UMaine hockey team builds hope on tighter defenseWith games in Orono and Portland, the UMaine hockey team could reach .500 by sweeping BU.
...“We’ve never beaten them during my time here,” said Vesey, a senior forward from North Reading, Massachusetts.
“This year, we know we can play with them.”
Pretty bold talk for the captain of a team that is 3-5 overall, 2-2 in Hockey East. But this is a Black Bears team on the rise, even with a 1-3 record in their last four games.
“When you look at it, the last two weekends, we’ve been much better defensively,” Maine Coach Red Gendron said.
In their first four games – series splits with Connecticut and Miami – Maine allowed 18 goals. The Black Bears halved that against nationally-ranked Minnesota-Duluth (2-1 and 2-0 losses) and UMass-Lowell (3-2 loss, 6-2 win).
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