The Mavs lost to the Birmingham Unified Kings (Groves and Seaholm) 5-3 Wednesday night at Hartland.

BU scored three goals in a two minute span at the start of the second period and netted a short handed breakaway to take a four goal lead with five minutes remaining in the second before Milford got on the board with under 30 seconds to go in the period with a Power Play snipe by Sophomore Will Fulton with an assist from Sophomore Alex Kozar.

The Mavs pulled to within two, 4-2, just 30 seconds into the third period wih Freshmen Craig Borges filling his first of the season aided by Kozar's second assist of the night.  BU struck again with their third unassisted goal for a three goal cushion with a healthy thirteen minutes remaining.

The Mavs pulled Junior tendy Cooper Langley for the extra attacker with five minutes to go resulting in Fulton's second goal of the night with an assist to Senior Captain Shane Quinn to make it 5-3, but that was as close as Milford would get.

Langley ended up with 39 saves while his counterpart for BU, Joaquin Robinson, had 32 stops.

The Mavs travel to Lakeland Arena Saturday night, 8PM, as they look to defend their LVC Conference Championship against rival Lakeland in Milford's first league contest of the season.  The game is also for the Matt Langley Foundation Trophy, a local, non-profit organization that provides yearly scholarships to both a Mav and Eagle hockey player while also helping fund life-saving heart checks for our youth.

Hope the stands are full for this always exciting rivalry battle!