ROUNDUP: Maine gets split vs. No. 6 Quinnipiac

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Maine took down No. 6 Quinnipiac, 5-3, handing the Bobcats their first loss of the season! Five Black Bears scored as Maine split the weekend series at Alfond Arena. (Photo: Maine Athletics/X)

Maine was a 5-3 upset winner over No. 6 Quinnipiac on Saturday night, handing the sixth-ranked Bobcats their first loss of the season before a crowd of 4,722 at Alfond Arena.

The Black Bears split the weekend series and improved to 2-2-0.

For Maine, Loic Usereau, Samuel Alfano, Isa Parekh, Lee Parks and Sully Scholle all scored, while Max Scott had three assists. For Quinnipiac, Jack Stockfish, Jan Golicic and Mason Marcellus were the goal scorers.

No. 2 Michigan 7, Alaska Anchorage 2

Jayden Perron recorded his first career hat trick in No. 2 Michigan’s 7-2 rout of Alaska Anchor

age on Saturday night before a crowd of 5,800 at Yost Ice Arena.

Perron now has seven goals on the season and possesses a 10-game scoring streak. Michigan swept the season series and is now 4-0-2. Jack Ivankovic made 20 saves while Anchorage’s Joey Rocha had 41 saves.

Also scoring for the Wolverines were Drew Schock, Cole McKenney, Malcolm Spence and Will Horcoff.

No. 7 Wisconsin 4, No. 19 Minnesota State 1

Seventh-ranked Wisconsin got goals from four different players in a 4-1 win vs. No. 19 Minnesota State on Saturday night before a crowd of 4,204 at Kohl Center.

Chate Jette, Finn Brink, Zach Wooten and Vasily Zelenov, were the Badgers’ goal scorers. Sam Court score

d for Minnesota State, the only goal of the weekend for the Mavericks.

In goal, Daniel Hauser turned in a 17-save performance while Raiden LeGall of the Mavericks turned away 28 shots.

No. 18 UMass 5, RIT 1

No. 18 UMass finally got into the win column on Saturday night, beating RIT 5-1 before 3,613 at the Mullins Center.

Maxim Maase, Coleson Hanrahan, Václav Nestrašil, Egor Barabanov
and Larry Keenan provided the goals for the Minutemen, while Ethan Eskit had 22 saves between the pipes. For RIT, Collin Mackenzie had 41 saves.

No. 5 Minnesota Duluth 1, Augustana 1 (Augustana wins shootout)

No. 5 Minnesota Duluth and Augustana settled for a 1-1 nonconference draw Saturday night before 2,848 at MIDCO Arena in Sioux Falls, S.D.

All the regulation scoring happened in the first seven minutes of the second period, and the Vikings got on the board first with a tip by Leonid Bulgakov at 3:44 for the 1-0 lead. UMD responded at the 6:38 mark, but it took a challenge from the Bulldog bench for the goal to be allowed. After a lengthy review, the officials awarded Hunter Anderson the goal, but later replay declared it was junior Ty Hanson who scored off the feed from Zam Plante to equalize at 1-1.

Overtime yielded no winner. Augustana won the ensuing shootout 2-0. Carl Axelsson made 21 saves in net for Duluth while Mathis Langevin had 34 saves for the Vikings.

St. Cloud 5, No. 12 Michigan Tech 3

St. Cloud put an end to Michigan Tech’s 3-game season-opening winning streak on Saturday night, handing the 12th-ranked Huskies a 5-3 win before a home crowd of 3,899 at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center.

Michigan Tech got goals from five different players — Thor Byfuglien, Brock Souch, William Ahlrik, Gavyn Thoreson and Joseph Belisle. Elias Jansson, Isaac Gordon and Michael Cicek all scored for Tech.

In net, Patriks Berzins had 30 saves for the Michigan Tech Huskies, while Owen Bartoszkiewicz also had 30 for the St. Cloud Huskies.

Bowling Green 5, No. 16 Connecticut 2

Bowling Green picked up its second win of the weekend, clinching the Ice Breaker Tournament championship with a 5-2 win over No. 16 Connecticut on Saturday night.

The Falcons beat both Sacred Heart and UConn on their home ice on back-to-back nights. Bowling Green was led by goaltender Jacob Steinman with a career-high 39 saves. Noah Morneau scored twice and added an assist. Brody Waters added a career-high three assists. Dominik Rymon, Tyler Hotson and Ty Higgins also scored for Bowling Green.

UConn got goals from Mike Murtagh and Carter Sproule while Veeti Louhivaara had 27 saves in net. For the Falcons, Jacob Steinman had 39 saves.

No. 9 Providence 4, Clarkson 0

No. 9 Providence got points from 11 different players en route to a 4-0 win over Clarkson on Saturday night at Schneider Arena.

“The first 10 minutes, I thought we were a little slow,” Providence coach Nate Leaman said postgame. “(In) the beginning of the second, we got some mojo going.”

Sophomore goalie Jack Parsons turned aside all 25 shots he faced and freshman Blake Zielinski’s second goal in as many nights proved to be the game-winner for the Friars. All four goals were scored in the second period.

Goalie Shane Soderwall of Clarkson had 32 saves. Cade Christenson, Will Elger and Ryer Cali also lit the lamp for the Friars. Julius Sumpf provided a pair of assists.

No. 4 North Dakota 4, Bemidji State 3

A goal by Jack Kernan with less than four minutes to go in the game lifted North Dakota to a 4-3 win over Bemidji State on Saturday night before a crowd of 11,570 Fighting Hawks Fans.

Will Zellers scored a pair of first-period goals to stake the Fighting Hawks to a 2-0 lead. Ryan Gould of Bemidji State scored in the waning seconds of the first to cut the Fighting Hawks’ lead to 2-1.

Ethan Miedma and Jaksen Panzer also scored for Bemidji. The Fighting Hawks’ also got a goal from Mac Swanson. Jan Ĺ punar finished with 19 saves for the Fighting Hawks while Raythan Robbins had 40 saves for Bemidji.

Sacred Heart 6, No. 17 Penn State 3

Sacred Heart got its first home win ever over a B1G team, beating No. 17 Penn State 6-3 in the team’s first-ever home win over a Big Ten program.

After a scoreless first period, Landon Gunderson, Taos Jordan and Emmanuel Vermette scored for Sacred Heart in the middle frame to take a 3-0 lead after two.

Penn State came roaring back in the third period, thrice scoring in a 1:27 span early in the frame to tie the game. Kale Dach, Dane Dowiak and Justin Larose all scored for the Nittany Lions.

Gunderson put the Pioneers ahead with a goal at 9:17 of the third. Sacred Heart added two empty-net goals in the final 2:04 to ice the win from Jake Bongo and Aiden VanRooyan.

In net, Ajeet Gundarah had 22 saves for Sacred Heart, while Penn State got 34 saves from Ryder Fetterolf.