ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine men's ice hockey team will take on Northeastern this weekend for a two-game Hockey East series.
 
The Black Bears and Huskies will face off at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27 at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. The teams are then slated for a 7 p.m. puck drop at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass. on Saturday, Feb. 28. Maine is the home team on Friday night and the visiting team on Saturday.

Both games will air on ESPN+ with an international stream available via Hockey East/Stretch Internet. The games can also be listened to via 95.7 FM in eastern Maine, 100.5 FM in southern Maine, 1310 AM or online at GoBlackBears.com/MIHRadio.
 
Game 32 | #20 Maine vs RV Northeastern
Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 | 7:00 p.m.
Cross Insurance Arena | Portland, Maine | ESPN+
 
Game 33 | #20 Maine vs RV Northeastern
Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026 | 7:00 p.m.
Tsongas Center | Lowell, Mass. | ESPN+

WHAT'S ON TAP
• The University of Maine men's ice hockey team and the Northeastern Huskies will play a two-game Hockey East series this weekend ... the teams will meet at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Friday night before migrating to the Tsongas Center for Saturday's series finale.
• Both teams are coming off of sweeps, with Maine sweeping Merrimack at home (5-3, 5-2) and Northeastern taking two-game series at UMass Lowell (2-0, 8-2).
• Maine sits at 16-12-3 overall and 10-10-1 in Hockey East play while Northeastern is 15-15-1 overall and 10-11-0 in conference contests.
• Through 21 conference games played, the Black Bears (30) sit two points behind the Huskies (32) in the Hockey East standings.

A WIN ON FRIDAY WOULD. . .
• Move the Black Bears to 17-12-3 overall on the year and 11-10-1 in the Hockey East standings.
• Bump Maine's record in the all-time series with Northeastern to 60-60-21.

SERIES HISTORY vs NORTHEASTERN
• Maine holds an overall record of 59-60-21 in the all-time series with Northeastern.
• Maine had a 2-0-1 mark against Northeastern during the 2024-25 regular season, winning 4-1 and tying 2-2 on the road in October and picking up a 3-1 win at home in January ... it was Maine's first regular season series win since the 2011-12 season .. the Black Bears later topped the Huskies, 4-3, in double overtime of the Hockey East Tournament semifinal.
• The Oct. 25, 2024 win snapped a 16-game winless streak at Matthews Arena (last win: Feb. 25, 2012).
• The first ever meeting in the series was on Dec. 1, 1977 at then-Boston Arena ... Northeastern won, 7-4.
• Eight current Black Bears have at least one point against the Huskies ... Josh Nadeau (1-5-6) is Maine's active scoring leader against Northeastern while Thomas Freel (1-3-4) and Charlie Russell (0-4-4) have four points each.

ICE CHIPS . . .
• Among all defensemen nationally, Brandon Holt is tied for first in assists (24) and is tied for third in points (29) … Holt is also tied for second among active Hockey East defensemen in career scoring with 75 points on 17 goals and 58 assists.
• Maine has secured four consecutive 15-win seasons for the first time since the 2003-04 to 2006-07 seasons.
• Josh Nadeau has five career four-point games, the most of any active Hockey East player.
• Maine leads Hockey East with an average of 68.32 shot attempts per game.
• Frank Djurasevic is tied for 15th in the country and is fourth in Hockey East with a career-high 59 blocks ... he is also fifth among active Hockey East players with 151 career blocked shots.
• Maine is averaging 3.4 goals per game, good for a tie for 13th in the country.
• With 106 goals scored, Maine has eclipsed 105 goals in the first 32 games of the season for the first time since 2006-07 (108).

UP NEXT
• Maine will close out the 2025-26 regular season next weekend with a single game at Vermont on Saturday, March 7.