University of Maine Ice Hockey Game Notes
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UNIVERSITY OF MAINE ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES Maine Media Relations • 5747 MeMoRial GyM • oRono, Maine 04469 lauRa Reed, assistant ad foR Public Relations (207) 581-3646 andRew Mahoney, assistant ManaGeR (207) 581-4158 tyson Mchatten, assistant ManaGeR (207) 581-3596 chRis McGRail, assistant, (207) 581-4129 FAX (207) 581-3297 • www.GoblackbeaRs.coM 2012-2013 MAINE HOCKEY SCHEDULE 10/6 Quinnipiac Orono, Maine 1-2, L 10/7 New Brunswick (exh) Orono, Maine 2-2 T (OT) 2012 Ice Breaker Tournament 10/12 vs. Notre Dame Kansas City, Mo. 0-1, L 2012–13 Maine Ice Hockey 10/13 vs. Army Kansas City, Mo. 4-3, W 2012 Florida College Classic 10/19 St. Lawrence Orono, Maine 0-5, L 10/20 St. Lawrence Orono, Maine 1-5, L Maine (2-11-2, 1-7-2) vs. Minnesota Duluth (7-8-3, 5-6-3 WCHA) 10/26 at Providence * Providence, R.I. 2-3, L Friday, Dec. 28, 2012 • 7:30 PM 10/27 at Providence * Providence, R.I. 0-3, L Germain Arena (7,181) • Estero, Fla. 11/2 #1 Boston College * Orono, Maine 2-4, L Maine vs. Cornell (6-3-2, 3-3-2 ECAC)/Ferris State (7-7-3, 6-6-1 11/4 #10 New Hampshire * Orono, Maine 0-4, L CCHA) 11/9 at #15 UMass Lowell * Lowell, Mass. 1-2, L Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 • 4/7:30 PM 11/10 at #15 UMass Lowell * Lowell, Mass. 4-3, W Germain Arena (7,181) • Estero, Fla. 11/16 Massachusetts * Orono, Maine 2-2 T (OT) Radio: 94.5 FM / 910 AM • www.GoBlackBears.com 11/30 Vermont * Orono, Maine 1-2, L 12/1 Vermont * Orono, Maine 2-2 T, (OT) The University of Maine men’s ice hockey team returns to action when 12/8 at Boston University * Boston, Mass. 0-1, L it travels to the Florida College Classic for the 13th straight season. 2012 Florida College Classic Maine opens the tournament on Friday, Dec. 28 against Minnesota 12/28 vs. Minnesota Duluth Estero, Fla. 7:30 PM Duluth following a 19-day break. The Black Bears will either play Cornell or Ferris State the following day. 12/29 vs. Cornell / Ferris State Estero, Fla. 4/7:30 PM 1/4 vs. Mercyhurst Portland, Maine 7 PM FLORIDA COLLEGE CLASSIC: Maine heads to Florida to participate in 1/5 Mercyhurst Orono, Maine 7 PM the Florida College Classic for the 13th straight season. Maine won the 1/11 at Northeastern * Boston, Mass. 7 PM tournament for the fifth time in school history last season, defeating 1/12 at Merrimack * No. Andover, Mass. 7 PM UMass 5-2 in the title game. Maine has an overall record of 13-8-3 in 1/18 Merrimack * Orono, Maine 7 PM the tournament. This year’s opener against Minnesota Duluth will be 1/19 Merrimack * Orono, Maine 7 PM a rematch of Maine’s NCAA regional game a year ago. 1/25 at Boston College * Chestnut Hill, Mass. 7:30 PM A LOOK BACK: Maine fell to Boston University 1-0 in its last game out 1/26 at Boston College * Chestnut Hill, Mass. 7 PM on Dec. 8. The Terriers got the lone goal of the game on the power 2/1 Providence * Orono, Maine 7 PM play at 7:13 of the first period when Garrett Noonan beat Maine 2/3 UMass Lowell * Orono, Maine 2 PM goalie Martin Ouellette (St.-Hippolyte, Quebec). Danny O’Regan 2/9 at Vermont * Burlington, Vt. 7 PM and Alexx Privitera both assisted on the goal. Late in the second 2/15 Boston University * Orono, Maine 7:30 PM period, Ouellette stopped BU leading scorer Cason Hohmann when 2/16 Boston University * Orono, Maine 7 PM he was awarded a penalty shot. Maine had a great chance late as 2/22 at Massachusetts * Amherst, Mass. 7 PM the Terriers were whistled for a five-minute major, but was unable to tie the game. 2/23 at Massachusetts * Amherst, Mass. 7 PM Maine outshot Boston University 28-21 in the game. Maine finished 3/1 Northeastern * Orono, Maine 7 PM 0-for-4 on the power play, while BU was 1-for-5. 3/2 Northeastern * Orono, Maine 7 PM Ouellette stopped 20 shots in goal and falls to 1-5-2 on the sea- 3/8 at New Hampshire * Durham, N.H. 7:30 PM son. BU goalie Sean Maguire made 28 saves to record the shutout. 3/9 at New Hampshire * Durham, N.H. TBA He improves to 3-2-0. 