BOSTON – For the second time in a row UMass-Boston upset the Norwich University men's ice hockey team one day after the Cadets beat Babson at Fenway Park.

Two years ago the Cadets beat Babson 4-1 and then lost to UMass-Boston 2-1 the next day. This time around NU was coming off a 1-0 victory over the Beavers, but the Beacons played the role of spoiler again, besting the Cadets 4-2 at the Clark Athletic Center on Friday night in ECAC East action.

UMass-Boston sophomore forward Jeremy Finger scored twice, including the game-winning goal at the 6:28 mark of the third period to lift the Beacons (11-1-2, 4-1-2 ECAC East) to the victory and extend their program-record 12 game unbeaten streak.

Despite Norwich (10-2-2, 7-1-1 ECAC East) outshooting UMass-Boston 36-28, the Cadets had a hard time solving UMass-Boston sophomore goalie Billy Faust, who made 34 saves in his first start since transferring in from Division I Vermont.

UMass-Boston built up a 2-0 lead with goals by Michael Kuhn at the 19:48 mark of the first and Finger's first goal of the night at 4:55 of the second.

Norwich battled back with junior forward Gerard McEleney (Canton, Mass.) notching his third goal of the season at the 8:18 mark of the second off assists from sophomore Dean Niezgoda (Brewster, Mass.) and junior Corey Hale (Montreal, Quebec).

The Cadets tied it up at 2-2 with senior captain Travis Janke (Swift Current, Saskatchewan) scoring with four seconds left off an assist from freshman defenseman Brian Rowland (Waltham, Mass.)

However, it was all UMass-Boston from there as Finger scored his second and then the Beacons' star sophomore forward Peter MacIntyre added the insurance tally with 45 seconds left to seal the Cadets' fate and snap their five-game winning streak.

Norwich junior goalie Matic Marinsek (Ljubljana, Slovenia) made 24 saves for Norwich in the loss. Marinsek fell to 8-2-2 on the year.

The Cadets return home to Kreitzberg Arena for a strong of five straight home games, starting with a non-conference showdown with Lake Champlain rival Plattsburgh State on Tuesday at 7 p.m. NU will also host St. Michael's at 7 p.m. on Friday and then Middlebury at 7 p.m. on Saturday.

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