SALEM, Mass. – Freshman Raphael Lajeunesse (Mont-Laurier, QC, Canada) recorded a goal and an assist for the University of Southern Maine in a 5-4 overtime loss against Salem State.
 
When and Where: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 – Salem, Mass.
 
Score: Vikings 5, Huskies 4
 
The Records:  Salem State: 1-5-0 Southern Maine: 1-7-0
 
The Goaltenders:  Dean Hahn: 1-0-0, 32 saves, four goals allowed; sophomore Mason Palmer (Cumming, Ga./Connections Academy): 0-4-0, 40 saves, five goals allowed;
 
How It Happened/Inside the Boxscore:

• Junior Austin Marini (Hyde Park, Mass./Catholic Memorial) scored the first period's only goal with sophomore Nick Librizzi (Raleigh, N.C./Leesville Road) recording his first career assist on the play.
• Landyn Greatorexhe tied the game for the Vikings 9:48 into the second period.
• The Huskies scored two goals in just under two minutes to go up 3-1. Sophomore Mathieu Sabourin (Alexandria, ON, Canada) and graduate student Tyler Gardiner (Watertown, Mass.) scored the goals for the Huskies.
• Matt Yianacopolus cut the lead to 3-2 less than two-minutes into the third period before Lajeunesse scored on a powerplay to put the Huskies up 4-2.
• The Vikings scored two goals in the final 13 minutes of the third to tie the game and force overtime where Zach Dill scored the game-winner 49 seconds into the extra period.
• Dill, Yianacopolus, Luke Day, and Erik Larsson each had a goal and an assist for the Vikings.
• Jakub Suran (Liberec, Czech Republic), Nick Nault (Goffstown, N.H.), Nolan McElhaney (Natick, Mass./Long Island University), and Zach Desmarais (St. Cyrille, QC, Canada) also recorded assists for Southern Maine.

Up Next: The Huskies will host an NEHC contest against New England College at 7PM on December 2.