Women's Ice Hockey hosts Providence for Senior Night Friday

ORONO, Maine - The University of Maine women's ice hockey team (12-17-2, 8-14-2 HE) will host a single conference game against Providence College (11-15-5, 10-9-5 HE) on Friday, February 16th at Alfond Arena. Puck-drop is set for 6:00 PM. This game is the team's final home contest of the regular season, and it will also be Senior Night. The Senior Night celebration will take place following the game.

Previous Match-up Facts:

The Black Bears and Friars have faced off twice this season back in October, with the teams splitting the one-goal wins.
Maine defeated Providence in game one of the series 4-3 and dropped game two by a score of 2-3.
The overall series record with Providence is 16-28-5 in favor of the Friars.

Notes on the Black Bears:

Maine currently sits in 9th place in the Hockey East standings.
Friday's game will be Ida Kuoppala's 153rd game in a Maine jersey, the most ever in program history.
The Black Bears topped the BU Terriers last Friday night for a 3-1 win, to break their four-game losing streak.
Julia Bachetti was in net for the Black Bears making 29 saves on BU's 30 shots.
Saturday's game against #13 Northeastern ended in a 0-4 loss.
Abby Latorella led the team with a game-winning goal and an assist for two points in Friday's win. Bria Holm struck first for Maine with her first career goal, followed by a goal from Raegan Wurm in the third period.
Sam Morrison, Mira Seregely, Adriana van de Leest, Elise Morphy, and Kennedy Little tallied an assist apiece.

Scouting the Friars:

In the last six games, Providence's record is 1-1-4. Of the four ties, Providence has picked up just one of the shootout victories.
The one win was over Boston College, with the loss being against UConn, and ties coming from contests with Holy Cross, UConn, BC, and Vermont.
Providence sits in 5th place in the Hockey East standings with 38 points.
The team holds a 8.3% for power play opportunities and a 77.6% on PK.
The team is averaging 2.03 goals per game.