GORHAM, Maine – Despite coming back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game at 3-3 the University of Southern Maine men's ice hockey team was defeated by a score of 4-3 by New England College on Friday evening in New England Hockey Conference play.
 
When and Where: Saturday, December 2, 2022 – Gorham, Maine – USM Ice Arena
 
Score: Pilgrims 4, Huskies 3
 
The Records:  New England College: 5-5-0 (3-3-0 NEHC); Southern Maine: 1-8-0 (1-6-0 NEHC)
 
The Goaltenders:  Spencer Kozlowski: 2-3-0, 38 saves, three goals allowed; sophomore Kyle Penton (Waltham, Mass./Albany Academy): 14 saves, three goals allowed; sophomore Mason Palmer (Cumming, Ga./Connections Academy): 0-5-0 16 saves, one goal allowed.
 
How It Happened/Inside the Boxscore:

• The Pilgrims scored three goals in the first 13 minutes of the first period.
• Sophomore Azam Jiwa (Calgary, AB, Canada/West Island College) cut the lead to 3-1 in the final minutes of the period with his first goal of the season. Sophomores Tyler Mitchell (Burlington, ON, Canada) and Mathieu Sabourin (Alexandria, ON, Canada) had the assists.
• Palmer replaced Penton in goal to start the second period.
• Sophomore Zach Desmarais (St. Cyrille, QC, Canada) scored one lone goal of the second period thanks to a pass from freshman Raphael Lajeunesse (Mont-Laurier, QC, Canada).
• Senior Curtis Judd (Newton, Mass./Albany Academy) tied the game at 3-3 11:24 into the third period with assists coming from junior Austin Marini (Hyde Park, Mass./Catholic Memorial) and senior Nolan McElhaney (Natick, Mass./Long Island University).
• Bernie McGovern scored for NEC to break the tie with less than three minutes remaining in the contest.

Up Next: The Huskies host Norwich tomorrow evening at 4PM in the USA Ice Arena.