DURHAM, N.H. - Junior Benton Maass (Elk River, Minn.) scored a career best two goals for the Wildcats as the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team defeated Vermont 6-3 at the Whittemore Center on Friday night.
UP NEXT:
The Wildcats and the Catamounts will conclude their two-game series on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Whittemore Center for 80's Night presented by Eastern Propane and Oil. The first 1,000 fans will receive a UNH fanny pack. Individual game tickets with affordable options that start as low as $9 and a convenient six-ticket flexible miniplan can be purchased for the season by calling the Whittemore Center Box Office at (603) 862-4000 or by visiting UNHWildcats.com.
Score: New Hampshire 6, Vermont 3
Records: UNH (14-11-2, 8-8-1 HEA), Vermont (3-19-4, 0-14-2 HEA)
Location: Durham, N.H. (Whittemore Center)
Date: Friday, Feb. 7, 2020
Time: 7 p.m.
Attendance: 3,809
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Sophomore Joseph Cipollone (Purchase, N.Y.) scored his first goal of the season at 3:11 in the first period to give UNH an early 1-0 lead. After a scramble in the front of the goal, Cipollone was able to pick up the loose puck and bury it to the top left side of the net.
- UVM tied the game after Max Kaufman scored at 10:20. Kaufman wristed a shot to the stick side, tying the game 1-1.
- Maass scored a shorthanded goal at 12:30 in the first period. Maass stepped into the top of the slot and fired the puck to the upper stick side giving UNH a 2-1 lead.
- Shortly thereafter, junior goaltender Mike Robinson (Bedford, N.H.) stopped a breakaway shot by Ace Cowans to keep the 'Cats on top.
- William Lemay scored 19:06 into the second to tie the game 2-2. Alex Esposito sent the puck to Lemay at the right post and he one timed it to the back of the net.
- Sophomore Angus Crookshank (North Vancover, B.C) scored at 5:40 to give UNH a 3-2 lead. Crookshank picked up a loose puck and buried it to regain the lead for the 'Cats.
- Junior Patrick Grasso (Ankeny, Iowa) extended the UNH lead to 4-2 off a power play goal at 7:45. Grasso wristed a shot to the upper glove side.
- Maass netted his second goal of the game at 13:14 in the third to give UNH a 5-2 lead. Maass one timed the puck from the slot off a pass from sophomore Filip Engarås (Stolkholm, Sweden) to extend the 'Cats lead.
- Andrew Lucas scored at 14:59 to make the score 5-3 in the third.
- Then Engarås buried an empty net goal at 19:03 to cap off the Wildcats win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- UVM outshot UNH, 26-25.
- Robinson had 23 saves while Stefanos Lekkas had 19.
- Wildcats went 1-5 on the power play while the Catamounts went 0-3.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- Cipollone scored his first goal of the season. The sophomore now has two points this season and three career points at UNH.
- Maass' first goal was the first shorthanded goal of the season for the 'Cats.
- UNH is 9-3-1 at the Whittemore Center this season.
- A power outage led to the teams having to adapt to playing with no running time on the video board. It also cancelled the TV broadcast on NESNplus.
