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<\/p>\n“That play was all [Lucas] Lawson,” said Heisten. “He left me a little drop in perfect position. I just went high with a wrist shot.”<\/p>\n
“I thought we played a relentless game,” said Maine head coach Shawn Walsh. “We kept coming and in the second and third period, we really played well.”<\/p>\n
New Hampshire head coach Dick Umile agreed.<\/p>\n
“You’ve got to give Maine credit,” Umile said. “We played well, they just kept after us the whole night.”<\/p>\n
Coming into the contest, the Black Bears were 0-7-1 when trailing after two periods and had not won an overtime contest all year.<\/p>\n
Despite dominating the second period Maine went into the break trailing, 2-1.<\/p>\n
Darren Haydar put the visitors on top at 5:48 of the first period. The UNH junior camped on the left side of the Maine net, took a feed from Colin Hemingway from behind the net and beat Matt Yeats (19 saves) through the pads.<\/p>\n
“He had a few whacks at it,” said Yeats. “He just kept shooting and he finally found the five-hole.” <\/p>\n
The second period began with promise for Maine, as Heisten knotted the score, 1-1, just three minutes in, following up a Brendan Donovan attempt in front. Heisten took a Niko Dimitrakos feed in the left circle and flipped a perfect pass to the far side of the net to a waiting Donovan.<\/p>\n
“I just followed the pass,” said Heisten. “The puck was just sitting there and I flipped it high.”<\/p>\n
Heisten’s flip in a maze of players found its way over Conklin’s blocker to tie the score. <\/p>\n
But with just over two minutes remaining in the period, Hemingway made an outstanding individual play to give UNH its second lead of the night. Hemingway took a tip pass from Abbott, skated out of the corner, deked Maine defenseman Francis Nault, and beat Yeats high to the glove side.<\/p>\n
“Metcalf flipped it around the boards,” said Hemingway. “Josh Prudden and Jim Abbott did a good job keeping people occupied.”<\/p>\n
“We were a little disappointed with the way the second period turned out,” said Walsh. “They only had one legitimate opportunity to score, and Hemingway made a great play.” <\/p>\n
The Black Bears pointed to a raucous sellout crowd as fuel for their third period rally. <\/p>\n
“The crowd was really into it,” said Metcalf. “They got us going.”<\/p>\n
Sophomore Martin Kariya agreed.<\/p>\n
“We just played badly last weekend at BC,” said Kariya about a sweep that included a 7-2 loss. “They knew that, but they were loyal and helped us win.”<\/p>\n
“This win is huge for us,” said Dimitrakos. “Coming down to the last eight games and we can feed off this during the final stretch.” <\/p>\n
The loss was especially frustrating for the Wildcats, who are winless in their last five games (0-4-1). <\/p>\n
“We’re playing pretty well,” said Conklin. “Things just aren’t falling our way.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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