The University of Maine has made it official - Dennis "Red" Gendron is the new Black Bear hockey coach and a formal press conference will be held at Alfond Arena Tuesday afternoon at 1PM. Sportsradio 92.9TheTicket will carry it live.

Gendron, 55, comes back to UMaine after having been an assistant under Shawn Walsh from 1990-1993, including the national championship year of '93.

Most recently Gendron has been an assistant at Yale. The Bulldogs won the national title just last month.

He also has coached in the pros with the New Jersey Devils and was part of two Stanley Cup winning coaching staffs.

Sportsradio 92.9TheTickt will carry the Tuesday 1PM press conference live and will stream it on 929theticket.com and on mobile through the Radio Pup free app.

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