Orono, Maine – The Maine men's hockey team completed a weekend sweep of RPI with a 6-3 victory on Friday night at Alfond Arena.

Josh Nadeau opened the scoring with his first career goal – a power-play tally – six minutes into the contest. Harrison Scott made it 2-0 midway through the frame. RPI then pulled a goal back before the first intermission.

Nadeau's second power-play tally of the game pushed BC's lead to 3-1 and then Grayson Arnott struck in the final 20 seconds of the second period. RPI's Lucas Matta made it a two-goal game 14 seconds into the final frame but Donavan Villeneuve-Houle responded with his first of the season. The Engineers would find the back of the net once more but Ben Poisson gave Maine its sixth of the game with an empty-netter for the 6-3 final.

Maine 6, RPI 3
Oct. 13, 2023 | Alfond Arena

NOTABLES

• Maine had the 51-19 lead in shots on goal.
• The Black Bears went 2-for-8 on the power play while keeping the Engineers to 0-for-5.
• Victor Ostman made 16 saves in moving to 2-0-0 … Carson Cherepak made 45 saves in the loss.
• The Black Bears are now 11-4-0 all-time against RPI and 5-3-0 at Alfond Arena … head coach Ben Barr is 2-0-0 against RPI, his alma mater.
• Josh Nadeau scored his first career goal and finished the night with two power-play tallies.
• Donavan Villeneuve-Houle (1-1-2), Ben Poisson (1-1-2) and Harrison Scott (1-1-2) each registered multi-point nights.
• Thomas Freel registered three assists ... it was the first three-assist game for a Black Bear since Mitchell Fossier on Feb. 21, 2020 against Vermont.
• Grayson Arnott scored his first goal of the season … it was his second career game-winning goal.

RECORDS

• Maine: 2-0-0
• RPI: 0-2-0

UP NEXT

• Maine will return to action on Friday, Oct. 27 and Saturday, Oct. 28 with a pair of games at reigning the National Champion, Quinnipiac.