2020-21 University of Maine Men's Ice Hockey Game
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SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2020-21 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES DECEMBER Fri. 11 at New Hampshire* ! T, 1-1 (W 3-2) Fri. 12 at New Hampshire* ! L, 2-6 JANUARY Sun. 3 at #17 UMass Lowell* L, 3-5 Mon. 4 at #15 UMass Lowell* L, 5-9 Fri. 8 at Vermont* L, 4-5 Sat. 9 at Vermont* W, 4-3 Fri. 15 at #16 Providence* W, 4-3 Sat. 16 at #16 Providence* L, 2-3 Maine Black Bears (3-10-1, 3-10-1 HEA) at University of Massachusetts Minutemen (13-5-3, 13-5-3 HEA) Jan. 22 at Boston University*! L, 2-3 Jan. 23 at Boston University* L, 1-5 Game #15: Friday, March 5, 2021 - 2:30 p.m. Mullins Center - Amherst, Mass. FEBRUARY Feb. 19 at Boston College*! L, 2-4 Feb. 20 at Boston College*! L, 0-3 Feb. 26 at UConn* W, 6-4 Feb. 27 at UConn* L, 2-4 About the Black Bears 11-2 last year, ultimately MARCH March 5 at #6 UMass*! 2:30 pm • Maine split a weekend having their Hockey East series at UConn on February Tournament series with the All Times are EST Home Games in CAPS 26 and 27. AJ Drobot scored Northeastern University *Hockey East game twice during the Friday night victory, while Huskies canceled. # Will air live on WVII/WFVX (Bangor), WPXT (Portland) Victor Ostman stopped 83 total shots on • The Minutemen return two of their top and FOX College Sports the weekend earning him Rookie of the ! Will air live on NESN/NESN+ five scorers from 2019-20 in Zac Jones and Week honors. Bobby Trivigno,. • The University of Maine men’s ice • Matt Murray, playing in 20 games last hockey team enters the season with 10 year, posted a 1.86 GAA and a .919 save new faces on the roster after seeing seven percentage. players graduate, transfer, or leave to pursue professional hockey. The Series with UMass • Nine incoming freshmen and one • Maine and UMass have squared off transfer senior make up players who were 90 times prior to Friday’s tilt, with Maine added by the coaching staff. Three of the holding an edge of 57-24-9 in the all-time incoming student athletes are from the series. United States, one hails from Sweden, • The Black Bears went 0-2 against the while the other six are from Canada. Minutemen last season. The Hockey East • The nine-member Class of 2024 includes foes met twice last season in Amherst. The Kabore Dunn, Tristan Poissant, Donavan then #11 Minutemen took both games Villeneuve-Houle, Zachary Aughe, Lynden from the Black Bears. Since 2013, Maine Breen, Brad Morrissey, John Mulera, Victor holds a 5-5-1 record in the Mullins Center. Ostman, and Connor Androlewicz. • Maine and UMass first met on Jan. 26, 1979 at Alfond Arena, with the Black Bears About the Minutemen winning 8-3. • UMass finished with a record of 21- 2020-21 LEADERS 2020-21 LEADERS Points Adam Dawe 12 Points Bobby Trivigno 24 Goals Eduards Tralmaks/Adam Dawe 5 Goals Carson Gicewicz 12 Assists Jakub Sirota 9 Assists Bobby Trivigno 16 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PPG Emil Westerlund/Adam Dawe 3 PPG Matthew Kessel 5 GP Eight players tied 14 GP Nine players tied 21 HOCKEY SID: Bryce Colbeth PIM Simon Butala 31 PIM Carson Gicewicz 33 OFFICE PHONE: 207-581-1865 SOG Adam Dawe 36 Shots Bobby Trivigno 72 CELL PHONE: 207-573-8289 +/- Eduards Tralmaks +4 +/- Marc Del Gaizo +14 EMAIL: [email protected] GOALTENDING GOALTENDING GP Victor Ostman 9GP Matt Murray 15 @MaineIceHockey GAA Victor Ostman 4.23 GAA Matt Murray 2.01 Victor Ostman .878 @BlackBearNation SV% SV% Matt Murray .913 WINS Victor Ostman 3WINS Matt Murray 9 GoBlackBears.com SO - - SO Matt Murray 3 MAINE UMASS TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION (1993, 1999), FIVE-TIME HOCKEY EAST CHAMPION (1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004) regular season at 4th in the nation with TALE OF THE TAPE 29 assists. In the conference, Mitchell was MAINE QUICK FACTS UMass Maine second overall. • Fossier also ranked 7th nationally with his Location ....................................Orono, ME 04469 Team Offense 3.48 2.71 Founded ........................................................1865 National Rank 13th 29th 42 total points. The captain was part of the Total Enrollment .........................................11,247 Conference Offense 3.48 2.71 top three point getters in Hockey East. President ........................... Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy Conference Rank 3rd 8th • As a team, the Black Bears killed penalties Director of Athletics ..............................Ken Ralph at a 86.08% clip, which was good enough Colors ...........................................Blue and White for 11th in the nation. Affiliation .................................................. NCAA I Team Defense 1.86 4.14 Conference.........................................Hockey East National Rank 4th 49th Rink (Capacity).....................Alfond Arena (5,125) Conference Defense 1.86 4.14 It’s Worth Noting from 2019-20... Conference Rank 1st 11th • The Black Bears saw three players sign 2020-21 TEAM INFORMATION with an ECHL, AHL, or NHL team and two Power Play 24.72% 23.33% players transfer at the end of the COVID-19 Captains ..........................................Jack Quinlivan National Rank 8th 12th shortened season. Assistant Captains ....... Simon Butala, Adam Dawe Letter Winners Returning/Lost ......................... 