14.
- Parker Lindauer's goal was the first of his career.
RECORDS
- Maine: 19-8-2, 11-7-1 Hockey East
- Northeastern: 14-14-2, 7-13-0 Hockey East
UP NEXT
- Maine and Northeastern will close out the regular season series tomorrow with another 7 p.m. puck drop at Alfond Arena.
