Boija, Black Bears battle to scoreless tie at #20/18 Vermont

Friday, November 13

Burlington, Vt.

7:00 PM

University of Maine

5-5-1, 1-3-1

Vermont

5-3-2, 4-1-2

Team	1	2	3	OT 1	OT 2	F
Maine	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vermont	0	0	0	0	0	0

Albin Boija makes a glove save against Vermont.

11/13/2026 11:03:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Boija made 20 saves for the shutout.

BURLINGTON, Vt. –The University of Maine men's ice hockey team and #20/18 Vermont battled to a 0-0 tie on Friday night at Gutterson Fieldhouse.

Albin Boija made 20 saves for his third shutout of the season while Jacob Oster stopped 23 shots for Vermont. The Catamounts picked up the extra Hockey East point with a win in the shootout.

#20/18 Vermont 0, RV Maine 0 (OT, SOL)
Nov. 13, 2026| Gutterson Fieldhouse

NOTABLES

Maine had the 23-20 lead in shots on goal.
The Black Bears were 0-for-2 on the advantage while the Catamounts were 0-for-3.
Albin Boija finished with 20 saves in moving to 4-3-1 on the season while posting his third shutout of the year and 13th of his career.
Boija has now posted two consecutive shutouts for the first time in his career … he's the first Maine goaltender to post back-to-back shutouts in consecutive starts since Victor Ostman in the 2022-23 season ... it is just the seventh instance of a Black Bear goaltender recording shutouts in consecutive starts since 2000.
Boija's back-to-back shutouts mark the first time a Maine goaltender has recorded back-to-back shutouts in consecutive team games since Dan Sullivan in February 2011.
Maine is now 35-31-10 in the all-time series with Vermont, including a mark of 15-17-4 on the road.
Max Scott had a game-high 13 face-off wins.
Loic Usereau blocked a game-high four shots.
This marks the first 0-0 tie in DI men's college hockey this season and the first for Maine since a 0-0 tie at UNH on Feb. 18, 2023.