TROY, N.Y. - Lynden Breen had a hat trick and added an assist for four points as the #5 University of Maine men's ice hockey team earned a 6-0 win over the RPI Engineers at Houston Field House on Saturday afternoon.
Charlie Russell scored midway through the first period - with Breen assisting on the eventual game-winning goal - for a 1-0 lead at the break. Breen then scored 25 seconds into the second period for a 2-0 lead after two.
Breen scored two goals in the first six minutes of the third period to complete his hat trick. Harrison Scott and Frank Djurasevic then capped Maine's scoring with power play goals.
#5 Maine 6, RPI 0
Nov. 30, 2024 | Houston Field House
NOTABLES
- Maine had the 50-16 lead in shots on goal.
- The Black Bears were 3-for-7 on the power play while keeping RPI to 0-for-4.
- Albin Boija made 16 saves in moving to 9-2-2 on the year ... it was Boija's third shutout of the season.
- Boija is the first Maine goaltender with three shutouts in the first 13 games of the season since Matt Lundin had three in the first 13 games of the 2005-06 season.
- The Black Bears are now 12-4-0 in the all-time series with RPI with a road mark of 5-1-0.
- Lynden Breen recorded his first career hat trick and added an assist for his second career four-point game.
- Six total Black Bears had multi-point games in Breen, Charlie Russell (1-1-2), Sully Scholle (0-2-2), Frank Djurasevic (1-1-2), Owen Fowler (0-2-2) and Josh Nadeau (0-2-2).
- Russell scored his second game-winning goal of the season.
- Maine recorded its second three power-play goal game of the season.
- The Black Bears now have 15 power-play goals on the season and are converting on 25.9 percent of power plays for the best percentage through 13 games since 2002-03 (28.2%).
RECORDS
Maine: 9-2-2
RPI: 5-5-1
UP NEXT
- The Black Bears and Engineers will close out the weekend series with another 3 p.m. puck drop tomorrow, Dec. 1 at Houston Field House.
