UNH-Maine weekend round 1

So the first round goes to the Blackbears 4-2. Game was tied till about 6 minutes left till UNH took a marginal cross check call to Greg Collins. Can’t give Maine 5 power plays and not expect them to put one away, and that they did. Overall was a fun game to watch, except for the outcome. UNH didn’t play to bad, but can play much better. A lot of their passes were off by an inch and that came back to bite them in the rear in the third. A couple of defensive breakdowns lead to 2 Maine breakaway goals. Also have to give Maine credit for their D in the third period. Was impresses with the way they shut UNH down in the third. They clogged up the middle and let no UNH shooters come in low and forced them to shot from the outside, if they could get the shots off. Did watch Thomas Fortney play a lot last night, was really impressed with him. From my view point he was really on last night. Might be the best I have seen him play all year, hopefully he plays like that tonight and gets rewarded with some points. Also for UNH Brett Hemmingway was out with a groin injury. So just when we though would be at 100% with Radja back, another one on the top line goes down. Hopefully he will be back so we can have the full first line since the end of December.
As for tonight, looking forward to another good game, hopefully with different results. Think the crowd will be much louder and into then at the Verizon. So get the real home ice advantage.