Men’s Ice Hockey Releases 2022-23 Schedule

Orono, Maine – The College of Maine males’s ice hockey crew has introduced its schedule for the 2022-23 season.
 
Along with the 24-game Hockey East slate, the Black Bears will play 11 non-conference video games. The crew’s last 4 video games will happen in entrance of the Alfond Area trustworthy, with 18 common season house video games in whole.
 
Following an exhibition date at Alfond Area on Oct. 1 towards the College of Prince Edward Island, the Black Bears formally open the 2022-23 season with two street video games on the Ice Breaker Match in Denver, Colo. (Oct. 7-8). Maine final performed within the Ice Breaker Match when the Black Bears hosted the match on the Cumberland County Civic Middle in Portland through the 2015-16 season. After getting back from Colorado, Bentley will host Maine for a single recreation on Oct. 15.
 
Maine opens the house portion of its common season with a pair of video games towards Quinnipiac on Saturday, Oct. 22 and Sunday, Oct. 23. The Bobcats and Black Bears final met through the 2019-20 season, when the squads cut up a sequence in Hamden, Conn. The College of Maine opens Hockey East play towards Northeastern (Oct. 28-29) at Alfond Area.
 
The Black Bears will play their first Hockey East street sequence at UConn on Nov. 4-5. In a rematch of Hockey East postseason motion, Merrimack performs host to the College of Maine (Nov. 11-12). Head Coach Ben Barr received his first profession recreation as a head coach towards the Warriors final season in Orono. The primary victory was in due to a David Breazeale additional time recreation successful purpose.
 
UMaine hosts American Worldwide School (Nov. 26) for the one house recreation within the Alfond through the month of November. Throughout the 2019-20 season, the Black Bears defeated the Yellowjackets, 5-1, in Orono.
 
Hockey East street play continues on the College of Vermont on December 2-3. Canisius School makes the journey from Buffalo to Orono for a single recreation on December 10 within the first assembly between the 2 packages since Maine swept a two-game sequence in Orono in 2015. After a 20-day break, Maine will journey to Colgate College (Dec. 30-31) for the ultimate two video games of 2022 and the primary assembly with the Raiders since 2016.
 
Maine will ring within the new yr with a house sequence towards Alaska Anchorage on Jan. 6-7. The Black Bears swept a two-game sequence within the Alfond through the 2019-20 season towards the Seawolves. The primary Hockey East house sequence of 2023 happen towards the UMass Lowell River Hawks (Jan. 13-14). After opening the ‘second half’ of the season at house, Maine will journey to Boston College to play the Terriers on Jan. 20-21. Maine will return to the Alfond, accompanied by Windfall School, for a sequence on Jan. 27-28.
 
The month of February begins with a cut up house stand. Boston College and Maine face-off for the third time on Feb. 3, whereas Merrimack School makes the trek from North Andover, Mass. to Orono, Maine on Feb. 5. The cut up sequence proceed with a single recreation at Boston School (Feb. 10) after which a 3rd recreation at UMass Lowell (Feb. 12).
 
Maine and New Hampshire renew the rivalry that’s so eloquently tabbed the ‘Border Battle’ in Durham on Feb. 17 and 18. The ultimate 4 video games of the common season will happen within the pleasant confines of Alfond Area. Boston School performs the position of the penultimate visitor (Feb. 24-25), whereas UMass will battle the Black Bears on senior weekend in Orono (March 3-4).
 
The Hockey East Match will start on March 8 in a single-game format, with excessive seeds internet hosting every recreation.
 
Season Tickets for the 2022-23 season are on sale now. Followers could reserve their tickets by cellphone at 207-581-BEAR, on-line at GoBlackBears.com/tickets, or in-person by visiting the UMaine Athletics Field Workplace throughout common enterprise hours. For questions on tickets, please electronic mail UM.Tickets@maine.edu.
 
Maine Athletics will adhere to all COVID-19 protocols put in place by the UMaine System all through the length of the 2022-23 season.
 
For a behind the scenes look of the lads’s ice hockey program, observe alongside on our social media channels on Twitter and Instagram.
 
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