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Despite abrupt ending, UMaine men’s hockey team had a successful season
The dream season is over for the University of Maine hockey team. Before the Black Bears even got a chance to play a postseason game, the spread of the coronavirus wiped out the Hockey East tournament and the NCAA Tournament, both organizations announced Thursday. While most would argue the move is the right one to […]
Tonight is the biggest game of Red Gendron’s tenure at UMaine
When you look at the fabled history of the University of Maine men’s hockey program, big games are synonymous with the long history of the Black Bears. Sadly UMaine hasn’t had many games of the high-stakes variety in the Red Gendron era. The Black Bears haven’t been to the Hockey East semifinals since the 2011-12 […]
At 2-2-1 since Valentines Day- Black Bears not giving us much to love
The University of Maine hockey team put itself in a perilous position heading into the final two games of its season by not sweeping a dreadful Vermont team at home last weekend. The Black Bears entered Saturday night’s game with Providence 1-19-1 against the Friars since the start of the 2013-14 season. Nate Leaman owns […]
This is the exact point in the UMaine men’s hockey season where it usually implodes
The college hockey season is a grind. It’s a half year test of physical and mental toughness for players and coaches alike. The past five marathon seasons have seen the UMaine Black Bears hit Heartbreak Hill right at this very point. But perhaps this year will finally be different. Maine has two regular season games […]
Will the 0-0 tie against Vermont cost UMaine home ice?
It was a weekend with “must sweep” expectations for University of Maine hockey fans as the Black Bears headed into a home series against a Vermont team that is winless in Hockey East. UMaine set the tone emphatically with a 6-1 thumping on Friday night, but could only manage to take three points out of […]
UMaine men’s hockey is on a roll
It’s the first week of February, and the University of Maine hockey team is two points out of first place in Hockey East. No, you didn’t read that wrong, and no, you didn’t time-travel back to the mid-2000’s. Coach Red Gendron’s Black Bears held serve against league bottom-feeder Merrimack and old friend Patrick Holway this […]
Decade Wrap Up #3: A forgettable ten years for UMaine Men’s Hockey
The second decade of the 21st century has been a forgettable one for University of Maine hockey fans. The lows, unfortunately, outweighed the highs from 2010-2019 for this once fabled program. The Black Bears made just one NCAA Tournament appearance, that coming in the 2011-12 season. Dismal. They also had just two showings in the […]
UMaine Men’s hockey: The season so far by the numbers
While we are only five weeks into the UMaine men’s hockey season, the Black Bears have already played nearly 1/3rd of their games. Let’s crunch the numbers so far. The most important number for the program is wins, and that stands at 5. The overall record is a respectable 5-3-2 through 10 games. They sit […]
UMaine Men’s Hockey home opener draws smallest crowd in decades
After being shut out 12-0 in their first two games, the U Maine men’s hockey team finally scored Friday night at the Alfond Arena. Actually they scored early and often against perpetual tomato can Alaska-Anchorage, literally the worst D-1 hockey program in the country. The Seawolves won 3 games last year and finished 60 out […]