3/15-17 Hockey East Quarterfinals TBA TBA 3/22 Hockey East Semifinals TBA TBA SCOUTING THE BLACK BEARS: Maine is led by Devin Shore (Ajax, Ontario) who has a goal and six assists for seven points. Joey Diamond 3/23 Hockey East Finals TBA TBA (Long Beach, N.Y.) is chipping in with three goals and three assists for 3/29-31 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA six points. Ben Hutton (Prescott, Ontario) also has six points on two goals and four assists. Connor Leen (Chester, N.Y.) has three goals to go along with two assists for five points. Mike Cornell (Franklin, Mass.), Adam Shemansky (Robbinsville, N.J.), Mark Anthoine (Lewiston, * Hockey East Conference Game Maine), Stu Higgins (Troy, Mich.) and Steven Swavely (Reading, Pa.) each have a goal and two assists for three points on the season. Mark all times eastern Nemec (Rouses Point, N.Y.) is adding a pair of goals. Will Merchant (Eagan, Minn.) has a goal and an assist for two points. Kyle Beattie (Avondale, Ariz.), Nick Pryor (St. Paul, Mich.) and Ryan Lomberg (Richmond Hill, Ontario) each have a pair of assists. Kyle Williams Tale of the Tape (Bowdoinham, Maine), Klas Leidermark (Gavle, Sweden) and Jake Maine Minnesota Duluth Rutt (Scarborough, Maine) all have a goal on the season, while Jon Offense 1.33 2.89 Swavely (Reading, Pa.) and Brice O’Connor (Londonderry, N.H.) have Defense 2.80 2.78 each dished out an assist. Power Play .070 .235 Martin Ouellette has seen action in eight games in goal. He is Penalty Kill .833 .840 1-5-2 with a 2.23 goals against average and a .915 save percentage. Scoring Margin -1.47 +0.11 Dan Sullivan is 0-6-0 with a 3.34 goals against average and a .898 save percentage. Matt Morris has seen action in three games this season. He is 1-0-0 with a 3.20 goals against average and a .842 save percentage. Tale of the Tape Cornell Ferris State FIRST CAREER GOAL: Five different Black Bears have tallied their first Offense 2.45 2.82 career goal this season: Defense 2.00 2.47 Steven Swavely Oct. 6 vs. Quinnipiac Will Merchant Nov. 2 vs. Boston College Power Play .179 .222 Ben Hutton Nov. 9 at UMass Lowell Penalty Kill .820 .838 Devin Shore Nov. 10 at UMass Lowell Scoring Margin +0.45 +0.35 Kyle Williams Nov. 10 at UMass Lowell Jake Rutt Nov. 16 vs. Massachusetts SIX STRAIGHT GAMES FOR DIAMOND: Senior Joey Diamond has ROOKIES PLAYING KEY ROLE: Maine’s rookie class is accounting for tallied a goal in six straight games against Vermont. He had a goal 38.9 percent of the team’s total offense. In fact, two of Maine’s top against the Catamounts in the final game between the two teams three scorers are freshmen. The freshmen have chipped in with 21 during the 2010-2011 season. He scored a goal in each of the three points in the first 15 games. Devin Shore leads the way with seven games last season and notched a goal in each game against Vermont points, while Ben Hutton is chipping in with six. Steven Swavely has the weekend of Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. three, while Will Merchant and Ryan Lomberg each have two points. Kyle Williams is chipping in with a point, but it was the game-winning MARK NEMEC NAMED SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATE: Mark goal on Nov. 10 against UMass Lowell. In that game, the Black Bears Nemec has been named one of 20 candidates for the Senior CLASS had two lines composed of all freshmen. Award. From these 20 candidates, a national media committee will select 10 finalists for the 2012-2013 Senior CLASS Award in February. OUELLETTE A REGULAR AMONG THE THREE STARS AS OF LATE: Those 10 finalists will be placed on an official ballot for a national Martin Ouellette has been named one of the game’s three stars in vote. The award honors seniors who are committed to staying in five of the last six games for the Black Bears. He was the top star in school and portraying the values of community, classroom, character Maine’s win over UMass Lowell. He finished as the game’s second star and competition. in the 2-2 draw with UMass. Ouellette has been named the game’s third star on three other occasions. DIAMOND MAINE’S ALL-TIME PENALTY LEADER: Joey Diamond has 365 career penalty minutes, the most in Maine history. He surpassed 50 POINTS: Senior Adam Shemansky tallied his 50th career point on Prestin Ryan (2001-04) with six penalty minutes in the game against Saturday, Dec. 1 against Vermont. He became the second Black Bear Massachusetts on Nov. 16. In other words, Diamond has spent six to reach the plateau, joining Joey Diamond. Diamond has currently hours and five minutes in the penalty box. scored 86 points in his University of Maine career.