A crowd of 5447 fans showed up tonight and were treated to yet
     another UMaine rout as the Black Bears completed the sweep of the
     Northeastern Huskies.  It took little time for Maine to get things
     going,as Mike Latendresse scored unassisted just 39 seconds into the
     game.  Cal Ingraham got his first of the evening at 4:34 (P. Ferraro
     Paul Kariya) (PPG) to stake Maine to an early 2-0 lead.  Northeastern
     fought back as Francois Bouchard scored at 10:41 (Danny McGillis,
 
     Jordan Shields) (PPG),but Paul Kariya notched his 12th goal of the
     season at 13:12 and Maine had the 2-goal cushion back.  Ingraham
     scored with just 18 seconds left in the period and UMaine took a 4-1
     to the locker room.
 
          Maine Captain Jim Montgomery scored his 6th of the season off a
     beautiful feed from...Paul Kariya.  Dan Lupo broke away while Maine
     was on the powerplay and notched a rare SHG against Maine at 4:49 and
     Maine led 5-2.  Freshman Brad Purdie scored his second goal of his
     career at 8:12, assisted by Paul Kariya and Jim Montgomery.  Ingraham
 
     completed another hat trick(I believe that is now 4 on the season for
     Cal)  assisted by Montgomery and(this is the last time,I promise) Paul
     Kariya.
 
          The third period was all Maine as Chris Ferraro scored 2 goals,his
     10th and 11th,Dave McIssac got his third and Lee Saunders added another
     last second goal with just 14 seconds left,his 4th of the season.
 
                (ok,I lied)
          In all,Paul Kariya had a goal and 5 assists(tying the UMaine game
     assist record shared with Chris Ferraro and All-American Andre Aubut)
     giving him a total of 12 goals and 30 assists for 42 points.
 
          The Bears dominated this game from start to finish.  The offensive
     pressure kept the Huskies off balance and they were unable to get any
     momentum.  Maine had a HUGE advantage in power plays,collecting 9 to
     Northeastern's 6,but the real advantae was that UMaine had 2 5-3
     situations and a 4-3 powerplay,which accounted for 2 of the early
 
     goals,and kept Northeastern bottled up in the defensive zone.
 
          Maine improves to 13-0-1(8-0-1 HE) while Northeastern drops to
     6-5-0 (4-3-0).  Next up for Maine is a non-conference game in Portland,
     ME vs. UNH,and then to Lowell on Saturday.
 
          Some bad news for the Bears.  Senior standout Eric Fenton(2 goals
     last night,12 for the season) will be out until mid-January,missing
     all of the Holiday Tournaments Maine plays in.  So,now the Bears will
 
     be without Freshman Phenoms Paul Kariya and the Ferraro twins and
     Fenton as well with the possibility of 2 matchups with the defending
     Champion LSSU Lakers looming.
 
 
        Scoring by Period
                           1  2  3  Total
 
         Northeastern      1  1  0    2
         UMaine            4  3  4   11
 
        Saves by Period
 
         Northeastern
           Veisor (48:14) 10  4  3   17
           Gold    (8:21)  -  -  2    2
           Fisher  (3:25)  -  -  4    4
 
         UMaine
           Snow            3 11  4   18
 
 
        Penalties
                  Northeastern  10/20 minutes
                  UMaine         7/14
 
        Powerplays
 
                  Northeastern   1/6  (1 SHG)
                  UMaine         5/9
 
        Three stars:
                    #1  Paul Kariya    (1-5-6)
                    #2  Cal Ingraham   (3-0-3)
                    #3  Jim Montgomery (1-2-3)
 
        Thats the news for now from Black Bear Country.
 
 
                                             John Forsyth
                                                UMaine Class of '9?
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