Maine
Admirals extend winning streak to three with series-opening triumph in Maine
The Norfolk Admirals erased a two-goal deficit Friday night to beat the host Maine Mariners 5-4 before 3,413 in Portland.
Stepan Timofeyev netted the tying and go-ahead goals and had an assist to gain No. 1 star honors, and Yaniv Perets made 16 saves to give Norfolk the victory in the opener of a three-game, three-day series at Cross Insurance Arena.
The Admirals (26-18-3-1) extended their winning streak to three and controlled much of the game, outshooting the Boston Bruins’ ECHL affiliate 38-20.
But just 9:28 into the game, Maine (19-21-5-0) went ahead 2-0 with goals by Tyler Drevitch and Alex Kile in a nine-second span. The Admirals’ Danny Katic cut the lead in half by scoring at 14:24 off assists from Mark Liwiski and Chesapeake native Brandon Osmundson.
Timofeyev bookended the second period with goals 23 seconds after the opening faceoff and with just three seconds left on the clock. Dmitry Kuzmin and Denis Smirnov gained assists, leaving the Admirals ahead 3-2 at the second intermission.
The final period was back and forth. Brady Fleurent made it 4-2 at the 4:17 mark, but the Mariners’ Nathan Noel cut the margin to 4-3 at 9:57. Carson Golder, recently returned to the Admirals from the American Hockey League, scored at 16:40 for a 5-3 lead, but Kile netted his second goal of the night at 18:04.
The Mariners pulled goalie Kyle Keyser but couldn’t manage an equalizer. The Admirals are second in the Eastern Conference’s seven-team North Division, while the Mariners are fifth.
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
The Maine Baseball Team was swept by UMass Lowell in the weekend series, losing on Sunday 5-4.
UMaine scored 3 runs in the 5th inning and 1 in the 6th inning to lead 4-1, but the Riverhawks scored 2 runs in the 7th and then pushed across the tying and winning runs in the 9th inning for the win.
Thomas Stabley started for Maine and went 6.1 innings on the mound. He allowed 5 hits and 3 runs, striking out and walking 1. Owen Wheeler pitched 1.2 hitless innings striking out 2. Sebastian Holt pitched the 9th and took the loss, allowing 2 hits and 2 runs, the big hit a 2-run homer to Nicholas Solozano, his 2nd of the day.
Hunter St. Denis homered for Maine, a solo shot, his 9th of the season, in the 6th inning.
Albert De La Rosa was 2-4. JuJu Stevens , Shane Andrus, Quinn Murphy and Chris Bear each singled.
UMass Lowell is 19-27 while Maine is now 17-30.
The Black Bears will host Merrimack on Tuesday, May 12th in a non-conference game at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket with the pregame starting at 1:30 p.m. Maine then closes out the regular season at home with a 3-game America East conference matchup with Albany Thursday- Saturday.
Check out photos from the game
Maine-UMass Lowell Baseball May 10
The Maine Black Bears hosted the UMass Lowell Riverhawks on Sunday, May 10th
Gallery Credit: Chris Popper
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