GORHAM, Maine – Senior captain Nick Ritmo (Niskayuna, N.Y.) had a goal and an assist on Senior Day for the University of Southern Maine men's ice hockey team on Saturday afternoon. Ritmo, along with classmates Curtis Judd (Newton, Mass./Albany Academy) and Tanner McClure (Buxton, Maine/Bonny Eagle), were honored prior to game. The Huskies were defeated 5-2 by the Spartans in the contest.
 
When and Where: Saturday, January 28, 2023 – Gorham, Maine – USM Ice Arena
 
Score: Spartans 5, Huskies 2
 
The Records: Southern Maine: 5-15-2, 4-11-0 NEHC, Castleton: 12-5-2, 6-4-2 NEHC
 
The Goaltenders: Sophomore Mason Palmer (Cumming, Ga./Connections Academy): 1-8-1, 23 saves, four goals allowed; Brandon Collett: 4-7-0, 28 saves, two goals allowed. 
 
How It Happened/Inside the Boxscore:

• Ritmo scored his first goal of the season after intercepting a Castleton pass in front of the net and firing a shot past Collett.
• Castleton's Bryce Irwin scored two goals in the span of 19 second to put the Spartans up 2-1. His second goal came on the power play.
• The Huskies tied the game in the final two minutes of the period when sophomore Jeff Pollara (Braintree, Mass.) blasted a shot into the net after an Azam Jiwa (Calgary, AB, Canada/West Island College) pass. Ritmo recorded the secondary assist on the play, his first of the year.
• Two second period goals helped Castleton pull away and an Andrew Stefura empty-net goal late in the game gave the Spartans a 5-2 win.
• Irwin had two goals and an assist for Castleton while Zack Whittaker had a goal and an assist.

 
Up Next: The Huskies will travel to Norwich University on Friday, February 3 for their next game.