ORONO, Maine — It was a night of mixed emotions for the University of Maine’s hockey team on Saturday night.
Holding a 2-1 lead, UMaine graduate student right wing Ross Mitton took a costly five-minute major for a contact to the head hit with 3:01 left.
That enabled UConn junior left wing Jake Percival to tie it with 37 seconds left as the Huskies had pulled goalie Callum Tung and capitalized on the six-on-four.
The Huskies retained a four-on-three power play for 1:59 in the five-minute overtime but the Black Bears were able to kill it and the game went to a shootout that was won by UMaine 1-0 as Nicholas Niemo’s backhander was the only goal.
