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The University of Maine men’s hockey team increased its winning streak to five games this weekend on the road, with a sweep of Hockey East opponent Providence College.
Freshman forward Gustav Nyquist had a three-goal weekend and freshman goalie Scott Darling picked up two more wins in goal as the Black Bears improved to 6-3-0 (3-2-0 Hockey East). Providence falls to 2-7-1 (0-6-1 Hockey East) with the losses. Nyquist now has six goals on the season and leads the Black Bears with 10 points.
The Swede’s first goal opened the scoring for the Black Bears in Friday night’s back-and-forth game on a power play. It was the fifth-consecutive game with a power-play goal for the Black Bears.
With the score tied at 1-1 late in the second period, junior Kevin Swallow regained the lead for the Black Bears with his first goal in a UMaine uniform. The Dartmouth College transfer sat out last year and missed time due to an injury at the start the season.
After Providence again evened the game, sophomore defenseman Jeff Dimmen scored the eventual game-winner midway through the third period.
Following the tightly contested 3-2 victory, the Black Bears shut out the Friars 3-0 Saturday night, receiving back-to-back shorthanded goals from sophomore forward Tanner House and Nyquist. With the game secured, Nyquist added his second of the game with 1:18 remaining in the third period. House also assisted on Nyquist’s second goal, as well as freshman forward Brian Flynn, who had two assists on the weekend.
Darling improves to 5-1-0 in his freshman season, stopping 35 shots in the first game and 24 in the second. The shutout in the second game was his second of the season.
The Black Bears return home next weekend to host Merrimack for a pair of games, the first on Friday at 7 p.m.
