GORHAM, Maine – Junior Cole Ouellette (Lewiston, Maine) recorded three points off a goal and two assists as the University of Southern Maine men's ice hockey team bested Elmira College 4-3 on Saturday evening in NEHC action. Ouellette was one of three Huskies to record multiple points as senior Curtis Judd (Newton, Mass./Albany Academy) scored two goals and junior Austin Marini (Hyde Park, Mass./Catholic Memorial) logged a pair of assists.
 
When and Where: Saturday, January 14, 2023 – Gorham, Maine – USM Ice Arena
 
Score: Huskies 4, Soaring Eagles 3
 
The Records:  Southern Maine: 3-12-1, 2-9-0 NEHC, Elmira: 8-8-1, 5-4-1 NEHC.
 
The Goaltenders:  Sophomore Kyle Penton (Waltham, Mass./Albany Academy): 3-6-1, 34 saves, three goals allowed, Jeffrey Zero: 2-3-1, 19 saves, four goals allowed, Brody Haynes: five saves.
 
How It Happened/Inside the Boxscore:

• Judd scored his eighth goal of the season about halfway through the first period on the power play to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead. Marini and Ouellette assisted on the goal.
• The Huskies added a second goal 18:20 into the period when sophomore Jeff Pollara (Braintree, Mass.) redirected the rebound of a Nolan McElhaney (Natick, Mass./Long Island University) shot into a wide-open net for his first career goal. Ouellette also assisted on the goal for his team-leading 10^th helper of the season.
• Ouellette collected his third point of the day with a goal 5:35 into the second period with freshman Elliot Van Orsdel (Eveleth, Minn./ Eveleth-Gilbert) recording his first career assist on the play.
• Judd scored his second power play goal of the game 16:39 into the second period with Marini and freshman Jakub Suran (Liberec, Czech Republic) assisting.
• Elmira scored two goals in the span of 20 seconds to cut the Husky lead in half going into the final period.
• About three-and-a-half minutes into the third the Soaring Eagles scored another goal with one but the Huskies held tough to take the game 4-3 thanks to some big saves by Penton who made 15 saves in the third period.
• Nick Parody scored two of Elmira's goals while Tyler Schwindt scored the other.
• Cole Tucker had two assists for the Soaring Eagles.
• Elmira nearly tied the game with eighth minutes left to play but the goal was waved off due to a crease violation.
• Judd recorded his third two-goal game of the season and fourth multiple-point game.
• Ouellette had his fourth multiple-point game of the year while Marini had his second.

Up Next: The Huskies will travel to Bowdoin College for a non-conference game on Tuesday night at 7PM.