MINNEAPOLIS – While most of his teammates were heading to the showers, Mat Deschamps sat quietly in the locker room still fully dressed in his UMaine uniform. The senior defenseman was trying to come to grips with the reality that his college hockey career was… Read More
MINNEAPOLIS – If anyone was excited last Sunday when the NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament Selection show announced that Maine would be taking on the University of Minnesota at the Gophers’ Mariucci Arena in the West Regional, you would think it would be Jeff and Kathy Lundin of nearby… Read More
ORONO – John Ronan, Troy Barnes and Ben Murphy will never forget their last trip to Minnesota. They were freshman members of the University of Maine men’s hockey team. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner… Read More
LINCOLN, Neb. – It’s a warm, muggy afternoon here and Memorial Stadium is quiet except for a few birds chirping and the occasional crack of a starter’s gun as the University of Nebraska track team practices in a nearby facility. The stadium is wide open… Read More
ALBANY, N.Y. – University of Wisconsin hockey coach Mike Eaves went up against his former coach, Grant Standbrook, in Maine’s 2-1 overtime victory over his Badgers in Saturday night’s NCAA Eastern Regional final. Eaves played at Wisconsin from 1974-78 and Standbrook began a long association… Read More
ALBANY, N.Y. – The last time Steve Kariya wore a University of Maine hockey uniform, he was celebrating a national championship on the rink his brother, Paul, graced for nine years. The first-team All-American led the Bears to the NCAA crown in 1998-99, Maine’s second… Read More
MISSOULA, Mont. – Bob Neal doesn’t fly on airplanes. But he’s a huge fan of the University of Maine women’s basketball team. That didn’t present an ideal scenario last week when it was announced the University of Maine women’s basketball team was being sent to… Read More
MISSOULA, Mont. – Last season, the NCAA Women’s Basketball Committee began predetermining the sites for the women’s tournament games, rather than choosing them as part of their deliberations to seed the teams. That move was made, in large part, to take away the huge home-court… Read More
ANN ARRBOR, Mich. – The first thing that stands out when you look at Maine junior defenseman Prestin Ryan’s stat sheet is the number of penalty minutes: 114. That has set the school single-season record. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More
The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers were extremely complimentary of the Black Bears for their play in their 4-3 overtime loss to Minnesota in Saturday’s NCAA championship game. “You can’t say enough good things about Maine, how well they played,” said Gopher senior defenseman Nick… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – While his University of Maine teammates were celebrating Thursday night’s NCAA semifinal win over New Hampshire, junior Chris Heisten was busy dealing with a frightening family emergency. Heisten’s grandfather, Bill Higgins, traveled from Seattle, Wash., for the Frozen Four, but never… Read More
ST. PAUL, Minn. – All season long, University of Maine interim head coach Tim Whitehead has kept his starting goalie choice a secret to the media until right before the game. Seniors Mike Morrison and Matt Yeats haven’t found out until the night before a… Read More
WORCESTER, Mass. – University of Maine senior goalie Mike Morrison knew he had to be ready. But he admitted that he didn’t expect to start Saturday’s NCAA Eastern Regional first-round game against Harvard University. Matt Yeats had started the last three playoff games, all in… Read More
WORCESTER, Mass. – Picture a hockey player, and you probably form a mental image of a rugged character with the stereotypical tooth missing. When UMaine sophomore Colin Shields went to the arena Saturday morning he, too, had a fresh tooth missing. But he wasn’t showing… Read More
WORCESTER, Mass. – They had given their all. A group of University of Maine Black Bears, who didn’t place a single player on the All-Hockey East first, second or all-rookie teams, had extended league regular-season and tournament champion Boston College to the limit before dropping… Read More