A person has serious injuries after a car crash in North Branford Friday night.

The police department said a two-car accident happened in the area of Route 80 and Totoket Road around 9 p.m.

Route 80 was closed late Friday night as police conducted their investigation.

One person was transported to the hospital with serious injuries, police said.

No additional information was immediately available.

ORONO — With two of the top three scoring teams in the country on the ice, of course a low-scoring game was the result.

In Friday’s matchup of top-10 teams, the first of two games went to No. 6 Denver, in heartbreaking fashion for seventh-ranked Maine. The Pioneers scored with 20.7 seconds left, on a shot from the point by Cale Ashcroft that deflected off the shin guard of Maine’s David Breazeale and past goalie Albin Boija, giving the reigning NCAA champions a 2-1 win at Alfond Arena.

It came after Maine (12-4-2) lost a faceoff in its defensive zone, then blocked the initial shot. For Maine coach Ben Barr, it was an another example of not doing all the little things in a close game against a strong opponent. In that regard, it was similar to Sunday’s 4-2 loss to Bentley in Portland.

“Our margin of error, and this has been for the whole time that we’ve been here, our margin of error is very, very small. When you play teams like (Denver), that one faceoff matters. It’s disappointing,” Barr said. “We just didn’t do enough to win.”

Both teams are also among the best in the nation in scoring defense. Only Minnesota State allows fewer goals per game than Maine’s 1.76, while Denver (15-4) is tied for seventh in the country, allowing two goals per game. For most of the game, Maine’s defensive effort was strong. Denver went into the game tied with Minnesota as the top scoring team in the country, averaging four goals per game (Maine is third at 3.88 goals per game). While the Pioneers had just four shots in the third period, the winning goal came when the Black Bears couldn’t clear the puck, and Denver had scoring chances throughout the game that were the result of defensive miscues, only for the Black Bears to be bailed out by Boija (22 saves)

“Our guys played hard. We still have two or three players on the back end that are unplayable, and that makes it really hard on the rest of the guys,” Barr said. “They try, it’s just hasn’t clicked for them for some reason. We’ve got to help them.”

A captain, Breazeale agreed that the Black Bears need to do more.

“There’s definitely some good to take away from it. It’s just that last 1% that we as a collective team have got to take forward,” he said. “We made one block, and the puck’s bouncing around. There’s no excuse for it. We’ve got to be able to respond in those big moments, all five guys on the ice, and we weren’t able to do it tonight.”

Denver took a 1-0 lead with a 5-on-3 power-play goal at 2:53 of the second period. Near the left post, Carter King stuffed in the rebound of a shot by Aidan Thompson that ricocheted off the boards behind the net.

The Black Bears tied the game at 18:37 of the second on Frank Djurasevic’s power-play goal past Pioneer goalie Matt Davis (29 saves).

In the third period, Barr shuffled his top two lines, moving wing Josh Nadeau to play with center Harrison Scott and wing Thomas Freel, while moving Ross Mitton to a line with center Nolan Renwick and wing Taylor Makar – a trio that played well together early in the season.

“We were trying to get Josh going. I thought he was a little stale in the first couple periods, to be honest. I thought he was better in the third,” Barr said.

Barr also moved Owen Fowler from wing to center, on a line with wings Anthony Calafiore and Nicholas Niemo. With captain Lyden Breen out indefinitely because of a leg injury, the Black Bears are short-handed at center, Barr said. Right now, he’s trying to find guys who can take draws and win faceoffs.

The loss stings, Breazeale said, but there’s no time to dwell on it. These teams face each at Alfond Arena again at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

“We feel like we’ve got a lot to prove as a team,” Breazeale said, “and tomorrow night we’ve got to come out with that for 60 more minutes.”

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NASHUA, NH — A Hillsborough County grand jury indicted the following people recently.

Kiana Aguilla, 23, of Wall Street in Milford, on a felony insurance fraud charge. She was accused of defrauding and deceiving Progressive when he presented an oral statement he knew contained false information on July 10, 2023, in Milford.

Fernando Alvarez, 36, of Nutt Street in Nashua, on a felony controlled drug act; acts prohibited-subsequent-crack cocaine charge on May 9, 2024, in Nashua. He was convicted on a possession charge in Hillsborough County Superior Court South in February 2019.

Eric Baker, 42, of no fixed address in Nashua, on three first-degree assault felony counts. He was accused of striking another person with a 2×4 piece of wood, causing a broken arm and kicking and punching him, resulting in broken ribs and a pulmonary contusion on Aug 10, 2024, in Nashua, and punching, kicking, and striking the same person with a 2×4 resulting in a head laceration on Aug. 16, 2024, in Nashua. Read about this case here: Man Arrested On Assault-Deadly Weapon Charge After Homeless Camp Incident In Nashua

Eric G. Eastman, 31, of Steele Road in Hudson, on a felony aggravated felonious sexual assault charge. He was accused of sexually assaulting a child under 13 between April 1, 2021, and April 30, 2022, in Hudson.

Jariel Xavier Esmurria, 23, of Second Street in Lowell, Massachusetts, on a felony robbery charge. He was accused of using physical force against another person by pushing them against a wall and forcibly removing shoes from the victim’s feet on April 25, 2024, in Nashua.

Joseph Michael Fletcher, 36, of East Merrimack Street in Lowell, MA, on a felony second-degree assault charge. He was accused of strangling an intimate partner on May 27, 2024, in Nashua.

Wayne Geddes, 45, of Palm Street in Nashua, on second-degree assault-domestic violence and controlled drug act; acts prohibited-cocaine charges, both felonies. He was accused of possessing the drug and strangling an intimate partner on July 4, 2024, in Nashua. Previously, Geddes was convicted on a possession charge in Rockingham Superior Court in October 2005.

Tori Goulette, 47, of Summer Street in Nashua, on a felony possession of a narcotic drug-subsequent offense-crack cocaine charge on Aug. 7, 2024, in Nashua.

David Grover, 38, of Amos Tuck Road in East Kingston, on a felony theft by deception charge. He was accused of committing to render home improvements of more than $1,500 in exchange for money and not performing the work on Jan. 14, 2023, in Hollis.

Miguel Perry, 31, of Amherst Street in Nashua, on four felony controlled drug act; acts prohibited, crack cocaine and methamphetamine, charges. He was accused of selling crack to a cooperating individual of the Nashua Police Department on Sept. 27, Sept. 28, 2022, and Oct. 11, 2023, in Nashua, and possessing the meth on June 5, 2024, in Nashua.

Rodolfo Ramirez Romero, 26, of Prospect Street in Manchester, on a felony motor vehicles; penalties-operating after certification as a habitual offender charge. He was accused of driving a Chevy Tahoe on Pine Hill Road in Hollis on May 11, 2024, after being deemed a habitual offender in November 2023.

Charles Reidy, 31, of no fixed address in Nashua, on a felony controlled drug act; acts prohibited-crack cocaine charge on June 25, 2024, in Nashua. Previously, he was convicted on a possession charge in Hillsborough County Superior Court South in September 2022.

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