The Huskies score three goals in the first period, then hold off the Eagles and their 40-shot barrage.
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College hockey: Pearson leads UMaine to season-opening win
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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UMaine men's hockey looking to keep revival going
They grinded out a couple of wins last weekend with good goaltending and just enough offense. Or as University of Maine men’s hockey coach Red Gendron said, “we played to our identity.” The Black Bears, with a first-round series sweep of New Hampshire in the Hockey East playoffs, already are assured of a winning record […]
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College Hockey: Lacroix leads Maine past UNH
ORONO — Cedric Lacroix had two third-period goals as the Maine Black Bears scored three times in the period en route to a 4-1 victory over the University of New Hampshire. The Black Bears take a 1-0 advantage in the best-of-three in the first round of the Hockey East tournament. Liam Blackburn gave the Wildcats […]
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Black Bears come back to defeat Quinnipiac
HAMDEN, CT — A third period scoring burst from the University of Maine men’s hockey team led the Black Bears to a 7-4 victory over Quinnipiac in a non-conference contest. Freshman Eduards Tralmaks had two goals in the third period to pace the Black Bears. Sophomore defenseman Patrick Holway, a sixth-round draft pick of the Detroit […]
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Maine hockey overcomes UConn in OT
University of Maine (13) Nolan Vesey controls the puck in front of University of Conn (11) Zac Robbins, during first period action at Alfond Arena in Orono Friday night. ORONO — University of Maine senior left wing Nolan Vesey said winding up with a tie against the University of Connecticut after surrendering a game-tying power […]
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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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Women’s Hockey: Maine shocks No. 5 Boston College
Vendula Pribylova provided the game-winning goal with 36.9 seconds left, re-directing in a point shot from Brittany Colton. “The thought process was really just kind of get it to the net, don’t get it blocked,” Colton, a freshman, said. “I saw some teammates in front of the net, just shoot the puck, hope and pray […]