10/20/2022 12:00:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine men's ice hockey team will drop the puck on the 2022-23 home portion of the schedule with a weekend series against #3 Quinnipiac. Game time is scheduled for 7:05 pm on Saturday, while Sunday is scheduled for 4:05 pm in the Alfond.
GAME INFORMATION
Game #4: Maine Black Bears vs #3 Quinnipiac Bobcats
DATE: Saturday, October 22, 2022
TIME: 7:05 p.m. ET
SITE: Alfond Arena -- Orono, Maine
2022-23 RECORDS: Maine 1-2-0 (0-0-0 HE), QU 2-0-2 (0-0-0 ECAC)
Game #5: Maine Black Bears vs #3 Quinnipiac Bobcats
DATE: Sunday, October 23, 2022
TIME: 4:05 p.m. ET
SITE: Alfond Arena -- Orono, Maine
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About the Black Bears
• The Black Bears enter the 2022-23 season with 16 new faces on the roster after seeing 13 players graduate, transfer, or leave to pursue professional hockey.
• 12 letterwinners from the 2021-22 season return for this chapter of Maine hockey, which include the four newly minted captains. Jakub Sirota will sport the 'C', while Lynden Breen, Ben Poisson, and David Breazeale have each earned an 'A' on their sweater.
• The 11 incoming freshmen and five transfers make up the players who were added by the coaching staff, whom are in their second full season behind the bench.
• Seven of the incoming student athletes are from the United States. Three new faces cross the border from Canada, while one Black Bear jumps the pond from Scotland.
• Justin Michaelian (Ferris State), Michael Mancinelli (Arizona State), Didrik Henbrant (Alaska-Fairbanks), Jacob Mucitelli (Clarkson), and Cole Hanson (Colgate) are the five transfers who chose the University of Maine over their other offers.
About the Bobcats
• Quinnipiac finished the 2021-22 season with a record of 32-7-3, ultimately falling in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to #1 Michigan.
• The Bobcats return three of their top five scorers from 2021-22 in Zach Metsa, Ethan de Jong, and Michael Lombardi.
• Yaniv Perets appeared in 31 games last season. The sophomore goaltender posted a 1.17 GAA and .941 save percentage, while winning 22 total games for the Bobcats.
The Series with Quinnipiac
• The Black Bears and Bobcats enter Saturday's game tied – the 15th meeting between the schools – with a record of 7-7 in the all-time series.
• Maine and Quinnipiac first met on Dec. 12, 1999, with the Black Bears skating to a 7-4 win at Alfond Arena.
• The Black Bears battled the Bobcats in two contests during the 2019-20 season, with both squads winning a game.
• 10 of the 14 games that the Black Bears and Bobcats have played have taken place at Alfond Arena.
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