2017-18 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (EST) OCTOBER Sun. 1 ACADIA UNIVERSITY (EXB.) Orono, ME 4:00 PM Fri. 6 CONNECTICUT*# Orono, ME 7:30 PM Sat. 7 CONNECTICUT* Orono, ME 7:00 PM Fri. 20 MIAMI (OH) Orono, ME 7:00 PM Sat. 21 MIAMI (OH) Orono, ME 7:00 PM Fri. 27 MINNESOTA DULUTH Orono, ME 7:00 PM Sat. 28 MINNESOTA DULUTH# Orono, ME 7:30 PM NOVEMBER Fri. 3 at UMass Lowell* Lowell, Mass. 7:15 PM Sat. 4 at UMass Lowell* Lowell, Mass. 4:00 PM Fri. 17 BOSTON UNIVERSITY*# Orono, ME 7:30 PM Sat. 18 BOSTON UNIVERSITY* Portland, ME 7:00 PM Fri. 24 vs. Providence College^ Belfast, Northern Ireland 2:00 PM Sat. 25 vs. Rensselaer/Clarkson^ Belfast, Northern Ireland TBD DECEMBER Fri. 1 VERMONT* Orono, ME 7:00 PM Sat. 2 VERMONT*# Orono, ME 5:00 PM Fri. 8 at Quinnipiac Hamden, Conn. 7:00 PM Sat. 9 at Quinnipiac Hamden, Conn. 7:00 PM Fri. 29 at Rensselaer Troy, N.Y. 4:00 PM Sat. 30 at Rensselaer Troy, N.Y. 4:00 PM JANUARY Sat. 6 at Boston University* Boston, Mass. 7:00 PM Mon. 8 at Brown Providence, R.I. 7:00 PM Fri. 12 at Northeastern* Boston, Mass. 7:00 PM Sat. 13 at Northeastern* Boston, Mass. 7:00 PM Tue. 16 MASSACHUSETTS* Orono, ME 7:00 PM Fri. 19 NEW HAMPSHIRE* Orono, ME 7:00 PM Sat. 20 NEW HAMPSHIRE*# Orono, ME 7:30 PM Fri. 26 at Massachusetts* Amherst, Mass. 7:00 PM Sat. 27 at Massachusetts* Amherst, Mass. 7:00 PM FEBRUARY Fri. 2 MERRIMACK* Orono, ME 7:30 PM Sat. 3 MERRIMACK* Orono, ME 7:00 PM Fri. 9 at Providence* Providence, R.I. 7:00 PM Wed. 14 at New Hampshire* Durham, N.H. 7:00 PM Sat. 17 BOSTON COLLEGE*# Orono, ME 7:30 PM Fri. 23 at Boston College* Chestnut Hill, Mass. TBD Sat. 24 at Boston College* Chestnut Hill, Mass. TBD All Times are EST Home Games in CAPS *Hockey East game ^ Friendship Four - Festival of Hockey (Belfast, Northern Ireland) # Will air live on WVII/WFVX (Bangor), WPME (Portland) and FOX College Sports QUICK FACTS Table of Contents Media Information ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 4 Rosters/Player Bios ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5 GENERAL INFORMATION Coaches/Staff ..................................................................................................... 23 Location .................................................................. Orono, ME 04469 2016-17 Season in Review ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 30 Founded ......................................................................................1865 History/Records .................................................................................................. 35 Total Enrollment ....................................................................... 11,247 Maine vs. All-Time Opponents ������������������������������������������������������������������������� 36 President ...................................................................Dr. Susan Hunter Maine vs. Hockey East Series Histories ������������������������������������������������������������ 37 Director of Athletics .....................................................Karlton Creech Season-by-Season Results ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 44 Colors ......................................................................... Blue and White All-Time Roster ................................................................................................ 54 Affiliation .................................................................................NCAA I Team Records .................................................................................................. 56 Conference....................................................................... Hockey East Individual Records ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 57 Rink (Capacity)................................................... Alfond Arena (5,125) Awards ............................................................................................................ 61 Ticket Office Phone ......................................................207-581-BEAR Hockey Office Phone .....................................................207-581-1106 ROSTER NO. NAME YEAR POS. HGT. WGT. HOMETOWN/LAST TEAM COACHING/STAFF INFORMATION 1 Jeremy Swayman Fr. G 6-3 200 Anchorage, Alaska/Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) Men’s Hockey Coach... ........ Red Gendron (New England College ‘79) 2 Patrick Holway So. D 6-4 201 Cohasset, Mass./Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) Career Record .............................................. 