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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 (3-10-2, 3-10-2 HEA) vs New Hampshire Wildcats (5-13-3, 5-13-3 HEA) Jan. 22 at Boston University*! L, 2-3 Jan. 23 at Boston University* L, 1-5 Hockey East Opening Round: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 4:30 p.m. Alfond Arena - Orono, Maine 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 scorers from 2019-20 in MARCH • Maine split a weekend series Patrick Grasso, Charlie Kelle- March 5 at #6 UMass*! T, 3-3 (W2-1) at UConn on February 26 and March 10 vs UNH#& her, Angus Crookshank, and 7:00 pm 27. AJ Drobot scored twice Jackson Pierson. during the Friday night victory, • Mike Robinson, played in 27 games while Victor Ostman stopped 83 total shots on All Times are EST Home Games in CAPS last year, posted a 2.56 GAA and a .899 save *Hockey East game the weekend earning him Rookie of the Week percentage. # Will air live on WVII/WFVX (Bangor), WPXT (Portland) honors. and FOX College Sports • The University of Maine men’s ice hockey The Series with UNH ! Will air live on NESN/NESN+ team enters the season with 10 new faces on • Maine and UNH have squared off 140 times & Hockey East Tournament the roster after seeing seven players graduate, prior to Friday’s game, with Maine holding an transfer, or leave to pursue professional hockey. edge of 69-60-11 in the all-time series. • Nine incoming freshmen and one transfer • The Black Bears and Wildcats battled twice senior make up players who were added by the earlier during the 2021-21 season. Maine coaching staff. Three of the incoming student won the first game in a shoot-out, while UNH athletes are from the United States, one hails grabbed Saturday night’s match-up. from Sweden, while the other six are from • The Wildcats and Black Bears first played Canada. on Dec. 15, 1979 at Alfond Arena, with John • The nine-member Class of 2024 includes Tortorella scoring the game-winning goal in the Kabore Dunn, Tristan Poissant, Donavan Ville- Black Bears’ 5-3 victory. neuve-Houle, Zachary Aughe, Lynden Breen, • Maine has had two different nine-game Brad Morrissey, John Mulera, Victor Ostman, winning streaks in the heated series. and Connor Androlewicz. • Current Maine assistant coach Alfie Michaud had seven career wins against UNH, including About the Wildcats a stretch of five-straight beginning with a Feb. • UNH finished with a record of 15-15-4 1, 1998 win and stretching to the April 3, 1999 last year, ultimately missing the Hockey East Tournament. National Championship, 3-2, overtime win at • The Wildcats return four of their top five Arrowhead Pond. 2020-21 LEADERS 2020-21 LEADERS Points Adam Dawe 13 Points Jackson Pierson 23 Goals Eduards Tralmaks 6 Goals Angus Crookshank 9 Assists Jakub Sirota 9 Assists Jackson Pierson 15 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PPG Emil Westerlund/Adam Dawe 3 PPG Patrick Grasso 5 GP Eight players tied 15 GP Five players tied 21 HOCKEY SID: Bryce Colbeth PIM Simon Butala 31 PIM Eric MacAdams 33 OFFICE PHONE: 207-581-1865 SOG Adam Dawe 42 Shots Angus Crookshank 75 CELL PHONE: 207-573-8289 +/- Eduards Tralmaks +4 +/- Crookshank/MacKinnon/Hickey +14 EMAIL: [email protected] GOALTENDING GOALTENDING GP Victor Ostman 10 GP Mike Robinson 19 @MaineIceHockey GAA Victor Ostman 3.52 GAA Mike Robinson 3.41 Victor Ostman .909 @BlackBearNation SV% SV% Mike Robinson .870 WINS Victor Ostman 3WINS Mike Robinson 4 GoBlackBears.com SO - - SO Mike Robinson 1 MAINE NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 UNH Maine second overall. • Fossier also ranked 7th nationally with his Location ....................................Orono, ME 04469 Team Offense 2.43 2.73 Founded ........................................................1865 National Rank 39th 30th 42 total points. The captain was part of the Total Enrollment .........................................11,247 Conference Offense 2.43 2.73 top three point getters in Hockey East. President ........................... Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy Conference Rank 10th 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 3.95 4.07 Conference.........................................Hockey East National Rank 47th 48th Rink (Capacity).....................Alfond Arena (5,125) Conference Defense 3.95 4.07 It’s Worth Noting from 2019-20... Conference Rank 10th 11th • The Black Bears saw three players sign 2020-21 TEAM INFORMATION with an ECHL, AHL, or NHL team and two Power Play 17.35% 23.81% players transfer at the end of the COVID-19 Captains ..........................................Jack Quinlivan National Rank 33rd 9th shortened season. Assistant Captains ....... Simon Butala, Adam Dawe Letter Winners Returning/Lost ......................... 21/7 Conference PP 17.35% 23.81% • Jeremy Swayman inked a deal with the Newcomers ........................................................ 10 Conference Rank 8th 2nd Boston Bruins of the NHL. Mitchell Fossier came to terms with the Rockford IceHogs 2019-20 Record .........................................18-11-5 Penalty Kill 64.29% 81.08% of the AHL, while Ryan Smith was added 2019-20 Hockey East Record .......................12-9-3 National Rank 51st 26th to roster of the Adirondack Thunder of the 2018-19 Record .........................................15-17-4 Conference PK 64.29% 81.08% ECHL. 2018-19 Hockey East Record .......................11-9-4 2019-20 Postseason Conference Rank 11th 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.