GORHAM, Maine – The University of Southern Maine men's ice hockey team was defeated 3-0 in New England Hockey Conference play by UMass Boston on Saturday evening.
 
When and Where: Saturday, November 12, 2022 – Gorham, Maine – USM Ice Arena
 
Score: Beacons 3, Huskies 0
 
History: The teams have now played 45 times with the Beacons leading 24-20-1.
 
The Records:  UMass Boston: 2-4-0 (2-2-0 NEHC); Southern Maine: 1-3-0 (1-3-0 NEHC)
 
The Goaltenders:  Sam Best: 2-4-0, 32 saves, shutout; sophomore Kyle Penton (Waltham, Mass./Albany Academy): 1-3-0, 37 saves, two goals allowed.
 
How It Happened/Inside the Boxscore:

• The Huskies held a slight shot advantage of 13-11 after a scoreless first period.
• Jazz Krivtsov put UMass Boston ahead 1-0 with a goal 5:32 into the second period. Ty Mathews and Mike Manzo tallied assists on the goal.
• Kolye Bankauskas scored a power-play goal to double the Beacons' lead with Grady Friedman providing the assist.
• Andy Walker scored an empty-net goal after receiving a pass from Manzo in the final minute of the third.
• Senior Curtis Judd (Newton, Mass./Albany Academy) led the Huskies with six shots.
• The Huskies blocked 13 shots as a team with sophomore Zach Desmarais (St. Cyrille, QC, Canada) and senior Nolan McElhaney (Natick, Mass./Long Island University) each blocking three. In total 10 different Huskies blocked a shot.
• Penton made at least 10 saves in each of the three periods and made 16 stops in the third.

Up Next: The Huskies will go on the road to face Castleton University in a NEHC game on Friday, November 18 at 7PM.