WMEB Sports

 

The No. 2 Boston College Eagles beat the Black Bears for the second night in a row to take the weekend and season sweep.

The Black Bears were unable to beat the Wildcats at the Whittemore Center for game two of the series, losing 5-2.

Head coach Red Gendron on the loss:

UNH’s coach Dick Umile on the win and three-point weekend:

Maine and New Hampshire battled to a 3-3 tie in the first game of the 2015-16 border war at Alfond Arena.

The Black Bears could not beat Elaine Chuli as Maine fell to UConn at the Alfond.

Players and coaches react to the 27-22 loss to the Elon Phoenix.

John McCabe, Dan Collins and Coach Cosgrove:

Coach Cos’s Final Thoughts:

Elon coach Rich Skrosky and DE Miles Williams

The Maine Black Bears lost a close game to the Elon Phoenix at Alfond Stadium on Senior Day. After surrendering 17 points in the first half, Maine rallied in the fourth quarter, but ultimately fell short as time ran out.

Topics Include:
Intro – 1:10
Maine Football – 2:37
Maine Men’s Hockey – 39:29
Maine Women’s Hockey – 1:23:10

Maine will play in the first home and home weekend series of the season, facing off against conference opponent and No. 5 ranked UMass Lowell River Hawks on the road Friday night and then at home at the Alfond on Sunday.

 

Record:

Maine: 0-2-0 Hockey East, 0-6-3 Overall, T-11th, 0 HE pts.

UMass Lowell: 2-0-2 Hockey East, 6-1-2 Overall, T-1st, 6 HE pts.

 

Maine: 1st home and home series of the year, Maine 0-4-1 on the road, have yet to play a regular season game at home.

UMass Lowell: 3-0-1 at home, 3-1-1 on the road

 

Maine: 0-5-0 in last 5 games, streak: L7

UMass Lowell: 3-1-1 in last 5 games, streak: W3

 

Ranking:

Maine: USCHO (NR), PWR (50th), RPI (50th)

UMass Lowell: USCHO (5th), PWR (6th), RPI (6th)

 

Historic Series:

Maine leads all time series 76-36-4

Maine on the road vs. UMass Lowell: 31-15-3

Maine at Home vs. UMass Lowell: 41-18-1

UMass Lowell won last meeting 2-0 on Jan. 16, 2015

 

Goaltending:

Maine:

Rob McGovern, Fr, 6 GP/6 starts, 0-4-2, 2.13 GAA, .934 SV%

Matt Morris, R-Jr, 4 GP/3 starts, 0-2-1, 3.27 GAA, .913 SV%

 

UMass Lowell:

Kevin Boyle, Sr, 9 GP/9 starts, 6-1-2, 1.42 GAA, .949 SV%

 

Leading Scorer:

Maine: Cam Brown, Jr, F (9 GP, 1-3–4)

UMass Lowell: Adam Chapie, Sr, F (9 GP, 4-3–7)

 

Leading Goal Scorer

Maine: Will Merchant, Sr, F (9 GP, 3 goals)

UMass Lowell: Adam Chapie, So, F (9 GP, 4 goals)

 

Powerplay Goals:

Maine: Cam Brown, Jr, F (9 GP, 1 PP goal)

    Will Merchant, Sr, F (9 GP, 1 PP goal)

UMass Lowell: Dylan Zink, Jr, D (8 GP, 3 PP goals)

 

Team Offense:

Maine: 60/60 in the nation, 12/12 in Hockey East (1.11 G/GM)

UMass Lowell: T-38/60 in the nation, 9/12 in Hockey East (2.56 G/GM)

 

Team Defense:

Maine: 26/60 in the nation, 5/12 in Hockey East (2.67 GAA)

UMass Lowell: 2/60 in the nation, 2/12 in Hockey East (1.44 GAA)

 

Powerplay:

Maine: 58/60 in the nation, 12/12 in Hockey East (2-36, 5.56%)

UMass Lowell: 20/60 in the nation, 6/12 in Hockey East (8-39, 20.51%)

 

Penalty Kill:

Maine: 43/60 in the nation, 10/12 in Hockey East (36-45, 80.4%)

UMass Lowell: 11/60 in the nation, 2/12 in Hockey East (28-31, 90.3%)

 

Penalty Minutes:

Maine: 3/60 in the nation, 2/12 in Hockey East (19.89 PIM/GM)

UMass Lowell: 50/60 in the nation, 11/12 in Hockey East (8.44 PIM/GM)