The Maine Women's Hockey Team won their 5th game in a row, beating Dartmouth 6-3 in Portland on Saturday afternoon, December 9th. The Black Bears were led by Haley Ryan, who scored a natural hat-trick in the 2nd period
The Maine Men's Hockey Team won their 4th consecutive game, beating Bentley 3-2 in a front of a sold-out crowd at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, on Saturday, December 9th.
Despite a 2-win weekend, and beating Vermont for the 3rd consecutive time, the Maine Women's Hockey Team didn't receive much love from the pollsters in the latest US College Hockey Online Poll. Maine remained in 18th place and still behind Vermont!
The last time a Maine Black Bear Hockey player, prior to Friday night, scored a hat-trick was on February 2, 2018. On Friday, Josh Nadeau scored a hat-trick. On Sunday, December 3rd, it was his brother's turn, as Bradly scored a hat trick and Maine routed UConn 7-3 at the Alfond.
The Maine Women's Hockey Team shut out the Holy Cross Crusaders 6-0 on Saturday afternoon, December 2nd, at the Alfond, for their 4th consecutive victory, as 6 different Black Bears scored.
The #11 Maine Black Bears sent the #15 University of New Hampshire Wildcats packing Friday night, 5-2 in front of a sold-out crowd at The Alfond Arena in Orono
After beating Vermont twice, 3-0 on November 17th and 3-2 on November 18th in Burlington, the Maine Women's Hockey Team beat them 3-2 on Friday afternoon, December 1st, for their 3rd win in as many games.
Hockey fans in Maine have been patiently waiting for the day the two-time national champs would return to the sport's limelight. It's been 11 years since Maine last skated in the Hockey East Championship at the TD Garden or made it to the NCAA Tournament.