SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2020-21 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES NOVEMBER Fri. 20 #7/#7 MASSACHUSETTS*! PPD Sat. 21 #7/#7 MASSACHUSETTS* PPD Sat. 28 Connecticut* PPD Sun. 29 Connecticut* PPD DECEMBER Fri. 4 Merrimack* PPD Sat. 5 Merrimack* PPD Fri. 11 New Hampshire*! T, 1-1 (OT) Sat. 12 New Hampshire*! L, 2-6 Sat. 19 Massachusetts Lowell*! PPD Friday/Saturday, January 15/16, 2021 • 3:30 pm/4:30 pm - Schneider Arena • Providence, R.I. Sun. 20 Massachusetts Lowell* PPD Maine Black Bears at #16/NR Providence College Friars JANUARY Sun. 3 #15 Massachusetts Lowell* L, 3-5 Mon. 4 #15 Massachusetts Lowell* L, 5-9 Fri. 8 Vermont* L, 4-5 About the Black Bears Ostman, and Connor Sat. 9 Vermont* W, 4-3 • The Black Bears earned their Androlewicz. Fri. 15 #16/NR Providence* 3:30 PM first regulation win of the • The UMaine roster Sat. 16 #16/NR Providence* 4:00 PM 2020-21 season last weekend. includes two NHL draft Fri. 22 Boston University* TBA After dropping Friday night’s picks, with JD Greenway Fri. 23 Boston University* TBA game at Vermont, Maine grabbed the win being selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in Fri. 29 New Hampshire 7:00 PM Saturday night. Victor Ostman was the winning 2016 and Matthew Thiessen being taken by the Fri. 30 New Hampshire 7:00 PM goaltender against the Catamounts. Vancouver Canucks in the 2018 NHL draft. FEBRUARY • The University of Maine men’s ice hockey Fri. 5 MERRIMACK 7:30 PM team dropped its first series of 2021. UMass About the Friars Sat. 6 MERRIMACK 6:00 PM Lowell won both games on the weekend. The • Providence finished with a record of 16-13-6 Fri. 12 Northeastern* 6:00 PM Black Bears scored four power play and one last year, ultimately having their Hockey East Sat. 13 Northeastern* 6:00 PM short handed goal but still dropped both of the Tournament series canceled. Fri. 26 Massachusetts 12:00 PM Hockey East contests at Lowell. • The Friars return four of their top five scorers Sat. 27 Massachusetts 3:00 PM • The Black Bears opened the 2020-21 season from 2019-20 in Tyce Thompson, Michael, at the University of New Hampshire. Lynden Callahan, Greg Printz, and Parker Ford. MARCH Breen’s goal sent the Hockey East contest • Gabe Mollot-Hill, playing in two games Fri. 5 BOSTON COLLEGE* 7:30 PM to overtime, where the Black Bears won the last year, posted a 1.63 GAA and a .875 save Sat. 6 BOSTON COLLEGE* 7:00 PM game in a shoot-out (3-2). The Wildcats took percentage. Saturday night’s contest, 6-2. • The University of Maine men’s ice hockey The Series with Providence team enters the season with 10 new faces on • Maine and Providence have squared off 129 All Times are EST the roster after seeing seven players graduate, times prior to Friday’s tilt, with Maine holding Home Games in CAPS an edge of 66-56-7 in the all-time series. *Hockey East game transfer, or leave to pursue professional hockey. # Will air live on WVII/WFVX (Bangor), WPXT (Portland) and • The squads first squared off on Jan. 5, 1980, FOX College Sports • Nine incoming freshmen and one transfer ! Will air live on NESN/NESN+ senior make up players who were added by the with Providence topping Maine, 4-3, at Alfond coaching staff. Three of the incoming student Arena. athletes are from the United States, one hails • Maine had a 13-game unbeaten streak in from Sweden, while the other six are from the series (12-0-1) from Feb. 9, 1991 to Feb. Canada. 3, 1995. • The nine-member Class of 2024 includes • Maine’s Associate Head Coach Ben Guite Kabore Dunn, Tristan Poissant, Donavan had two career game-winning goals against Villeneuve-Houle, Zachary Aughe, Lynden the Friars while assistant coach Alfie Michaud Breen, Brad Morrissey, John Mulera, Victor had four wins between the pipes. 2020-21 TOP SCORERS 2020-21 TOP SCORERS Points J a c o b S c h m i d t - S v e j s t r u p 8 Points Tyce Thompson 10 Goals Emil Westerlund/Eduards Tralmaks 3 Goals Tyce Thompson 5 Assists Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup 6 Assists Parker Ford 6 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PPG Emil Westerlund 3 PPG Tyce Thompson/Uula Ruikka 2 GP HOCKEY SID: Bryce Colbeth 11 Tied at Six 6 GP 13 Tied at Nine 9 PIM OFFICE PHONE: 207-581-1061 Simon Butala 21 PIM Parker Ford 8 SOG CELL PHONE: 207-573-8289 Lynden Breen 15 SOG Greg Printz 33 +/- EMAIL: [email protected] Jakub Sirota +1 +/- Max Crozier/Matt Koopman +3 GOALTENDING GOALTENDING GP @BlackBearHockey Matthew Thiessen 5 GP Jaxson Stauber 8 GAA Matthew Thiessen 4.54 GAA Jaxson Stauber 1.98 @MaineIceHockey SV% Matthew Thiessen .872 SV% Jaxson Stauber .915 WINS Matthew Thiessen 0 WINS Jaxson Stauber 4 GoBlackBears.com SO PROVIDENCE SO MAINE Matthew Thiessen 0 Jaxson Stauber 2 TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION (1993, 1999), FIVE-TIME HOCKEY EAST CHAMPION (1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004) regular season at 4th in the nation with MAINE QUICK FACTS TALE OF THE TAPE 29 assists. In the conference, Mitchell was Maine PVD second overall. Location ....................................Orono, ME 04469 Team Offense 3 . 1 7 2 . 