HAMDEN, Conn. – Brandon Chabrier scored 3 minutes, 50 seconds into overtime as the University of Maine men's hockey team topped #5 Quinnipiac, 2-1, on Friday night at M&T Bank Arena.
 
The Black Bears opened the scoring as Donavan Villeneuve-Houle fought through traffic for a finish at the left post midway through the first period. After the Bobcats equalized in the second period, neither team found the back of the net in the third.
 
Chabrier's first of the year then gave the Black Bears the 2-1 win.

Maine 2, #5 Quinnipiac 1 (OT)
Oct. 27, 2023 | Hamden, Conn.
M&T Bank Arena
NOTABLES

• The Black Bears had the 29-18 lead in shots.
• Maine went 0-for-5 on the power play while Quinnipiac was 0-for-3.
• Victor Ostman made 17 saves in moving to 3-0-0 … Matej Marinov made 27 saves in the loss.
• The Black Bears are now 10-8-1 all-time against the Bobcats … head coach Ben Barr is now 2-1-0 against Quinnipiac.
• This marks Maine's first win over a top-five opponent since a 4-0 win over a then-#3 Quinnipiac squad on Oct. 22, 2022 ... it's the first top-five road win since a 3-2 overtime win over #4 Boston College on Jan. 5, 2020.
• This is Maine's first 3-0-0 start since the 2016-17 season that also started off with two wins over RPI and a win over Quinnipiac.
• Brandon Chabrier scored his first goal of the season … it marked his first career game-winning goal.
• Donavan Villeneuve-Houle finished with two points on one goal and one assist.
• Ben Poisson and Lynden Breen both registered an assist.

RECORDS

• Maine: 3-0-0
• Quinnipiac: 3-3-0

UP NEXT

• Maine and Quinnipiac will meet again tomorrow at 7 p.m. at M&T Bank Arena.