We subscribe to this U-wire service at The Maine Campus, which is
articles written by other colleges and universities. Any paper that
subscribes to the service can run articles or columns written by other
collegiate reporters to sort of gain another perspective. Yale's
student paper subscribes and I'll post an excerpt from a recent article
on the Maine-Yale game. It's a different perspective from another
school so I thought it could be interesting. Again, this isn't the
whole article, but rather an excerpt from it.
 
Yale men's hockey loses to No. 3 Maine, seeks to rebound vs. Lowell
(Yale U.)
By Dan Fleschner
Yale Daily News (Yale U.)
01/15/1999
 
(U-WIRE) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -
 
Whatever momentum the Bulldogs had picked up from their recent success,
though, last night they ran into an immovable object--third-ranked Maine
(15-2-4, 7-2-2 Hockey East), the best team they will play all year.
Against
one of the most potent offensive teams in the nation, the Bulldogs could
not keep up with a four-goal Black Bear explosion in the second period,
falling 6-1.
 
The Bulldogs stunned the crowd at the Portland Civic Center early on,
when
Paul Lawson '00 beat Maine goaltender Mike Morrison just 30 seconds into
the game, giving the Elis the early lead. It was short-lived, though, as
Cory Larose evened the score at the three-minute mark for his first
goal of
the evening.
 
The teams played evenly for the next 27 minutes, though the Black Bears
started to assert themselves more offensively early in the second
period.
They finally broke through for their second goal nearly 10 minutes into
the
second period, as Doug Janik netted the game's only power play goal of
the
night. The Bears added three more before the period was over, firing a
total of 18 shots at Yale goaltender Alex Westlund '99 in the middle 20
minutes. Maine added one more goal midway through the third period to
finish the scoring at 6-1.
 
"We scored first, playing pretty well after the first, but in the second
the intensity level fell," Magnant said. "When you have a team like
Maine,
if you let down for one shift, that's what they can do to you. It's not
that we can't play with these guys, but we need to be more consistent."
 
With the toughest opponent behind them, the Bulldogs now can focus on
UMass-Lowell (11-9, 4-7 Hockey East). The River Hawks are on a roll,
winning their last five contests and seven of their last nine. Their
last
three wins have come against ECAC teams which the Bulldogs have already
faced this season.