Jeremy Swayman Made His Way Back to Panthers in 2015, JD Greenway Being Selected by Orono with 62 Totals Saves on 65 Shots Faced
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SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2019-20 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES OCTOBER Sat. 5 #7/#6 Providence* L, 0-7 Sun. 6 NEW BRUNSWICK (exb.) L, 0-5 Fri. 11 ALASKA ANCHORAGE W, 7-1 Sat. 12 ALASKA ANCHORAGE W, 2-1 OT Fri. 18 #8/#10 Quinnipiac W, 4-2 Sat. 19 #8/#10 Quinnipiac L, 3-4 Fri. 25 Vermont* 7:05 PM NOVEMBER Fri. 1 BOSTON UNIVERSITY*# 7:30 PM Sat. 2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* 6:00 PM Friday, October 25, 2019 - 7:05 p.m. ET - Gutterson Fieldhouse - Burlington, Vermont Fri. 8 UMass Lowell* 7:15 PM Sat. 9 UMass Lowell* 6:05 PM Maine Black Bears at Vermont Catamounts Fri. 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE*# 7:30 PM Sat. 16 NEW HAMPSHIRE* 7:00 PM Fri. 22 Northeastern* 7:00 PM Sat. 23 Northeastern* 7:00 PM About the Black Bears • The nine-member Class of Fri. 29 St. Lawrence 7:30 PM 2023 includes AJ Drobot, Ben Sat. 30 St. Lawrence 7:00 PM • Maine went 1-1 at #8/#10 Poisson, Brady Gaudette, Levi Quinnipiac on October 18 and Kleiboer, Dawson Bruneski, 19. Mitchell Fossier and Eduards Remy Parker, Perry Winfree, DECEMBER Tralmaks led the Black Bears Adrien Bisson, and Matthew Fri. 6 Massachusetts* 7:00 PM to a 4-2 victory on Friday, while the Bobcats Thiessen. Sat. 7 Massachusetts* 7:00 PM grabbed a 4-3 win on Saturday evening. • The UMaine roster includes four NHL draft picks, Tues. 10 Yale 7:00 PM • Both Fossier and Tralmaks finished the trip with with Patrick Shea being selected by the Florida Sun. 29 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 4:00 PM five points. Jeremy Swayman made his way back to Panthers in 2015, JD Greenway being selected by Orono with 62 totals saves on 65 shots faced. Levi the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2016, Jeremy Swayman Kleibor recorded his first collegiate point againt JANUARY being taken in the 2017 draft by the Boston Bruins, Quinnipiac. and Matthew Thiessen being taken by the Vancouver Fri. 3 NEBRASKA AT OMAHA 6:00 PM • The University of Maine men’s ice hockey team Canucks in the 2018 NHL draft. Sat. 4 NEBRASKA AT OMAHA% 12:00 PM swept a weekend, two game series with the Sat. 11 USA HOCKEY (EXB.) 7:00 PM University of Alaska Anchorage. Friday night was About the Catamounts Wed. 15 Connecticut* 7:05 PM a 7-1 victory, while the Black Bears won Saturday Fri. 24 Boston College* 7:00 PM night with an overtime goal from Eduards Tralmaks. • Vermont finished with a record of 12-19-3 last Sat. 25 Boston College* 8:00 PM • It was the first time Maine had tallied seven goals year, ultimately missing the Hockey East conference since the 7-2 victory at Boston College on January Fri. 31 MERRIMACK*# 7:30 PM tournament. 16, 2019. Five different Black Bears found the back • The Catamounts return four of their top five scorers of the net in the 2019-20 home opener. from 2017-18 in Alex Espisito, Liam Coughlin, Liam FEBRUARY • Three of Maine’s first five games will be against Coughlin, and Max Kaufman. Sat. 1 MERRIMACK* 7:00 PM ranked opponents. #4/#6 Providence and Maine • Stefanos Lekkas, who appeared in 34 games last Fri. 7 NORTHEASTERN*# 7:30 PM opened the season in Providence. The 2018-19 Black year while going 12-19-3, posted a 2.27 goal against Fri. 14 CONNECTICUT* 7:00 PM Bears played 14 ranked teams, including two wins average and a .930 save percentage. Sat. 15 CONNECTICUT*# 7:30 PM over top 10 teams. • One Catamount signed a professional contract at Fri. 21 VERMONT* 7:00 PM • Two weekends ago, JD Greenway, Samuel the conclusion of the 2018-19 season. Jake Massie Rennaker, and Simon Butala all scored their first left to pursue professional opportunities at the end Sat. 22 VERMONT*# 5:00 PM career goal as a Maine Black Bear. Emil Westerlund of his Vermont career. Fri. 29 Providence* 7:00 PM also tallied his first colliegate three point game. • Jeremy Swayman saved 52 shots in the season The Series with Vermont MARCH opener. The junior finished the home opener Fri. 6 PROVIDENCE*# 7:30 PM weekend with 57 total saves on 59 shots faced. • Maine enters Friday’s contest – the 60th meeting • The University of Maine men’s ice hockey team between the Black Bears and Catamounts – with a enters the season with 10 new faces on the roster standing of 26-26-7 in the all-time series. after seeing nine players graduate or leave to pursue • The Black Bears and Catamounts first met on All Times are EST professional hockey. Nine incoming freshmen and Feb. 24, 1978 at Gutterson Fieldhouse, with Maine Home Games in CAPS one transfer junior make up players who were added earning a 6-3 win. *Hockey East game by the coaching staff. Five of the incoming student • The teams met two times last season in Vermont, % Game in Portland, Maine at Cross Arena # Will air live on WVII/WFVX (Bangor), WPXT (Portland) and athletes are from the United States, while the other Maine won the first game 2-1 in OT. Saturday night’s FOX College Sports five are from Canada. game ended in a 3-3 tie. 2019-20 LEADERS 2019-20 LEADERS Points Eduards