ORONO, Maine – Josh Nadeau and Anthony Calafiore each scored a goal and Albin Boija made 27 saves as the #7 University of Maine men's hockey team topped #10/13 Providence College, 2-1, on Friday night at Alfond Arena.
 
After a scoreless first period, Nadeau wired home his 14th goal of the season on the power play five minutes into the middle frame. Calafiore then finished a feed from Grayson Arnott for a 2-0 lead before Providence pulled a goal back before the break.
 
Boija made 11 saves in the third period and Maine held on for the 2-1 win.

#7 Maine 2, #10/13 Providence College 1
Feb. 9, 2024 | Orono, Maine
Alfond Arena

NOTABLES

• Providence had the 28-23 lead in shots on goal.
• Maine went 1-for-3 on the power play while keeping Providence to 0-for-4.
• Albin Boija made 27 saves in moving to 5-1-1 on the year.
• Maine now has a mark of 73-56-7 in the all-time series with Providence … the Black Bears are 45-18-4 against the Friars in Alfond Arena.
• Anthony Calafiore scored his first career goal … he now has two points on one goal and one assist.
• Josh Nadeau scored his seventh power-play goal of the season ... he's the first Maine player to reach seven power-play goals in a season since 2016-17.
• Grayson Arnott, Cole Hanson, Ben Poisson and Bradly Nadeau picked up assists in the win.
• Maine now has eight wins this season over ranked opponents for the most since the 2011-12 season.
• Maine has 18 wins in the first 25 games of the season for the first time since going 18-6-1 in the first 25 games of 2003-04 
• The Black Bears have 10 conference wins for the first time since 2019-20.
• The game was played in front of the eighth sold-out crowd at Alfond Arena this season ... this season, Maine has sold out eight out of 11 dates at Alfond Arena and nine out of 12 home games.

RECORDS

• Maine: 18-5-2, 10-4-1 Hockey East
• Providence College: 15-9-2, 8-6-2 Hockey East

UP NEXT

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