Union remained perfect on the season with a 5-2 road win against Maine at Alfond Arena Saturday night. The 4-0 Dutchmen are off to their best start since the 2003-04 season. The victory also extended Union’s winning streak to 10 games against Hockey East opponents.
Daniel Ciampini scored twice, Mike Vecchione recorded his fourth-straight multiple-point game and freshmen Ryan Scarfoand J.C. Brassard scored their first collegiate goals as Union stretched its school-record winning streak dating to last season to 16 games.
The second-ranked Dutchmen scored just 51 seconds into the game when Spencer Foo dropped a pass to a trailing Jeff Taylor, who waited patiently before finding Daniel Ciampini alone in the left slot.
Maine tied the contest at 3:57 of the second period on Cam Brown’s power play tally. The goal ended Colin Steven’s shutout streak at 119:42, which spanned the better part of six periods. Union responded with three straight goals.
On the power play, Michael Pontarelli shoved in his own rebound through the pads of goaltender Sean Romeo at 5:48. Two minutes later, freshman Ryan Scarfo fired a shot from the right circle that beat Romeo, resulting in a goaltending change. Ciampini then added his second goal of the night with a redirect in front of the net on a centering pass from Mike Vecchione, who extended his points streak to four games.
Freshman J.C. Brassard added a third-period goal on the power play, squaring up just inside the blueline and ripping a slap shot. Cam Brown scored his second goal of the evening with 2:22 left in regulation to close scoring.
Union continues non-conference action next weekend (Oct. 24-25), hosting St. Cloud State at Messa Rink.