Tralmaks 9 Points Joey Cipollone 2 Goals Eduards Tralmaks 6 Goals Cipollone, Evers, Misley, Esposito 1 Assists Mitchell Fossier 8 Assists Andrew Lucas, Jacques Bouquot 2 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PPG Adam Dawe 2 PPG N/A 0 GP HOCKEY SID: Bryce Colbeth 16 Tied at Five 5 GP 18 Tied at Two 2 PIM OFFICE PHONE: 207-581-1061 Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup 17 PIM Eight Tied at Two 2 SOG CELL PHONE: 207-573-8289 Tim Doherty, Eduards Tralmaks 20 SOG Alex Esposito 8 +/- EMAIL: [email protected] Tim Doherty +5 +/- Four tied at Plus Two +2 GOALTENDING GOALTENDING GP @BlackBearHockey Jeremy Swayman 5 GP Stefanos Lekkas 2 GAA Jeremy Swayman 2.44 GAA Stefanos Lekkas 1.52 @MaineIceHockey SV% Jeremy Swayman .934 SV% Stefanos Lekkas .955 WINS Jeremy Swayman 3 WINS Stefanos Lekkas 1 GoBlackBears.com SO Jeremy Swayman 0 VERMONT SO MAINE Stefanos Lekkas 1 TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION (1993, 1999), FIVE-TIME HOCKEY EAST CHAMPION (1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004) and Eduards Tralmaks have all surpassed MAINE QUICK FACTS TALE OF THE TAPE the 40 career point mark. Maine Vermont • Fossier (94), Doherty (48), Shea (44), and Location ....................................Orono, ME 04469 Team Offense 3 . 2 0 2 . 0 0 Tralmaks (51) entered the 2018-19 season Founded ........................................................1865 National Rank 15th 40th as the Black Bears top returning scorers. Total Enrollment .........................................11,247 Conference Offense NA NA • The Fantastic Four have found the back of President ........................... Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy Conference Rank NA NA the net 90 individual times, while they have Director of Athletics ..............................Ken Ralph Colors ...........................................Blue and White dished out 147 assists. Affiliation .................................................. NCAA I Team Defense 3.00 1.50 Conference.........................................Hockey East National Rank 29th 4th On the National Stage (2018-19) Rink (Capacity).....................Alfond Arena (5,125) Conference Defense NA NA • Mitchell Fossier finished the 2018-19 Conference Rank NA NA regular season at 5th in the nation with 29 2019-20 TEAM INFORMATION assists. In the conference, Mitchell was first Captains ........................................Mitchell Fossier Power Play 22.73% 00.00% overall. National Rank 17th 50th Assistant Captains .. .. Ryan Smith, Tim Doherty, Jack Quinlivan • Chase Pearson ranked 24th nationally Letter Winners Returning/Lost ....................... 19/10 Conference PP NA NA with his 16 goals. The captain also was part Newcomers ........................................................ 10 Conference Rank NA NA of the top three goal scorers in Hockey East. 2018-19 Record .........................................15-17-4 Penalty Kill 85.19% 85.71% • As a team, the Black Bears killed penalties 2018-19 Hockey East Record .......................11-9-4 National Rank 29th 25th at a 84.46% clip, which was good enough 2017-18 Record .........................................18-16-4 Conference PK NA NA for 17th in the nation. 2017-18 Hockey East Record .....................10-11-3 2018-19 Postseason Conference Rank NA NA Hockey East Quarter Final lost to Northeastern (1-2, 1-2) It’s Worth Noting from 2018-19… First Varsity Season ................................. 1977-78 About Head Coach Red Gendron • The Black Bears saw five players sign with All-Time Record................................ 856-626-127 • Red Gendron, who enters his seventh year an ECHL, AHL, or NHL team at the end of NCAA Championships .........................................2 the Hockey East Tournament. Years .................................................1993, 1999 behind the bench of the Black Bears, has NCAA Tournament Appearances .......................18 won two NCAA Hockey National Champion- • Brady Keeper inked a deal with the Flori- Years .........1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, ships and a NHL Stanley Cup as an assistant da Panthers of the NHL. Chase Pearson and 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, coach. Rob Michel came to terms with AHL fran- 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 chises, while Daniel Perez and Sam Becker Hockey East Tournament Championships ............5 • He assisted head coach Shawn Walsh Years ................... 1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004 with the UMaine 1993 NCAA Division I were added to rosters in the ECHL. Hockey East Regular Season Championships ......3 National Championship team. Years .......................................... 1988, 1993, 1995 • Before being named the head coach of Career Weekly Honor(s) for Swayman COACHING INFORMATION • Last season, Jeremy Swayman was named the Black Bears, Gendron was associate Men’s Hockey Coach... ............Red Gendron (New head coach at Yale University; the Bulldogs the Hockey East defensive player of the England College ‘79) earned the 2013 NCAA Division I National week begining November 18th, December Career Record .......