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Men's Ice Hockey
at RPI
Final
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Providence College Athletics
Thursday, March 9
Orono, Maine
7:00 PM ET
Providence College
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Maine (Hockey East Quarterfinals)
Men's Hockey Defeated By Maine, 5-3
3/9/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey
ORONO, Maine -- The Maine Black Bears defeated Providence College, 5-3, in the first game of the HOCKEY EAST best-of-three Quarterfinal Series on Thursday, March 9 at Alfond Arena in Orono, Maine.
The Black Bears took a 1-0 lead at 3:33 of the first period when Jim Leger took a rebound off a blocked shot and skated the length of the ice before wristing a high shot past Friar netminder Boyd Ballard. The Friars evened the game at 13:28 of the first period when Matt Libby broke down the left wing and fired a pass towards the front of the net that deflected off a Maine player past Black Bear goaltender Matt Yeats.
Maine took advantage of its first power-play opportunity to take a 2-1 lead when Niko Dimitrakos wristed in a rebound through a screen at the 5:58 mark of the second period. The Black Bears built on their lead at 9:02 of the second period when Ben Guite tipped a shot past Ballard. Maine continued to hurt the Friars on the power play as Guite again redirected a shot past Ballard at 12:53 of the second period. After Maine's fourth goal, PC regrouped and scored two goals to close the period, trailing 4-3. Fernando Pisani netted his 14th goal of the season for the Friars at 15:57 after finishing off a two-on-one break in. The Friars' Jon DiSalvatore closed out the scoring in the period as he snapped a shot in from the left faceoff circle at the 16:39 mark.
Maine's Brendan Walsh added a power-play empty net goal of 19:40 of the third period to seal the win for Maine.
With the win, Maine improved to 23-7-5 overall, while Providence fell to 18-17-2 overall.
The Friars and the Black Bears will return to action on Friday, March 10 in the second game of the Quarterfinal Series at Alfond Arena at 7:00 p.m.
Providence College 1 2 0 -- 3
Maine 1 3 1 -- 5
First period - UM, Leger 9 (Walsh) 3:33, PC, Libby 4 (Weiman, Lee) 13:28. Penalties - PC, 0-0, UM, 2-4.
Second period - UM, Dimitrakos 9 (Larose, Reimann) 5:58 (PP), UM, Guite 18 (Loya, Dimitrakos) 9:02, UM, Guite 19 (Dimitrakos, Larose) 12:53 (PP), PC, Pisani 14 (Sheppard) 15:57, PC, DiSalvatore 15 (Farrell, Rask) 16:49. Penalties - PC, 4-8, UM, 3-6.
Third period - UM, Walsh 7 (Kerluke) PP (ENG). Penalties - PC, 1-2, UM, 0-0.
Saves - Ballard, PC, 12-14-8 -- 34 (59:30), Yeats, UM, 10-11-5 -- 26 (60:00).
Records - Providence College, 18-17-2, Maine, 23-7-5.
Attendance: 4,311 (Alfond Arena)
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