Preview: #6 Maine to open Hockey East play at RV Northeastern

ORONO, Maine The University of Maine sixth men's ice hockey team opens Hockey East play this weekend with a pair of games against Northeastern at Matthews Arena.

Puck drop between the Black Bears and host Huskies will be at 7 p.m. both nights. Both tilts will stream on ESPN+, with an international stream available via Hockey East/Stretch Internet. The games can also be heard on 92.9 FM or online at GoBlackBears.com/MIHRadio.

Game 4| #6 Maine at RV Northeastern

Friday October 25, 2024 | 7:00 PM
Matthews Arena | Boston | ESPN+

Game 5| #6 Maine at RV Northeastern

Saturday October 26, 2024 | 7:00 PM
Matthews Arena | Boston | ESPN+

WHAT'S ON TAP

The University of Maine's #6 men's ice hockey team opens Hockey East this weekend at RV Northeastern with games Friday and Saturday at Matthews Arena.
Maine is 3-0-0 this year after beating a #7/8 Quinnipiac team in the Alfond last weekend… Northeastern is 1-2-0 after dropping both games to #1 Denver last week .
Northeastern won last season's three-game series, two games to one.

A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD. . .

Move Maine to 4-0-0 overall and 1-0-0 in Hockey East play.
Give Maine its first 4-0-0 start since 2006-07.
Give Maine its first win at Matthews Arena since February 25, 2012.

SERIES HISTORY vs. NORTHEAST

Maine has an overall record of 57-58-21 in the all-time series with Northeastern…the Black Bears are 19-33-0 at Matthews Arena and 37-22-10 at Alfond Arena.
The teams met three times during the 2023-2024 season…the Huskies won 6-3 in Boston on Feb. 2 before splitting a series later in the month…Maine won the first night 5-1, before they fell the next night, 4-0.
The very first meeting in the series was on December 1, 1977 at the then Boston Arena, where Northeastern won 7-4.
The Black Bears haven't won at Matthews since Feb. 25, 2012, going 0-14-2 in that span.
Ten current Black Bears have at least one point against the Huskies, with by Josh Nadeau 1-3-4 line leading the way.

ABOUT NORTHEAST

The Huskies enter Friday night 1-2-0 after dropping a pair of games last weekend defending the National Champions and top-ranked Denver…Northeastern dropped both games 5-2.
Northeastern has four players with four points each in Dylan Hryckowian (2-2-4), Jack Williams (2-2-4), Vinny Borgesi (1-3-4) and Cristophe Tellier (1-3-4). Overall, the Huskies have had six different scorers and 11 different point getters.
Cameron Whitehead played every minute in goal and went 1-2-0 with an .894 save percentage and 3.34 goals against average.

THE BOBCAT RECAP

Maine earned 2-1 and 6-5 wins over a #7/8 Quinnipiac team last weekend at Alfond Arena for its first top-10 sweep since a sweep of #4 Boston College in January 2020.
The Black Bears took a 2-0 lead on Friday night Nolan Renwick And Charlie Russel and then held on for the 2-1 win.
Saturday saw Maine turn a 4-1 lead early in the second period into a 5-4 Quinnipiac lead with six minutes to play… Brandon Holts goal with 28 seconds left in the third sent the game to overtime David Breezeale fired home the match winner.
Twelve different Black Bears had a point in the series while all eight goals were scored by a different player… Harrison Scott had five assists – including the primary assist on both game-winning goals and Holt's overtime forcer – and earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors.
Scott's four assists marked the first four-assist game for a Black Bear since Mitchell Fossier did it at Quinnipiac in October 2019.

AN ODE TO THE OPENER

Maine opened the season on October 5 with a 6-0 victory over AIC in a sold-out Alfond Arena.
Nolan Renwick had two goals and two assists Taylor Makar had two goals and one assist… Ross Mitton recorded three assists … nine total Black Bears had at least one point.
Albin Boya made 17 saves for his third career shutout.
Renwick's four points marked a career high, while his two goals marked his first career multi-goal game…Makar's three points were a career best.
It was Maine's first home opener sellout since the 2007-08 season.

NEXT

Maine returns home to host Merrimack on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2.