MAINE BU TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION (1993, 1999), FIVE-TIME HOCKEY EAST CHAMPION (1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004) Championship Team
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SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2017-18 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES OCTOBER Sun. 1 ACADIA (EXB.) W, 3-1 Fri. 6 CONNECTICUT*# W, 4-3 Sat. 7 CONNECTICUT* L, 1-5 Fri. 20 MIAMI (OH) L, 5-7 Sat. 21 MIAMI (OH) W, 6-3 Fri. 27 No. 10/11 MINNESOTA DULUTH L, 2-1 Sat. 28 No. 10/11 MINNESOTA DULUTH# L, 2-0 NOVEMBER Fri. 3 RV UMass Lowell* L, 2-3 Maine Black Bears (3-5-0, 2-2-0 Hockey East) Sat. 4 RV UMass Lowell* W, 6-2 Fri. 17 BOSTON UNIVERSITY*# 7:30 p.m. vs. Sat. 18 BOSTON UNIVERSITY*$ 7:00 p.m. Fri. 24 Providence College*^ 2:00 p.m. No. 18/RV Boston University Terriers (5-6-1, 3-3-1 Hockey East) Sat. 25 Rensselaer/Clarkson^ TBD Game #9: Friday, Nov. 17 - 7:30 p.m. ET - Alfond Arena - Orono, Maine DECEMBER Fri. 1 VERMONT* 7:00 p.m. Game #10: Saturday, Nov. 18 - 7:00 p.m. ET - Cross Insurance Arena - Portland, Maine Sat. 2 VERMONT*# 5:00 p.m. Fri. 8 Quinnipiac 7:00 p.m. About the Black Bears • Last year’s freshmen class finished with 36 goals, Sat. 9 Quinnipiac 7:00 p.m. • Maine was last in action with a two-game set at good for second overall in Hockey East behind Fri. 29 Rensselaer 4:00 p.m. UMass Lowell on Nov. 3 and 4. Sat. 30 Rensselaer 4:00 p.m. Boston University’s rookies, and had the most face- • The Black Bears battled the River Hawks closely off wins in the conference at 581. JANUARY in the first contest but fell 3-2, despite freshman Sat. 6 Boston University* 7:00 p.m. Emil Westerlund’s first two career goals and a About the Terriers Mon. 8 Brown 7:00 p.m. strong 24-save performance from Rob McGovern. • BU is coming off a 4-0 conference win over Fri. 12 Northeastern* 7:00 p.m. • The next night, Maine scored six goals – then-No. 9/8 New Hampshire on Saturday night at Sat. 13 Northeastern* 7:00 p.m. including three in the second period – en route to Tue. 16 MASSACHUSETTS 7:00 p.m. Agganis Arena, thanks in part to a 29-save shutout Fri. 19 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7:00 p.m. a 6-2 win over the River Hawks. from Max Prawdzik in his first collegiate start and Sat. 20 NEW HAMPSHIRE*# 7:30 p.m. • Freshman Jeremy Swayman made 28 saves for four goals from four different players. Fri. 26 Massachusetts* 7:00 p.m. his second win of the year while five players had • The night before, the Terriers dropped a Sat. 27 Massachusetts* 7:00 p.m. goals and six players had assists. 6-1 Hockey East tilt at Northeastern but with • Prior to hitting the road, Maine hosted then No. Saturday’s win, came out of the weekend with a FEBRUARY 10/11 Minnesota Duluth for a two-game non- Fri. 2 MERRIMACK* 7:30 p.m. 3-3-1 record in league play for fourth place overall. Sat. 3 MERRIMACK* 7:00 p.m. conference series and went toe-to-toe with the • The win over UNH marked BU’s fourth over an Fri. 9 Providence* 7:00 p.m. Bulldogs both nights. opponent ranked at the time of the game while the Wed. 14 New Hampshire* 7:00 p.m. • On Oct. 27, the Black Bears battled back to tie loss against Northeastern marked its fourth against Sat. 17 BOSTON COLLEGE*# 7:30 p.m. the game on an Eduards Tralmaks goal in the an opponent ranked at the time of the game. Fri. 23 Boston College TBD third period before the Bulldogs potted the game- • The Terriers battled No. 1/1 Denver evenly on Sat. 24 Boston College TBD winner midway through the frame. Oct. 27 in Boston, but the Pioneers got a goal with MARCH • The next night’s game saw a strong 35-save 16.1 seconds left for a 4-3 win. Fri. 2 Hockey East First Round& TBD performance from Swayman but a first period • Two weeks earlier, it was Minnesota State that Sat. 3 Hockey East First Round& TBD power-play goal proved to be the winning goal for gave the Terriers trouble, with the Mavericks Sun. 4 Hockey East First Round& TBD the Bulldogs in the 2-0 affair. skating away with 6-3 and 3-0 wins, marking the • The Black Bears return with 74 percent of their first time a team swept BU in Boston since the goal-scoring from 2016-17 and 63 percent of Black Bears did it in 2012 (4-2, 3-1). All Times are EST the total offense with seven of the top 10 point- • Patrick Harper – second on the team in points Home Games in CAPS *Hockey East game getters from last year overall. in 2016-17 – leads the Terriers with 11 points on & at home of higher seeds ^Friendship Four Tournament - Belfast, Northern Ireland $Game played at Cross Inusrance Arena - Portland, Maine 2017-18 LEADERS 2017-18 LEADERS Points Three players tied 7 Points Patrick Harper 11 Goals Eduards Tralmaks 5 Goals Bobo Carpenter 7 Assists Chase Pearson 7 Assists Brady Tkachuk 8 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PPG Mitchell Fossier 5 PPG Bobo Carpenter 4 GP Nine players tied 