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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