The University of Maine Black Bears scored three unanswered
goals in less than two minutes late in the third period to
beat the Merrimack Warriors 6-4 at Alfond Arena on the UMaine
campus.
 
Merrimack's Jim Gibson scored at 5:29 into the third period
to tie the score 3-3 and Tom Johnson scored at the 10:42
mark into the period to put Merrimack ahead for the first
time, 4-3. Less than five minutes later, though, Maine's
Tim Lovell converted on a pass from Wayne Conlan to tie the
score, setting the stage for the game winning goal 1:11
later by Mike Latendresse. Reg Cardinal scored 26 seconds
later to seal the win for the Black Bears.
 
Maine improves to 8-10-4 in Hockey East play and 13-15-4
overall while Merrimack falls to 6-15-2 and 14-18-2.
 
                     SCORING SUMMARY
 
                Merrimack  1  1  2  -  4
                Maine      2  1  3  -  6
 
FIRST PERIOD - 1. Maine, Tomberlin (Ingraham, Rodrigue),
7:42; 2. Merrimack, Gibson (Goble, Johnson), 8:44; 3.
Maine, MacIsaac (Saunders, Cardinal), 14:04
 
SECOND PERIOD - 4. Merrimack, Krauss (Beck, Peca), 0:39;
5. Maine, Shermerhorn (Purdie), 15:14
 
THIRD PERIOD - 6. Merrimack, Gibson (Johnson, Hodge),
5:29; 7. Merrimack, Johnson (Hodge, Cornforth), 10:42;
8. Maine, Lovell (Conlan, Cardinal), 15:02; 9. Maine,
Latendresse (Ingraham, Tomberlin), 16:13; 10. Maine,
Cardinal (Conlan, MacIsaac), 16:39
 
Shots On Goal
 
Merrimack   8   8  12  -  28
Maine      10  17  14  -  41
 
Goaltenders: Merrimack, Legault; Maine, Marsh
 
Ryan Robbins
Stodder Hall
University of Maine
 
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