ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The University of Maine men’s hockey team had to sweat for a week wondering if it was going to earn a ninth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance after the Black Bears were swept out of the Hockey East quarterfinals by Massachusetts. Now the… Read More
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – It was the kind of goal goaltenders hate to give up. Less than four minutes into Friday night’s NCAA Tournament game, on St. Cloud State’s second shot, Ben Bishop let a seemingly harmless shot from the left wing by Justin Fletcher slip… Read More
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The NCAA Tournament’s East Regional will be memorable for University of Maine hockey office secretary/administrative assistant Jeanne Goss. Goss, who has been with the program for 14 years, is taking a leave of absence next year and won’t return to her position. Read More
MINNEAPOLIS – Brent Shepheard said he is ready to go. The University of Maine sophomore left winger and his mates will have to be ready if the fourth-seeded Black Bears, 20-12-7, are to upset the top-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers, 26-14-1, on their Olympic-sized Mariucci Arena… Read More
MINNEAPOLIS – Everyone, at one time or another, dreams about spending time with an idol. Some of the members of the Maine hockey team were asked who they would like to spend a day with. They were allowed to pick anyone alive or dead. googletag.cmd.push(function… Read More
BOSTON – One hockey team was picked to finish fourth in its conference by the coaches and the other was chosen fifth. But that is the furthest thing from the minds of the University of Maine Black Bears and the Denver Pioneers. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
BOSTON – University of Maine senior defenseman Prestin Ryan will always remember the 2002 NCAA championship game in St. Paul, Minn. Maine came less than a minute away from winning the title but Minnesota tied it with 53 seconds left and won it in overtime. Read More
ALBANY – The University of Maine’s hockey team had dug themselves a virtually insurmountable hole with the help of a talented and opportunistic Harvard University club. The Bears had been 2-7 when trailing after two periods and found themselves on the short end of a… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Twenty years from now, the highlight that tucks Saturday’s Frozen Four classic into a convenient 20-second nutshell will show Grant Potulny slipping the puck past Maine’s Matt Yeats. It’ll show the resulting pandemonium as 19,000 title-starved Golden Gopher fans celebrate their first national title… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Pick an exclamation, and you probably got to use it during the University of Maine’s 7-2 win over New Hampshire in Thursday’s NCAA men’s hockey semifinal. Over the course of 60 minutes of hockey, the reaction of Maine fans likely evolved… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The University of New Hampshire Wildcats, in the spirit of team unity, grew facial hair for the Hockey East and NCAA Tournaments. Now they can shave. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var… Read More
Chris Heisten was having a miserable junior season. The left winger and assistant captain didn’t score a goal during the regular season and had played in only 20 of Maine’s 36 games due to shoulder and ankle injuries and the death of his father, Bob… Read More
For the coaching staff and seniors on the University of New Hampshire hockey team, watching the 1999 NCAA championship game is just too much to bear. The Wildcats lost that game to Maine, 3-2, in a tough-to-swallow overtime session. “It’s like the most empty feeling… Read More
The first half of the season was a forgettable one for University of Maine junior defenseman Cliff Loya. It was Loya’s errant pass that led to Justin Maiser’s slap shot which produced Bryan Miller’s game-winning rebound goal in overtime that gave Boston University a 3-2… Read More
DURHAM – University of New Hampshire hockey fans have been calling him “Hobey Haydar” all season. Now, UNH senior center Darren Haydar is one step closer to laying official claim to that title. The Hobey Baker Memorial Award Committee announced yesterday that Haydar is one… Read More
It is the annual appetizer to the Frozen Four. A media conference call involving the coaches of the four teams vying for the NCAA Hockey championship took place on Tuesday with Maine’s Tim Whitehead, New Hampshire’s Dick Umile, Michigan’s Red Berenson and Minnesota’s Don Lucia… Read More
The University of New Hampshire men’s hockey team stands just two victories away from its first ever NCAA championship. The top-ranked Wildcats (30-6-3) edged a tough Cornell team, 4-3, Sunday to advance to the Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn. April 4-6. “I’m just happy… Read More
WORCESTER, Mass. – Colin Shields was not himself. But the University of Maine’s first-year right winger still managed to do what he does best Sunday: score the game-winning goal as the Black Bears beat archrival Boston University 4-3 in their NCAA Eastern Regional quarterfinal at the Centrum. Read More
WORCESTER, Mass. – Freshman left wing Paul Falco’s prayers were answered and, seconds later, he was mobbing University of Maine freshman linemate John Ronan, whose goal 2:02 into overtime gave Maine a 4-3 win over Harvard in their NCAA Eastern Regional first round game Saturday afternoon at the… Read More
The NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Committee will review the starting time of Friday and Saturday night NCAA Tournament regional games. The move comes in the wake of the University of Maine-Minnesota Eastern Regional game that didn’t begin until 9:40 p.m. on a Friday because the… Read More