Bishop Among 6 Former Black Bears In NHL

As the NHL begins play this week it is interesting to note that there are six former UMaine Black Bears on opening night rosters.

That number puts the UMaine program in a tie for third most in the NHL from Hockey East schools. Only Boston College and Boston University have more.

In total, there are 70 players on NHL rosters who played in Hockey East.

Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard has logged the most NHL time. This will be his 12th season of playing in a NHL game.

Carolina:  Scott Darling G (4th yr)

Dallas:  Ben Bishop G (11th Yr)

Dallas:  Devin Shore F (2nd Yrd)

Detroit:  Jimmy Howard G (12th Yr)

Detroit:  Gustav Nyquist F (7th Yr)

Vancouver:  Ben Hutton D (3rd Yr)

Former Black Bears in the NHL coaching and management ranks include John Tortorella / Head Coach Columbus, Jack Capuano / Assoc Head Coach Florida, Garth Snow / President & GM NY Isles, Greg Cronin / Associate Coach NY Isles, Scott Pellerin / Director of Player Development Toronto.