Maine’s Patrick Shea and St. Lawrence’s Phillip Alftberg chase down the puck during first period action at Alfond Arena in Orono on Friday. (Kevin Bennett photo) ORONO — If the first period was Chase Pearson’s preseason, he was in midseason form by the start of the second. The University of Maine hockey captain scored a […]
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College hockey: UMaine's Swayman excelling with underdog mentality
University of Maine goalie Jeremy Swayman makes a save as sophomore forward Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi tracks the puck during a drill Monday at Alfond Arena in Orono. (Kevin Bennett photo) ORONO — Twenty years ago, an unheralded Alfie Michaud backstopped the University of Maine to its second NCAA national ice hockey championship. The current goaltending coach […]
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Denver’s Jim Montgomery, former UMaine captain, to coach in NHL
According reports published by TSN in Canada and by NBCSports.com, former University of Maine captain Jim Montgomery will be the next head coach of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. Bob McKenzie, a hockey insider for the Canadian network, first tweeted the news at about 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, saying an announcement is expected […]
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College hockey: Colby's rally falls short in Frozen Four
Zack Hale of Colby College and Erik Cooper of St. Norbert College chase the puck during the NCAA Division III men’s hockey championship semifinal at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York, on Friday. (Dustin Satloff photos) LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — It took 95 years and a stretch of five straight weekends on the […]
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Former UMaine standout Latendresse helps lead Colby College to Frozen Four
Colby College assistant coach Michael Latendresse coaches some of his players on the bench during a game this season. WATERVILLE — It’s been 25 years since the University of Maine won the NCAA Division I ice hockey championship, the first hockey title for any Maine school at any level. This weekend, Colby College will try […]
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College hockey: Mules will make tourney debut at UNE
The Colby College hockey team will make its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance close to home. The Mules will face No. 4 University of New England in the first round of the Division III national championship tournament Saturday at the Harold Alfond Forum in Biddeford. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Colby (15-10-2) earned its […]
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College Hockey: McGovern backstops Maine to a victory in Portland
PORTLAND — Rob McGovern finally earned a win at the Cross Insurance Arena to go with an outstanding performance. Maine’s sophomore goalie made 28 saves in a 5-1 victory over the Brown Bears Saturday night in a non-conference men’s ice hockey matchup. In 2015-16, McGovern made his first career NCAA start in Portland during the […]
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College hockey: Cangelosi, Boston College rout Maine
But BC is no ordinary program, as the Eagles clearly demonstrated at the University of Maine’s expense Friday night. In one of three Black Bears games scheduled at Portland’s Cross Insurance Arena this season, undrafted BC forward Austin Cangelosi netted a hat trick to lead the visiting Eagles to a 6-1 win. “He been our […]
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College Hockey: UMaine men’s hockey team needs to get rid of ‘warts’
Is this year’s team going to be like the one that got off to a 3-1 start, including an overtime win and an OT loss to the nation’s No. 3 team? Or is it going to be like the club that went 0-2-2 in two road series against unranked opponents and got outshot 165-108 in […]
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CMCC Hockey: Friendship and professional goals outweigh St. Dom’s-Lewiston rivalry
Caleb Labrie, a 2015 St. Dominic Academy graduate, and Matt Poulin, a 2014 Lewiston High School graduate, will be playing on the same team in 2016-17 as members of the Central Maine Community College men’s hockey team that will play in American Collegiate Hockey Association beginning this year. The Mustangs’ coaching staff won’t need to […]