WORCESTER, Mass. -- The University of Maine Black Bears scored
three unanswered goals in the first period and added another goal
in the second period to defeat the University of Denver Pioneers 4-
2 in the NCAA East Regional Saturday.
     The Black Bears, now 30-5-6 in NCAA play, advance to the NCAA
semifinal in Providence, R.I., next week, where they will play the
winner of the West Regional match-up between Michigan and
Wisconsin.
     The Pioneers outshot the Black Bears 33-29, but Black Bear
goaltender Blair Allison, playing in his 42nd game this season,
saved 31 of those shots. Pioneers goaltender Sinuhe Wallinheimo had
29 saves.
     Denver finishes its season with a record of 25-15-2.
 
                    Black Bears 4, Pioneers 2
 
FIRST PERIOD -- 1, Maine, Thompson 11 (Lovell, Frenette), 8:54; 2,
Maine, Lovell 22 (Thompson), 11:48; 3, Maine, Tory 12 (Purdie,
Rodrigue), 18:12 (PP)
 
SECOND PERIOD -- 4, Denver, Laaksonen 17 (Dairon), 3:24; 5, Maine,
Cardinal 7 (Conlan, Shermerhorn), 14:44
 
THIRD PERIOD -- 6, Denver, Gunther 8 (una), 17:36
 
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University of Maine                                  -- Andy Rooney
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