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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 Sat. 4 RV UMass Lowell* W, 6-2 Maine Black Bears (5-7-0, 3-4-0 HEA) vs. Vermont Catamounts(4-9-1, 1-5-1 HEA) Fri. 17 No. 18/RV BOSTON UNIVERSITY*# W, 5-2 Sat. 18 BOSTON UNIVERSITY*$ L, 0-7 Game #13: Friday, Dec. 1 - 7 p.m. ET - Alfond Arena - Orono, Maine Fri. 24 No. 10/9 Providence College*^ L, 0-3 Game #14: Saturday, Dec. 2 - 5 p.m. ET - Alfond Arena - Orono, Maine Sat. 25 Rensselaer^ W, 4-2 DECEMBER Fri. 1 VERMONT* 7:00 p.m. Sat. 2 VERMONT*# 5:00 p.m. About the Black Bears kill while going 1-for-3 on the Fri. 8 Quinnipiac 7:00 p.m. • Maine is coming off an man-advantage. Sat. 9 Quinnipiac 7:00 p.m. Fri. 29 Rensselaer 4:00 p.m. international trip to Belfast, • The Terriers came back strong Sat. 30 Rensselaer 4:00 p.m. Northern Ireland where it on Saturday night to manage a played in the 2017 Friendship split with a 7-0 win in Portland. JANUARY Four Tournament. • Eduards Tralmaks leads Maine with nine Sat. 6 Boston University* 7:00 p.m. Mon. 8 Brown 7:00 p.m. • The Black Bears battled No. 10/11 Providence points on five goals and four assists while Chase Fri. 12 Northeastern* 7:00 p.m. tough in an all Hockey East semifinal on Nov. Pearson has a team-high eight helpers. Sat. 13 Northeastern* 7:00 p.m. 24 but the Friars snuck away with a 3-0 win at Tue. 16 MASSACHUSETTS 7:00 p.m. SSE Arena. About the Catamounts Fri. 19 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7:00 p.m. • Jeremy Swayman made 34 saves for the Black Sat. 20 NEW HAMPSHIRE*# 7:30 p.m. • Vermont is coming off a 2-1 overtime win at Fri. 26 Massachusetts* 7:00 p.m. Bears while Rob Michel registered five shots on Dartmouth on Nov. 25 and will be playing in its Sat. 27 Massachusetts* 7:00 p.m. goal and Brady Keeper had four. third-straight road game on Friday night against • Maine topped RPI the next night, 4-2, to earn the Black Bears. FEBRUARY third place in the tournament behind goals from • In the win over the Big Green, freshman Fri. 2 MERRIMACK* 7:30 p.m. Sat. 3 MERRIMACK* 7:00 p.m. Brendan Robbins, Nolan Vesey, Mitchell Fossier Max Kaufman potted the game-winner just 20 Fri. 9 Providence* 7:00 p.m. and Tim Doherty. seconds into the extra time to earn Hockey East Wed. 14 New Hampshire* 7:00 p.m. • The Black Bears earned a conference split with Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week. Sat. 17 BOSTON COLLEGE*# 7:30 p.m. No. 19 Boston University last weekend, winning • Ross Colton leads UVM in points with eight Fri. 23 Boston College TBD Sat. 24 Boston College TBD at Alfond Arena on Friday night before dropping points on eight goals – including five power-play a tilt at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, tallies – while Matt O’Donnell has four goals MARCH Maine on Saturday. and four assists and Jarrid Privitera has a team- Fri. 2 Hockey East First Round& TBD • UMaine earned a 5-2 win over the Terriers high six assists. Sat. 3 Hockey East First Round& TBD the first night on the strength of 40 saves from Sun. 4 Hockey East First Round& TBD • The Catamounts penalty kill unit ranks eighth Swayman and five goals from five different in the nation at a rate of 87.9 percent and fourth players, with Canon Pieper netting the first of in conference play at 85.2 percent. All Times are EST his career. • Stefanos Lekkas made 22 saves for the win on Home Games in CAPS • The Black Bears were 6-for-6 on the penalty *Hockey East game Nov. 25 and has now started all 14 games that & 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 Eduards Tralmaks 9 Points Ross Colton 8 Goals Eduards Tralmaks, Mitchell Fossier 5 Goals Ross Colton 8 Assists Chase Pearson 8 Assists Jarrid Privitera 6 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PPG Mitchell Fossier 2 PPG Ross Colton 5 GP Six players tied 12 GP Six players tied 14 HOCKEY SID: Katie Peverada PIM Brady Keeper 36 PIM Craig Puffer 25 OFFICE PHONE: 207-581-4158 SOG Tim Doherty 32 Shots Ross Colton 54 CELL PHONE: 207-404-0441 +/- Alexis Binner +7 +/- Travis Blanleil E EMAIL: [email protected] GOALTENDING GOALTENDING GP Jeremy Swayman 8 GP Stefanos Lekkas 14 @MaineIceHockey GAA Jeremy Swayman 2.51 GAA Stefanos Lekkas 3.01 Jeremy Swayman .921 @BlackBearNation SV% SV% Stefanos Lekkas .912 WINS Jeremy Swayman 4 WINS Stefanos Lekkas 4 GoBlackBears.com SO - - SO Stefanos Lekkas 1 MAINE VERMONT TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION (1993, 1999), FIVE-TIME HOCKEY EAST CHAMPION (1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004) Black Bears, Gendron was associate head coach TALE OF THE TAPE at Yale University; the Bulldogs earned the 2013 MAINE QUICK FACTS Vermont Maine NCAA