Massachusetts Completes Hockey East Sweep Of Struggling Umaine Men’s Hockey Team

The road woes and offensive struggles continued again on Saturday night for the University of Maine’s men hockey team. Late second-period goals 18 seconds apart by John Leonard and Niko Hildenbrand broke open a close game and sent the University of Massachusetts on its way to a 4-1 Hockey East victory over the Black Bears at the Mullins Center. UMaine had its Hockey East road winless streak extended to six games (0-5-1) during which the Black Bears have been outscored 21-9. UMass is 17-1-1 in its last 19 games at the Mullins Center. It was UMaine’s sixth of seven consecutive road games and the Black Bears (8-7-3 overall, 4-6-2 HE) are 1-4-1 so far with a Tuesday night non-conference game at Yale University finishing off the stretch. It was the third straight game in which UMaine has been held to just one goal and all three goals have come on the power play.