Wildcats Tie Maine, 4-4

Monday, January 21

Orono, Maine

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

8-8-7, 4-5-4HE

Maine

8-11-3, 4-5-3HE

OT 1

New Hampshire

Maine

Liam Blackburn extended his point streak to 13 games (Photo by Jessica Speechley)

1/21/2019 10:35:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

Liam Blackburn posts three points.

ORONO, Maine. – Junior Liam Blackburn (Prince George, British Columbia) posted a goal and two assists for three points to extend his point streak to 13 games as the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team tied Maine, 4-4, on Monday afternoon at Alfond Arena. With the tie, the Wildcats are now 8-8-7 overall (4-5-4 HEA) and are 6-1-2 over their last nine games. Maine is now 8-11-3 (4-5-3 HEA).

UP NEXT: The Wildcats will conclude their three-game road trip with a contest at the XL Center versus UConn on Friday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m.

NEXT HOME GAME:

The Wildcats return to the Whitt on Saturday, Jan. 26 when they take on UConn on Family Hockey Day presented by Geico. There is a spaghetti dinner and activities before the game.
The first 1,000 fans will receive the third set of trading cards and hot dogs will be $1.
The 2018 America East Champion UNH men's soccer team will be signing autographs and will be honored at the game.
You can buy tickets by calling the Whittemore Center Box Office at (603) 862-4000 or by visiting UNHWildcats.com.

Score: New Hampshire 4, Maine 4 (OT)
Records: UNH (8-8-7, 4-5-4 HEA), Maine (8-11-3, 4-5-3 HEA)
Location: Orono, Maine (Alfond Arena)
Date: Monday, Jan. 21, 2019
Time: 2 p.m.
Attendance: 3,702

HOW IT HAPPENED

At 9:57 of the first period, the Black Bears took a 1-0 lead as Brendan Robbins tipped a shot to the lower glove side of the net.
Maine increased its lead to 2-0 at 16:34 when Chase Pearson secured the puck from behind the net who then sent a backhander to the near side of the goal.
Maine outshot UNH, 11-5, while each team went 0-1 on the power play.
While on a two-man advantage power play, Blackburn extended his point streak to 13 games with a goal as he sent a wrist shot to the upper glove side of the net off a pass from sophomore Max Gildon (Plano, Texas) as UNH cut the Maine lead to 2-1.
UNH outshot Maine by a 13-7 margin, while the Wildcats went 1-2 on the man-advantage and the Black Bears went 0-2.
At 2:33 of the third period, senior Chris Miller (Windham, N.H.) tied the game at 2-2 with his second goal of the season as he fired a shot to the upper stick side of the net.
Maine took a 3-2 lead at 5:22 as Robbins scored on a breakaway after receiving a pass from Brady Keeper. The goal was his second of the game.
Freshman Jackson Pierson (Zionsville, Ind.) tied the game at 3-3 at 12:00 when he scored on a rebound off a shot by senior Ara Nazarian (Boxford, Mass.) for his sixth goal of the season.
The Wildcats then took a 4-3 lead with 2:46 remaining in the third period when freshman Angus Crookshank (North Vancouver, British Columbia) sent a backhander to the upper glove side of the net off a pass by Blackburn.
The Black Bears tied the game at 4-4 with 1:28 left, when Jakub Sirota netted his first career goal on a wrist shot.
The game would go to overtime as the Wildcats went on a power play with 3:58 left. But the Black Bears killed the penalty.
Neither team was able to score the game-winner for the 4-4 final score.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Maine outshot UNH by a 34-26 margin.
Sophomore Mike Robinson (Bedford, N.H.) made 30 saves, while Jeremy Swayman recorded 22.
The Wildcats went 1-4 on the power play and the Black Bears went 0-3.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

The Wildcats are now 6-1-2 over the last nine games played. UNH has outscored the opposition 35-24.
The Wildcats are now 3-1-1 over the last five Hockey East games.
Blackburn extended his point-streak to 13 games. He has eight goals and 11 assists for 19 points over this stretch.
The seven ties by the Wildcats tie the school record. UNH had seven ties also in 2009-2010. The Wildcats have played in 10 overtime games as the program record is 12 in the 2009-2010 season.

NORTHEAST REGIONAL TICKETS ON SALE

UNH is hosting the 2019 NCAA Men's Hockey Northeast Regional at the SNHU Arena in Manchester, N.H., on Friday and Saturday, March 29-30. Go here for tickets.

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