49-82-17 (Fifth Season) 3 Rob Michel Jr. D 6-2 195 Camillus, N.Y./Ottawa Junior Senators (CCHL) Associate Head Coach ..................................... Ben Guite (Maine ‘00) 4 Jack Quinlivan Fr. F 6-1 176 Shresbury, Mass./Boston Jr. Bruins (USPHL) Assistant Coach .........................................Alfie Michaud (Maine ‘99) 5 Ryan Smith So. F 6-0 195 Roanoke, Va./Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) Volunteer Assistant Coach ...................... Brad Schuler (Skidmore ‘14) 6 Oliver Herner So. D 6-7 209 Budapest, Hungary/MAC Budapest Athletic Trainer/Director of Hockey Operations ����������������� Paul Culina 7 Jake Pappalardo So. F 5-10 181 Salem, N.H./Proctor Academy Equipment Manager ............................................................Kevin Ritz 10 Kevin Hock Fr. F 5-11 174 Braintree, Mass./South Shore Kings (USPHL) Administrative Assistant .............................................Shannon Coiley 11 Mitchell Fossier So. F 5-11 186 Alpharetta, Ga./Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) Assistant Director of Academic Support ........................ Crissy Kerluke 12 Chase Pearson So. F 6-2 200 Alpharetta, Ga./Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 13 Nolan Vesey Sr. F 6-1 198 North Reading, Mass./South Shore Kings (USPHL) 14 Cedric Lacroix Sr. F 6-1 183 Shefford, Quebec/Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) TEAM INFORMATION 15 Canon Pieper Sr. F 5-11 190 Roseville, Minn./Quinnipiac University Captains ...............................................Mark Hamilton, Chase Pearson 16 Alexis Binner Fr. D 6-3 212 Stocksund, Sweden/Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) Assistant Captains .....................................Rob Michel, Cedric Lacroix 17 Tim Doherty So. F 6-0 187 Portsmouth, R.I./Boston Jr. Bruins (USPHL) Letter Winners Returning/Lost ........................................................ 15/5 18 Keith Muehlbauer Jr. D 6-2 210 Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview HS Newcomers ....................................................................................... 10 20 Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi Fr. D 6-0 181 Pietarsaari, Finland/Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 2016-17 Record ........................................................................11-21-4 22 Brendan Robbins Jr. F 6-2 190 Nashua, N.H./Nashua High North 23 2016-17 Hockey East Record ......................................................5-15-2 Sam Becker Jr. D 6-0 185 Roseville, Minn./Minnesota Magicians (NAHL) 24 2016-17 Postseason Peter Housakos So. F 6-2 187 Montreal, Que./St. Mark’s School 25 Hockey East Opening Round ........................lost to Vermont (0-5, 1-5) Brady Keeper Fr. D 6-2 194 Cross Lake, Man./OCN Blizzard (MJHL) 26 Cameron Spicer Fr. D 6-1 194 Erie, Colo./Islanders Hockey Club (USPHL) First Varsity Season ................................................................1977-78 27 Patrick Shea So. F 5-11 186 Marshfield, Mass./Kimball Union Academy All-Time Record...............................................................823-593-119 28 Adrian Holesinsky Fr. F 6-0 185 Cadca, Slovakia/Janesville Jets (NAHL) NCAA Championships ....................................................................... 2 29 Daniel Perez Jr. F 6-4 215 Bloomfield, N.J./St. Peter’s Prep NCAA Tournament Appearances �������������������������������������������������������6 30 Emil Westerlund Fr. F 6-1 190 Linkoping, Sweden/Linkoping HC J20 Years ........................................2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 33 Stephen Mundinger So. G 6-8 236 Smithtown, N.Y./New York Aviators (NA3HL) Hockey East Tournament Championships ������������������������������������������ 4 34 Eduards Tralmaks Fr. F 6-3 190 Riga, Latvia/Chicago Steel (USHL) Years ............................................................2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 35 Rob McGovern Jr. G 6-4 220 Weymouth, Mass./Thayer Academy Hockey East Regular Season Championships ���������������������������������� 12 47 Mark Hamilton Sr. D 6-3 209 Winthrop, Mass./Vernon Vipers (BCHL) Years ........................ 1976-79, 1980-81, 1990, 1996, 2010-13, 2017 67 Malcolm Hayes R-Jr. F 6-2 220 Atlanta, Ga./Cushing Academy ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS TOP FIVE RETURNING FORWARDS (2017-18 stats) Address ................................... 5747 Memorial Gym, Orono, ME 04469 Fax ..................................................................................207-581-3297 NAME YEAR GP G A P +/- PIM AD................................................................................Tyson McHatten Nolan Vesey Sr. 36 13 20 23 -8 36 Email ..................................................... [email protected] Chase Pearson So. 36 14 8 22 -4 56 Assistant Director (Men’s Hockey Contact) ....................Katie Peverada Brendan Robbins Jr. 34 6 13 19 -1 12 Email ....................................................... [email protected] Mitchell Fossier So. 27 8 8 16 +3 25 Office Phone .................................................................207-581-4158