ORONO, Maine – The eighth-ranked Maine Black Bears used a four-goal second period Friday night to defeat Vermont 7-0 in Hockey East action from Alfond Arena.

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HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Catamounts jumped out to a quick start Friday night, outshooting the Black Bears 7-1 in the opening five minutes. Maine's Albin Boija made three key saves on a early UVM power play to keep the contest scoreless.
• Maine opened the scoring 6:29 into the first period with a fortuitous bounce in front of UVM's Aiden Wright. Jeremy Langlois fired a shot from the point and Miguel Marques redirected the shot from beside the UVM net. Marques' deflection bounced off a UVM defender to the front of the net where Sully Scholle backhanded it past Wright for his second goal of the year.
• Langlois doubled the Maine lead 43 seconds into the second period. He fired a shot from the point that found the back of the net, UVM's Wright had two defenders and two Maine skaters in front and never saw the shot.
• The Black Bears took control of the game with three goals in 3:16 late in the second period. Josh Nadeau (12:36) and Owen Fowler (15:52) notched power play tallies while Marques scored 25 seconds after Nadeau. Vermont's Axel Mangbo came on in relief of Wright (17 saves) after the offensive surge.
• Justin Poirier scored his tenth of the season and Nadeau added his second of the night in the third period to close out the scoring for the Black Bears.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Vermont blocked 27 shots Friday night a new-high in the Coach Wiedler era. Sebastian Törnqvist and Caeden Herrington each blocked a team-high four shots.
• Colin Kessler and Max Strand were tied with a game-high five shots on goal.

UP NEXT
The Catamounts and Black Bears are back at it tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. from Alfond Arena. Catch the action on ESPN+, while an international feed is available ($) via Stretch Internet. Owen Gund will have the radio call on the Varsity Network and WVMT.

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