AMHERST, Mass. – The #5/4 University of Maine men's ice hockey team fell to #16/14 UMass, 5-1, on Friday night at the Mullins Center.
 
The Minutemen took a 1-0 lead less than three minutes into the game and then doubled it five minutes later with a power-play goal. UMass scored again in the final minute of the opening stanza. Another early-period tally in the second frame made it 4-0 Minutemen after two.
 
Charlie Russell got Maine on the board with his seventh of the season at the 4:19 mark of the third period but the Minutemen responded with a short-handed marker for the 5-1 final.
 
#16/14 UMass 5, #5 Maine 1
March 7, 2025 | Mullins Center
 
NOTABLES

• Maine had the 39-32 lead in shots on goal.
• The Black Bears were 0-for-4 on the power play while the Minutemen were 1-for-3.
• Albin Boija made 27 saves in moving to 20-7-5 on the year.
• The Black Bears are now 62-30-10 in the all-time series with the Minutemen.
• Charlie Russell scored his seventh goal of the season … he now has 23 points on the year.
• Nolan Renwick recorded his 13th assist of the year and set a new career-high in points with 21.
• The loss snapped a four-game winning streak in the series for Maine.
• Thomas Pichette led Maine with five shots on goal.

 
RECORDS

• Maine: 21-7-5, 13-5-5 Hockey East
• UMass: 19-12-4, 10-9-4 Hockey East

 
UP NEXT

• Maine and UMass will close out the 2024-25 regular season tomorrow with a 7:30 p.m. puck drop at the Mullins Center.