College Sports

The University of Maine's self-imposed deadline of May 8 came and went over the weekend, but it appears the school is close to naming its new men's hockey head coach.

The NFL draft starts Thursday and Tim Throckmorton is a closet draft guru, and he found some great stories of selections gone by. Can you figure out which one is made up by Tim?

Listen to Ralph's comments on what he, and the search committee led by former-Black Bears Jim Montgomery and Garth Snow, are looking for in the next boss. Plus, how the position is being viewed in the college hockey world.

Black Bears head coach Mike Coutts joined The Morning Line to let us know what is needed for the last two weeks to see Maine in the 4-team playoffs.

The 2020 playoffs being played in the spring of 2021, we got some insight with our college football expert Emory Hunt of Football Game Plan.

In what has been a difficult two weeks for all involved with the program, Guite credited the late Red Gendron for preparing his staff and putting them in a position to succeed while guiding Maine hockey into the future.

Millan, who left UMaine as the 5th all-time scorer in program history, signed with the Mystics after going undrafted in last week's WNBA Draft.

Corkum abruptly stepped down while citing COVID-19 protocol concerns less than three weeks before the world championships open in Canada.

"I love Red so much and the things he taught me I'll have for the rest of my life, said the former-Black Bears goalie. "I'm just so grateful for the experiences I had with him."

Guite has served as an assistant coach with the Black Bears since 2013 and spent the last six seasons as the Associate Head Coach on the late Red Gendron's staff.