6 0 • Fossier also ranked 7th nationally with his Founded ........................................................1865 National Rank 19th 31st 42 total points. The captain was part of the Total Enrollment .........................................11,247 Conference Offense 3.17 2.60 top three point getters in Hockey East. President ........................... Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy Conference Rank 6th 7th • As a team, the Black Bears killed penalties Director of Athletics ..............................Ken Ralph Colors ...........................................Blue and White at a 86.08% clip, which was good enough Affiliation .................................................. NCAA I Team Defense 4.83 2.90 for 11th in the nation. Conference.........................................Hockey East National Rank 50th 27th Rink (Capacity).....................Alfond Arena (5,125) Conference Defense 4.83 2.90 It’s Worth Noting from 2019-20… Conference Rank 10th 5th • The Black Bears saw three players sign 2020-21 TEAM INFORMATION with an ECHL, AHL, or NHL team and two Captains ..........................................Jack Quinlivan Power Play 32.14% 21.43% players transfer at the end of the COVID-19 National Rank 2nd 22nd Assistant Captains ............................................... .. shortened season. Letter Winners Returning/Lost ......................... 21/7 Conference PP 32.14% 21.43% • Jeremy Swayman inked a deal with the Newcomers ........................................................ 10 Conference Rank 2nd 6th Boston Bruins of the NHL. Mitchell Fossier 2019-20 Record .........................................18-11-5 Penalty Kill 77.78% 88.24% came to terms with the Rockford IceHogs 2019-20 Hockey East Record .......................12-9-3 National Rank 33rd 10th of the AHL, while Ryan Smith was added 2018-19 Record .........................................15-17-4 Conference PK 77.78% 88.24% to roster of the Adirondack Thunder of the 2018-19 Hockey East Record .......................11-9-4 2019-20 Postseason Conference Rank 6th 2nd ECHL. Cancelled due to COVID-19 • Tim Doherty and Stephen Mundinger First Varsity Season ................................. 1977-78 About Head Coach Red Gendron each transferred after the 2019-20 season. All-Time Record................................ 874-637-132 • Red Gendron, who enters his eighth year Doherty will suit up for Penn State, while NCAA Championships .........................................2 Mundinger will mind the net for Long Island Years .................................................1993, 1999 behind the bench of the Black Bears, has NCAA Tournament Appearances .......................18 won two NCAA Hockey National Champion- University. Years .........1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, ships and a NHL Stanley Cup as an assistant 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, coach. States & Countries of the Black Bears 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 • Nine different states represented on the Hockey East Tournament Championships ............5 • He assisted head coach Shawn Walsh Years ................... 1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004 with the UMaine 1993 NCAA Division I current Maine roster: Colorado, Massachu- Hockey East Regular Season Championships ......3 National Championship team. setts, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsyl- Years .......................................... 1988, 1993, 1995 • Before being named the head coach of vania, New York, Michigan, Maryland, and COACHING INFORMATION Missour. the Black Bears, Gendron was associate Men’s Hockey Coach... ............Red Gendron (New head coach at Yale University; the Bulldogs • Including the United States, there are England College ‘79) earned the 2013 NCAA Division I National players for seven countries: US, Canada, Career Record ...........82-115-25 (Eighth Season) Championship. Finland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Lativa, Associate Head Coach .......Ben Guite (Maine ‘00) and Sweden. Assistant Coach ...........Alfie Michaud (Maine ‘99) • Prior to Gendron’s two seasons at Yale, Volunteer Assistant Coach .......... Larry Cockrell (Norwich) from 2005-11, he was an assistant coach at • Kabore Dunn and Ben Poisson are both Athletic Trainer/Director of Hockey Ops ...Paul Culina the University of Massachusetts. from British Columbia, which is where the Equipment Manager ............................. Kevin Ritz • Gendron spent 11 seasons in professional Kariya brothers grew up. Three players from hockey with the New Jersey Devils organi- Sweden are the most the country since Gus zation. Nyquist dawned the Blue and White. FOLLOW THE BLACK BEARS Seven Different Goal Scorers (Last Time) On the National Stage (2019-20) • Maine had seven different players score • Mitchell Fossier finished the 2019-20 a goal in their win at Boston College on GoBlackBears.com January 16th, 2019. Black Bears Sports Network • It was the first time since Dec. 2013 that All games are broadcasted on the Black the Black Bears had seven goals from seven @MaineIceHockey Bears Sports Network by the radio voice different skaters. of the Black Bears, Jon Shields. Larry • Emil Westerlund, Tim Doherty, Jacob Mahoney joins Shields for every home Schmidt-Svejstrup, Eduards Tralmaks, Daniel GoBlackBears game.