GENEVA, N.Y. – University of Southern Maine junior Austin Marini (Hyde Park, Mass./Catholic Memorial) scored his first goal of the season in a hard-fought 2-1 loss to #3 Hobart College Statesmen on Saturday evening.
 
When and Where: Saturday, November 5, 2022 – Geneva, N.Y. – Geneva Recreation Complex Skating Rink
 
Score: Statesmen 2, Huskies 1
 
History: Hobart now leads the all-time series 10-1.
 
The Records: Hobart: 4-0-0 (2-0-0 NEHC); Southern Maine: 0-3-0 (0-2-0 NEHC)
 
The Goaltenders: Mavrick Goyer: 2-0-0, 22 saves, one goal allowed; sophomore Kyle Penton (Waltham, Mass./Albany Academy): 0-1-0, 38 saves, two goals allowed.
 
How It Happened/Inside the Boxscore:

• In the first period Ignat Belov blasted a shot into the back of the net to put the Statesmen up 1-0.
• Penton made 15 saves in the first period for the Huskies.
• The Huskies answered with a goal by Marini less than three minutes later to tie the game. Senior Curtis Judd (Newton, Mass./Albany Academy) and junior Cole Ouellette (Lewiston, Maine) recorded assists on Marini's goal.
• Luke Aquaro scored off a rebound after an onslaught of Hobart shots to put the Statesmen up 2-1.
• Goyer stopped 11 Husky shots in the period while Penton matched his first period save total.
• The Huskies blocked 13 shots in the third period and finished with 22 in total, their highest blocked shot total since the team blocked 25 in a 5-2 win over UMass Boston on 11/19/16.
• Senior captain Nick Ritmo (Niskayuna, N.Y.) led the way with three blocked shots while six Huskies each blocked two. In total 14 different players were credited with a blocked shot for Southern Maine.
• Judd led the Huskies with five shots while Aquaro led the Statesmen with seven.

 
Up Next: The Huskies will play their first home game of the season on Friday, November 11 at 7PM at the USM Ice Arena against Johnson & Wales.