ORONO, Maine – Three Black Bears scored and Albin Boija made 30 saves as the #7/8 University of Maine men's hockey team defeated Colgate, 3-1, on Friday night at Alfond Arena.
 
Bradly Nadeau's 13th goal of the season put Maine up 5:26 into the first period. Harrison Scott scored less than five minutes into the second period before Ryan Hopkins' first career goal with a minute to play in the frame made it 3-0 at the second intermission. With the goaltender pulled and on the power play, Colgate pulled a goal back to make it 3-1 but Boija and the Black Bears closed out the game.

#7/8 Maine 3, Colgate 1
Jan. 5, 2024 | Orono, Maine
Alfond Arena

NOTABLES

• Maine had the 35-31 lead in shots on goal.
• The Black Bears were 0-for-3 on the power play while Colgate was 1-for-2.
• Albin Boija made 30 saves in moving to 2-0-0 on the year … Carter Gylander finished with 32 saves for Colgate.
• Maine is now 7-8-4 overall in the series with Colgate.
• Ryan Hopkins scored his first career goal … he now has three points on one goal and two assists on the year.
• Josh Nadeau extended his point streak to 13 games with an assist … it marks the first 13-game point streak in Hockey East since Josh Wilkins of Providence had a 13-game streak in 2018-19.
• This is the first seven-game winning streak for Maine since it opened the 2006-07 season with a seven-game winning streak.

RECORDS

• Maine: 12-3-1
• Colgate: 6-8-2

UP NEXT

• Maine and Colgate will close out the series tomorrow night with another 7 p.m. puck drop at Alfond Arena.