Providence Continues Dominance Over Umaine Hockey Team With 3-2 Win

The 15th-ranked University of Maine men’s hockey team’s hopes of hosting a Hockey East quaterfinal series in two weekends took a significant hit on Saturday night as Providence College’s dominance of the series continued. Sophomore right wing Jack Dugan, the nation’s leading scorer, had a goal and an assist and the Friars registered their 14th straight home win over the Black Bears, 3-2, at Schneider Arena in Providence, Rhode Island. Providence is 20-1-1 in the last 22 meetings and the two teams will conclude the regular season against each other at Alfond Arena in Orono next Friday night at 7:30. Providence, which had been 1-5-1 in its previous seven games and had lost its last three home games, improved to 16-11-6 overall and 10-10-3 in Hockey East, while UMaine fell tio 17-11-5 and 11-9-3. Jason O’Neill and Greg :Printz scored the other Friar goals while Adrien Bisson and Emil Westerlund had the UMaine goals. Michael Lackey finished with 25 saves for Providence while Jeremy Swayman had 30 stops for the Black Bears. Dugan opened the scoring at the 14:15 mark of the first period, giving the Friars a lead they would never relinquish. Dugan scored just seven seconds after stepping out of the penalty box after serving a tripping minor. He intercepted an ill-advised pass by J.D.