21/7 Conference PP 24.72% 23.33% • Jeremy Swayman inked a deal with the Newcomers ........................................................ 10 Conference Rank 2nd 3rd Boston Bruins of the NHL. Mitchell Fossier came to terms with the Rockford IceHogs 2019-20 Record .........................................18-11-5 Penalty Kill 91.95% 79.71% of the AHL, while Ryan Smith was added 2019-20 Hockey East Record .......................12-9-3 National Rank 2nd 30th to roster of the Adirondack Thunder of the 2018-19 Record .........................................15-17-4 Conference PK 91.95% 79.71% ECHL. 2018-19 Hockey East Record .......................11-9-4 2019-20 Postseason Conference Rank 1st 6th • Tim Doherty and Stephen Mundinger Cancelled due to COVID-19 each transferred after the 2019-20 season. About Head Coach Red Gendron Doherty will suit up for Penn State, while First Varsity Season ................................. 1977-78 • Red Gendron, who enters his fifth year Mundinger will mind the net for Long Island All-Time Record................................ 874-637-132 behind the bench of the Black Bears, has University. NCAA Championships .........................................2 won two NCAA Hockey National Champion- Years .................................................1993, 1999 NCAA Tournament Appearances .......................18 ships and a NHL Stanley Cup as an assistant States & Countries of the Black Years .........1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, coach. Bears 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, • He assisted head coach Shawn Walsh with • Nine different states represented on the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 the UMaine 1993 NCAA Division I National current Maine roster: Colorado, Massachu- Hockey East Tournament Championships ............5 Years ................... 1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004 Championship team. setts, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsyl- Hockey East Regular Season Championships ......3 • Before being named the head coach of vania, New York, Michigan, Maryland, and Years .......................................... 1988, 1993, 1995 the Black Bears, Gendron was associate Missour. COACHING INFORMATION head coach at Yale University; the Bulldogs • Including the United States, there are earned the 2013 NCAA Division I National Men’s Hockey Coach... ............Red Gendron (New players for seven countries: US, Canada, England College ‘79) Championship. Finland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Lativa, Career Record ...........82-115-25 (Eighth Season) • Prior to Gendron’s two seasons at Yale, and Sweden. Associate Head Coach .......Ben Guite (Maine ‘00) from 2005-11, he was an assistant coach at • Kabore Dunn and Ben Poisson are both Assistant Coach ...........Alfie Michaud (Maine ‘99) the University of Massachusetts. from British Columbia, which is where the Volunteer Assistant Coach .......... Larry Cockrell (Norwich) • Gendron spent 11 seasons in professional Athletic Trainer/Director of Hockey Ops ...Paul Culina Kariya brothers grew up. Three players from Equipment Manager ............................. Kevin Ritz 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 On the National Stage (2019-20) Seven Different Goal Scorers (Last • Mitchell Fossier finished the 2019-20 Time) • Maine had seven different players score GoBlackBears.com a goal in their win at Boston College on Black Bear Sports Network January 16th, 2019. All games are broadcasted on the Black • It was the first time since Dec. 2013 that @MaineIceHockey Bears Sports Network by the radio voice the Black Bears had seven goals from seven of the Black Bears, Jon Shields. Larry different skaters. • Emil Westerlund, Tim Doherty, Jacob Mahoney joins Shields for every home GoBlackBears game. 103.9 Fm, 101.3 FM, 95.1 FM, Schmidt-Svejstrup, Eduards Tralmaks, Daniel 1450 AM, 1310 Am are the five Maine Perez, Jack Quinlivan, and Patrick Shea all stations that carry every Maine hockey found the back of the net at BC. @BlackBearHockey game. Party at Our House Before COVID 2 2020-21 University of Maine Men’s Ice Hockey Game Notes AROUND HOCKEY EAST • Maine was set to host a Hockey East Conference Standings (as of March 3) Quarterfinal series for the first time since Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame 2012. All time, Maine is 18-10 in Quarterfi- Name Year nal series, while 17-0 in Quarterfinal series Paul Kariya 2017 hosted in the Alfond. • The Black Bears defeated then Merrimack Hobey Baker Award Winners two games to one in the best of three Name Year series. Scott Pellerin 1992 • The 2012 Black Bears went to the Hockey Paul Kariya 1993 East championship game that year. Mike Richter Award Winners Ranked for the First Time Since Name Year 2018 Jeremy Swayman 2020 Upcoming Contests (as of March 3) • The Black Bears were ranked 17th in the late USCHO.com top 20 poll of the 2019-20 Thursday, March 4 NCAA Scoring Champions season.