ORONO – The University of Maine men’s hockey team fell to Northeastern 5-0 on Friday night in the home-opener for the Black Bears.

The Huskies opened the scoring 3:31 into the game when Wade MacLeod had the puck behind the Maine net and found Mike Hewkin on the blue line. Hewkin was able to shoot the puck past Maine goalie Dave Wilson.

Wilson made 21 saves for the Black Bears and falls to 0-2-0 on the season. Brad Thiessen stopped all 29 shots that he faced and improves to 4-0-1 on the campaign.

Maine and Northeastern finish their two-game series Saturday at Alfond Arena at 7:30 p.m.