Nov. 30, 2001

AMHERST, Mass. - Maine scored three second period goals en route to a 6-1 victory over the University of Massachusetts in Hockey East action tonight at the William D. Mullins Center.

Maine jumped out to a 2-0 lead when Colin Shields scored during a five-on-three advantage less than a minute into the second period. Massachusetts cut the lead to 2-1 when junior Tim Turner (Saginaw, Mich.) scored his team-leading sixth goal of the season. Freshman Greg Mauldin (Holliston, Mass.) and senior Toni Söderholm (Helsinki, Finland) assisted on the five-on-three power-play goal.

The Black Bears responded quickly when Niko Dimitrakos scored a shorthanded goal to give Maine a 3-1 lead. The Black Bears would extend their lead to 4-1 when Lucas Lawson scored with less than a minute to play in the second period.

Tom Reimann scored for Maine during a four-on-four situation 2:57 into the third period to give the Black Bears a four-goal lead. Reimann scored again later in the period to make the final score 6-1 in favor of Maine.

The victory improves Maine to 7-4-2 overall and 3-1-0 in Hockey East, while the loss drops Massachusetts to 6-7-0 overall and 2-4-0 in Hockey East.

Massachusetts returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 1, when it travels to Boston College for a 7:00 p.m. game.

BOX SCORE
Maine 1-3-2 -- 6 (7-4-2 overall / 3-1-0 HE)
Massachusetts 0-1-0 -- 1 (6-7-0 overall / 2-5-0 HE)

SCORING - FIRST PERIOD: 1. ME, Ben Murphy 2 (Don Richardson, Peter Metcalf) 2:43. SECOND PERIOD: 2. ME, Colin Shields 12 (Metcalf, Martin Kariya) PPG 0:34. 3. UM, Tim Turner 6 (Greg Mauldin, Toni Söderholm) PPG 4:28. 4. ME, Niko Dimitrakos 8 (Lucas Lawson, Francis Nault) SHG 4:52. 5. ME, Lawson 4 (Dimitrakos, Tom Reimann) 19:12. THIRD PERIOD: 6. ME, Reimann 5 (Metcalf) 2:57. 7. ME, Reimann 6 (Shields) PPG 16:57.
SHOTS - ME, 26 (13-10-3), UM, 32 (9-10-13). SAVES - ME, Mike Morrison 31 (9-9-13), UM, Mike Johnson 20 (12-7-1), Tim Warner 0 (0-0-0). PENALTIES - ME, 9 for 18 min., UM, 9 for 18 min. POWER PLAYS - ME, 2 for 7, UM, 1 for 7. ATTENDANCE - 3,874.