Maine at UMass-Lowell, pregame
LOWELL, Mass. - Maine's locked into a playoff spot so this weekend, the Black Bears really don't have anything to play for, other than pride. But consider that they're 0-5-1 in their last six games, something that hasn't sat well with the Black Bears heading into this weekend's series at UMass-Lowell.
With Dave Wilson injured, Scott Darling is now the team's No. 1 goalie this weekend. Darling made 23 saves last Friday in a 3-2 loss to Vermont and is 9-10-3 with three shutouts, a goals-against average of 2.36 and a saves percentage of .909.
Starters
Maine
Forward
Brian Flynn-Tanner House-Gustav Nyquist
Robby Dee-Chris Hahn-Kevin Swallow
Theo Andersson-Keif Orsini-Spencer Abbott
Lem Randall-Brett Carriere-Jeff Marshall
Defense
Will O'Neill-Matt Duffy
Josh Van Dyk-Simon Danis-Pepin
Mike Banwell-Jeff Dimmen
Goalies
Scott Darling
Josh Seeley
UMass-Lowell
Forwards
Michael Scheu-Ben Holmstrom-Paul Worthington
Mark Roebothan-Scott Campbell-Mike Potacco
Michael Budd-David Vallorani-Jonathan Maniff
Kory Falite-Nick Monroe-Patrick Cey
Defense
Jeremy Dehner-Nick Schaus
Ryan Blair-Maury Edwards
Steve Capraro-Barry Goers
Goalies
Nevin Hamilton
Carter Hutton
Scratches for Maine: Goalie - Dave Wilson (groin), forwards - Kyle Solomon (ACL sprain), Nick Payson, Glenn Belmore, David de Kastrozza; Defense - Ryan Hegarty (fractured vertebra)
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Also, here's a quick primer from the Boston Globe about the upcoming Hockey East playoffs. It seems that when it comes to the pairings, several things are hypothetical until the weekend's over.
Posted at 07:07 PM
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