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2023-24 Men's Ice Hockey Roster

Sophia Santamaria

12/A Ben Poisson

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 200
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Major Management and Marketing
  • Prev Team Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL)
  • Twitter BenPoisson12
  • Instagram ben_poisson

Biography

GRADUATE STUDENT (2023-24): Alternate Captain … Skated in all 37 games … notched 15 points on six goals and nine assists … scored three power-play goals, one short-handed goal and one game-winning goal … fired a career-high 94 shots on goal … recorded three multi-point games … blocked 13 shots … skated in his 150th career game and scored the game-winning goal at Vermont (March 2) … Maine was 10-2-0 when he had a point.

SENIOR (2022-23): Alternate Captain ... played in 36 games ... tied for second on the team with nine goals while leading the squad with 17 assists … recorded eight multi-point games ... had two assists against Air Force during the first game of the season (Oct. 7) ... scored two goals in a win at Vermont (Dec. 3) ... dished out two assists against UNH (Feb. 17) ... tallied a point and an assist against Alaska Anchorage (Jan. 7), UMass Lowell (Jan. 14), Merrimack (Feb. 5) and UMass (March 4) ... finished with a plus-7 rating.

JUNIOR (2021-22): Played in 32 games … tallied nine goals and six assists for 15 points … whistled for three penalties … dished out two assists in a 6-5 overtime victory over Merrimack, which was Coach Ben Barr’s first career win on the University of Maine bench (Nov. 12) ... scored a season high three points on one goal and two assists in a win over Alaska Fairbanks (Jan. 8).

SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Skated in all 16 games during the shortened season … recorded four goals and four assists for eight points … scored his first goal of the season at UMass Lowell (Jan. 3) ... Dished out his first assist of the season a night later (Jan. 4) ... recorded a point in five consecutive games (Jan. 3 Jan. 15) ... found the back of the net two times against Providence (Jan. 15) ... scored at UConn (Feb. 26).

FRESHMAN (2019-20): Skated in all 34 games … tallied three goals and five assists for eight points … recorded his first career goal, assist, and multi-point game all during a 4-2 victory against Boston University (Nov. 1) ... scored twice against Northeastern (Nov. 22) and St. Lawrence (Nov 29) ... named Rookie of the Week (Nov. 4).

BEFORE MAINE: Played for the Prince George Spruce Kings of the British Columbia Hockey League. During the 2018-19 season, Poisson put up 20 goals and 26 assists for 46 points in 53 games. The forward hails from Vancouver, British Columbia.

PERSONAL: A business major... son of Julie Chapman and Shawn Poisson... has one younger brother who is committed to Providence... works at an event company during the summer... Favorite NHL team is the Philadelphia Flyers... Favorite movie is 'Step Brothers'.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2019-20Freshman

    F
    6'1" 195 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2020-21Sophomore

    F
    6'1" 195 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2021-22Junior

    F
    6'1" 195 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2022-23Senior

    Forward
    6'1" 196 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2023-24Graduate Student

    Forward
    6'1" 200 lbs
    12
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