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? [log in to unmask] The opinions expressed above are mine. Some will agree. Many will not. But then,some people are wise,while many are foolish. Think about it.