Division I National Championship. • Prior to Gendron’s two seasons at Yale, from Location ....................................Orono, ME 04469 Team Offense 2.21 2.83 2005-11, he was an assistant coach at the Founded ........................................................1865 National Rank 56th 27th University of Massachusetts. Total Enrollment .........................................11,247 Conference Offense 2.14 2.57 • Gendron spent 11 seasons in professional President .....................................Dr. Susan Hunter Conference Rank 11th 8th Director of Athletics ...................... Karlton Creech hockey with the New Jersey Devils organization. Colors ...........................................Blue and White Affiliation .................................................. NCAA I Team Defense 3.07 3.42 Weekly Awards Conference.........................................Hockey East National Rank t-38th t-52nd • Freshman Jeremy Swayman earned Pro Rink (Capacity).....................Alfond Arena (5,125) Conference Defense 3.71 3.57 Ambitions Rookie of the Week on Nov. 20 after Conference Rank 11th 10th his 40-save performance in UMaine’s 5-2 win 2017-18 TEAM INFORMATION over then No.18 BU on Nov. 17. Power Play 17.9% 14.6% • The Anchorage, Alaska native stopped 10 Captains ................Chase Pearson, Mark Hamilton National Rank 32nd 49th shots in the first period and followed it up with Assistant Captains ........Cedric Lacroix, Rob Michel Letter Winners Returning/Lost ......................... 15/5 Conference PP 16.7% 16.0% 12 in a critical second before racking up 18 in Newcomers ........................................................ 10 Conference Rank 7th 8th the final frame. • Eduards Tralmaks was tabbed as the Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week on Nov. 6, as 2017-18 Record .............................................5-7-0 Penalty Kill 87.9% 70.7% 2017-18 Hockey East Record .........................3-4-0 announced by the Hockey East Association. National Rank 8th 60th 2016-17 Record .........................................11-21-4 • The freshman earned the honor after notching Conference PK 85.2% 78.9% 2016-17 Hockey East Record .......................5-15-2 two goals and one assist in Maine’s 6-2 win at 2016-17 Postseason Conference Rank 4th t-6th UMass Lowell on Nov 4. Hockey East Opening Round lost to Vermont (0-5, 1-5) the Catamounts have played this season, going Blocked Out First Varsity Season ................................. 1977-78 4-9-1 with a 2.98 goals against average, .912 • Maine’s team average of 14.75 blocks per All-Time Record................................ 828-600-119 save percentage and one shutout. game is good for eighth overall in the country NCAA Championships .........................................2 Years .................................................1993, 1999 • Lekkas has twice stopped over 40 shots this and second in the league behind UConn. NCAA Tournament Appearances .......................18 season and has made at least 30 saves on seven • The Black Bears have blocked at least 12 shots different occasions. Years .........1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, in all 12 games they have played, with a season- 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, • UVM tied then No. 12 New Hampshire, 4-4, on high 20 coming in a 6-3 win over Miami on Oct. 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 Oct. 28, with Matt O’Donnell scoring two goals 21 and another solid 17 against Providence on Hockey East Tournament Championships ............5 in the third period to force overtime Nov. 24. Years ................... 1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004 • Senior Mark Hamilton is averaging 2.70 blocks Hockey East Regular Season Championships ......3 The Series with the Catamounts per game, making him is first in the league and Years .......................................... 1988, 1993, 1995 • Maine enters Friday’s contest – the 56th second overall in the nation in that category. COACHING INFORMATION meeting between the Black Bears and • Classmate Cedric Lacroix is averaging 1.27 Catamounts – with a standing of 24-26-5 in the Men’s Hockey Coach... ............Red Gendron (New blocks per game, tops among Hockey East England College ‘79) all-time series. forwards and 10th in the nation. Career Record ................54-89-17 (Fifth Season) • The Black Bears and Catamounts first met Associate Head Coach .......Ben Guite (Maine ‘00) on Feb. 24, 1978 at Gutterson Fieldhouse, with Balanced Attack Assistant Coach ...........Alfie Michaud (Maine ‘99) Maine earning a 6-3 win. • So far this season, the Black Bears have Volunteer Assistant Coach ...