Maine completes weekend sweep of Lindenwood with 7-2 victory
ORONO, Maine — The No. 15/18 Maine men’s ice hockey team cruised to a 7-2 win over Lindenwood on Sunday afternoon at Alfond Arena.
Maine grabbed a 1-0 lead in under two minutes, courtesy of Justin Poirier. Lindenwood answered with a goal just 27 seconds into the second period to knot the game..
A short-handed strike from Owen Fowler at the 12:00 mark of the second shifted the momentum in Maine’s favor, giving the Black Bears a 2-1 edge and igniting a stretch of six consecutive goals for Maine.
By the end of the second period, Jaden Lipinski and Thomas Pichette had pushed the lead to 4-1. In the third, Thomas Freel, Poirier, and Lukas Peterson extended the cushion to 7-1 with under five minutes remaining. Lindenwood added a late goal to finalize the score at 7-2.
Notables
- Maine outshot Lindenwood 40-28.
- Both teams were 0-for-2 on the power play.
- Mathis Rousseau stopped 26 shots to move to 4-2-0 on the season.
- Maine now leads the all-time series with Lindenwood 2-0-0.
- Fourteen different Black Bears recorded at least a point, with three players recording multi-point nights.
- Brandon Chabrier tied a career high with four assists (four points).
- Loic Usereau matched a career best with three assists, totaling three points.
- Poirier tallied two goals and one assist, marking his third straight game with a multi-point night.
- Poirier’s 17 goals in his first 19 career games set a milestone: he’s the only Hockey East player to achieve this in the last 30 seasons and is the first in the nation since 2005-06 to reach 17 goals in 19 career appearances.
RECORDS
- Maine: 11-7-1
- Lindenwood: 8-8-0
UP NEXT
- Maine will return to action on January 2-3, 2026, at Denver.
