Harnett Stops 26 Shots in 5-0 Loss at Maine

Saturday, February 19

Orono, Maine

2 PM

University of New Hampshire

11-20-2, 9-16-1

Maine

14-18-1, 12-13-1

New Hampshire

Maine

Photo by: Tari Pecevich

2/19/2022 5:53:00 PM | Women's Ice Hockey

Box Score

ORONO, Maine – Junior goaltender Nicky Harnett (Plymouth, Minn.) made 26 saves but the University of New Hampshire women's hockey team was defeated 5-0 by the University of Maine in Saturday afternoon's regular-season finale at Alfond Arena.

Harnett made half of her 26 saves in the third period. Maine counterpart Jorden Mattison stopped 24 shots to record the shutout.

Taylor Leech (one goal, two assists) and Celine Tedenby (three assists) led the Black Bears' offense with three points apiece. Maddie Giordano and Mira Seregely both finished with a goal and an assist.

UNH is now 11-20-2 overall and 9-16-1 in Hockey East while Maine is 14-18-1, 12-13-1.

WHOC scoreboard_02.19.22

UP NEXT

The 2022 Hockey East tournament begins Wednesday, Feb. 23 with a pair of first round games. UNH is locked into the No. 8 seed and will play host to ninth-seeded Merrimack College in one of those games.

FIRST PERIOD

Maine recorded a 10-6 shot advantage in the opening 20 minutes and took a 1-0 lead into the first intermission.
Ally Trimper's first goal of the season gave the Black Bears a 1-0 lead at 14:32.

SECOND PERIOD

UNH outshot Maine, 8-6, in the second stanza but the Black Bears extended their lead to 3-0.
Power-play goals by Seregely at 6:06 and Elise Morphy at 17:38 pushed the advantage to 3-0.

THIRD PERIOD

Maine scored twice more with a 15-10 edge in shots in the final frame.
Maddie Giordano struck at 11:20 and Leech scored the Black Bears' third power-play goal of the game with six seconds remaining to close the scoring.

GAME NOTEBOOK

Maine finished with a 31-24 shot advantage and 36-18 edge in faceoffs.
The Black Bears went 3-for-9 on the power play; UNH was 0-for-3.
UNH blocked 16 shot attempts; Maine had nine blocks.

UNH NOTEBOOK

Sophomore Brianna Brooks (Whitby, Ontario) won a team-high 12 faceoffs.
Junior Rae Breton (Brighton, Ontario), sophomore Charli Kettyle (Perth, Ontario) and junior Annie Berry (Milton, Mass.) were all credited with three blocked shots.

SERIES NOTEBOOK

UNH has a 34-19-8 lifetime record against Maine that includes 18-9-5 on the road.
The Black Bears are now unbeaten at home the past eight meetings (5-0-3) dating back to UNH's 3-0 win on Jan. 4, 2016.