8 GP Nine players tied 12 HOCKEY SID: Katie Peverada PIM Brady Keeper 22 PIM Brandon Hickey 22 OFFICE PHONE: 207-581-4158 SOG Tim Doherty 22 Shots Chad Krys 45 CELL PHONE: 207-404-0441 +/- Cedric Lacroix, Alexis Binner +5 +/- Brady Tkachuk +7 EMAIL: [email protected] GOALTENDING GOALTENDING GP Jeremy Swayman 5 GP Jake Oettinger 11 @MaineIceHockey GAA Jeremy Swayman 2.87 GAA Jake Oettinger 2.91 Jeremy Swayman .908 @BlackBearNation SV% SV% Jake Oettinger .904 WINS Jeremy Swayman 2 WINS Jake Oettinger 4 GoBlackBears.com SO - - SO Jake Oettinger, Max Prawdzik 1 MAINE BU TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION (1993, 1999), FIVE-TIME HOCKEY EAST CHAMPION (1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004) Championship team. TALE OF THE TAPE • Before being named the head coach of the Black MAINE QUICK FACTS Bears, Gendron was associate head coach at Yale BU Maine University; the Bulldogs earned the 2013 NCAA Location ....................................Orono, ME 04469 Team Offense 2.42 3.12 Division I National Championship. Founded ........................................................1865 National Rank 48th 20th • Prior to Gendron’s two seasons at Yale, from Total Enrollment .........................................11,247 Conference Offense 2.29 3.25 2005-11, he was an assistant coach at the President .....................................Dr. Susan Hunter Conference Rank 10th 2nd University of Massachusetts. Director of Athletics ...................... Karlton Creech • Gendron spent 11 seasons in professional hockey Colors ...........................................Blue and White with the New Jersey Devils organization. Affiliation .................................................. NCAA I Team Defense 2.83 3.38 Conference.........................................Hockey East National Rank 28th 48th Weekly Honor Rink (Capacity).....................Alfond Arena (5,125) Conference Defense 2.57 3.25 • Freshman Eduards Tralmaks was tabbed as the Conference Rank 5th t-8th Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week on Nov. 6, as 2017-18 TEAM INFORMATION announced by the Hockey East Association. Power Play 20.4% 16.2% • Tralmaks earned the honor after notching two Captains ................Chase Pearson, Mark Hamilton National Rank t-23rd 42nd goals and one assist in Maine’s 6-2 win at UMass Assistant Captains ........Cedric Lacroix, Rob Michel Letter Winners Returning/Lost ......................... 15/5 Conference PP 16.0% 18.8% Lowell on Nov 4. Newcomers ........................................................ 10 Conference Rank 8th 5th • The forward opened the scoring in the first period, notched another goal during the second and then assisted on Mitchell Fossier’s power-play 2017-18 Record .............................................3-5-0 Penalty Kill 74.5% 63.9% tally in the third. 2017-18 Hockey East Record .........................2-2-0 2016-17 Record .........................................11-21-4 National Rank 53rd 60th • Tralmaks leads the team in goals (5) and is tied 2016-17 Hockey East Record .......................5-15-2 Conference PK 78.1% 76.2% for the lead in points (7), with his five goals placing 2016-17 Postseason Conference Rank 6th 7th him tied for first among Hockey East freshman Hockey East Opening Round lost to Vermont (0-5, 1-5) forwards. five goals and six assists while Bobo Carpenter is • Incidentally, Fossier was the last Black Bear First Varsity Season ................................. 1977-78 second with 10 points on a team-high seven goals rookie to be tabbed as Rookie of the Week, All-Time Record................................ 826-598-119 and three assists. garnering the honor twice during the 2016-17 NCAA Championships .........................................2 • All five of BU’s game-winning goals have come season (Oct. 10 and 17). Years .................................................1993, 1999 from different players, with Carpenter, Chad Krys, NCAA Tournament Appearances .......................18 Shane Bowers, Dante Fabbro, and Ty Amonte all Blocked Out Years .........1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, potting winners. • As a team, Maine’s average of 15.00 blocks per 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, • Jake Oettinger has started 11 games between game leads the league and sits sixth in the national 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 the pipes for BU, going 4-6-1 with a .904 save rankings. Hockey East Tournament Championships ............5 percentage, 2.91 goals against average and one • The Black Bears have blocked at least 12 shots Years ................... 1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004 shutout. in all eight games they have played, with a season- Hockey East Regular Season Championships ......3 • As a freshman last year Oettinger was 21-11- high 20 coming in a 6-3 win over Miami on Oct.