ORONO, Maine – Josh Nadeau had four points and five different Black Bears scored as the #5 University of Maine men's hockey team earned a 5-2 win over New Hampshire in the Buffalo Wild Wings Border Battle on Saturday night at Alfond Arena.

After a scoreless first period, Brandon Holt gave Maine the 1-0 lead at the 8:39 mark of the second. The Wildcats scored twice over the final 10 minutes of the middle frame to take a 2-1 lead into the break.

The Black Bears then scored four goals over the final 12 minutes of the third period. Charlie Russell pulled the game even and then Sully Scholle scored the eventual game-winner with 5:06 to play. Just 12 seconds after Scholle's goal, Thomas Freel made it 4-2 and then Nadeau scored an unassisted short-handed goal to put the game out of reach.

#5 Maine 5, RV New Hampshire 2
Feb. 15, 2025 | Alfond Arena
 
NOTABLES

• Maine had the 33-24 lead in shots on goal.
• Maine went 0-for-4 on the power play while UNH was 1-for-5.
• Albin Boija made 22 saves in moving to 18-5-5 on the year.
• Boija is the first Maine goaltender to post 18 wins in their first 28 games played in a season since Ben Bishop went 19-7-2 in his first 28 games played in 2005-06.
• The Black Bears are now 74-64-14 in the all-time series with UNH, including a mark of 5-3-3 under head coach Ben Barr.
• Josh Nadeau recorded his second career four-point game with one goal and three assists.
• Frank Djurasevic recorded his third career multi-assist game with two helpers.
• Brandon Holt potted his fourth goal of the year while Charlie Russell potted his sixth and Sully Scholle his second … Thomas Freel scored his 10th goal of the season.
• Nine different Black Bears had at least one point.
• At 2-0-1, Maine wins the regular season series against UNH for the first time since going 2-0-0 in 2019-20.

RECORDS

• Maine: 19-5-5, 11-3-5 HE
• New Hampshire: 11-13-4, 3-12-3 HE

UP NEXT

• Maine will travel to UConn next weekend for a single game against the Huskies on Friday, Feb. 28.