--- Arthur Parks <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date:         Fri, 10 Mar 2000 04:21:46 GMT
> Reply-to:     Arthur Parks <[log in to unmask]>
> From:         Arthur Parks <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:      Maine Defeats Providence, 5-3
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> Maine Defeats Providence, 5-3
> Black Bears Capture First Game of Best of Three Quarterfinal Series
>
>         ORONO, Maine -- The Maine Black Bears defeated Providence
> College, 5-3, in
> the first game of the HOCKEY EAST best-of-three Quarterfinal Series on
> Thursday, March 9 at Alfond Arena in Orono, Maine.
>         The Black Bears took a 1-0 lead at 3:33 of the first period when
> Jim Leger
> took a rebound off a blocked shot and skated the length of the ice
> before
> wristing a high shot past Friar netminder Boyd Ballard.  The Friars
> evened
> the game at 13:28 of the first period when Matt Libby broke down the
> left
> wing and fired a pass towards the front of the net  that deflected off a
> Maine player past Black Bear goaltender Matt Yeats.
>         Maine took advantage of its first power-play opportunity to take
> a 2-1 lead
> when Niko Dimitrakos wristed in a rebound through a screen at the 5:58
> mark
> of the second period.  The Black Bears built on their lead at 9:02 of
> the
> second period when Ben Guite tipped a shot past Ballard.  Maine
> continued to
> hurt the Friars on the power play as Guite again redirected a shot past
> Ballard at 12:53 of the second period.  After Maine's fourth goal, PC
> regrouped and scored two goals to close the period, trailing 4-3.
> Fernando
> Pisani netted his 14th goal of the season for the Friars at 15:57 after
> finishing off a two-on-one break in.  The Friars' Jon DiSalvatore closed
> out
> the scoring in the period as he snapped a shot in from the left faceoff
> circle at the 16:39 mark.
>         Maine's Brendan Walsh added a power-play empty net goal of 19:40
> of the
> third period to seal the win for Maine.
>         With the win,   Maine improved to 23-7-5   overall, while
> Providence fell
> to 18-17-2 overall.
>         The Friars and the Black Bears will return to action on Friday,
> March 10 in
> the second game of the Quarterfinal Series at Alfond Arena at 7:00 p.m.
>
> Providence College      1       2       0       -- 3
> Maine   1       3       1       -- 5
>
> First period - UM, Leger 9 (Walsh) 3:33; PC, Libby 4 (Weiman, Lee)
> 13:28.
> Penalties - PC, 0-0; UM, 2-4.
>
> Second period - UM, Dimitrakos 9 (Larose, Reimann) 5:58 (PP); UM, Guite
> 18
> (Loya, Dimitrakos) 9:02; UM, Guite 19 (Dimitrakos, Larose) 12:53 (PP);
> PC,
> Pisani 14 (Sheppard) 15:57; PC, DiSalvatore 15 (Farrell, Rask) 16:49.
> Penalties - PC, 4-8; UM, 3-6.
>
> Third period - UM, Walsh 7 (Kerluke) PP (ENG).  Penalties - PC, 1-2; UM,
> 0-0.
>
> Saves - Ballard, PC, 12-14-8 -- 34 (59:30); Yeats, UM, 10-11-5 -- 26
> (60:00).
>
> Records - Providence College, 18-17-2; Maine, 23-7-5.
>
> Attendance: 4,311 (Alfond Arena)
>
>
>
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