PREVIEW: Men’s Hockey Hosts American International College for Single Game on Saturday – University of Maine Athletics

ORONO, Maine — The College of Maine males’s ice hockey crew welcomes the American Worldwide Faculty Yellowjackets for a single sport. Recreation time for Saturday is scheduled for two:05 pm.

GAME INFORMATION
Recreation #12: Maine Black Bears vs American Worldwide Faculty Yellowjackets
DATE: Saturday, November 26, 2022
TIME: 2:05 p.m. ET
SITE: Alfond Enviornment — Orono, Maine
2022-23 RECORDS: Maine 2-8-1 (0-5-1 HE), AIC 7-6-3 (5-5-1 AHA)

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Concerning the Black Bears

• The Black Bears enter the 2022-23 season with 16 new faces on the roster after seeing 13 gamers graduate, switch, or depart to pursue skilled hockey.

• 12 letterwinners from the 2021-22 season return for this chapter of Maine hockey, which embody the 4 newly minted captains. Jakub Sirota will sport the ‘C’, whereas Lynden Breen, Ben Poisson, and David Breazeale have every earned an ‘A’ on their sweater.

• 11 incoming freshmen and 5 transfers make up the gamers who have been added by the teaching employees, whom are of their second full season behind the bench.

• Junior alternate captain Lynden Breen leads the Black Bears in factors (seven) and objectives (4). Senior alternate captain ahead Ben Poisson holds the crew lead in assists (six). Freshman defender Brandon Holt leads all newcomers in factors (2 G, 3 A).

• 5 totally different Black Bears have scored precisely two objectives over the primary 9 video games (Holt, Villeneuve-Houle, Hanson, Trudeau, and Renwick), whereas 5 totally different gamers have dished out three or extra assists (Poisson, Breen, Holt, Freel, and Breazeale).

Concerning the Yellowjackets

• AIC completed the 2021-22 season with a file of 22-13-1, in the end falling within the first spherical of the NCAA Event to Michigan, 5-3.

• The Yellowjackets return one among their prime 5 scorers from 2021-22 in Blake Bennett.

• Jake Kucharski appeared in 22 video games final season. The junior posted a 2.39 GAA and .910 save proportion, whereas successful 12 video games and recording two shutouts for the Yellowjackets.

The Collection with AIC

• The 2 faculties have solely met six instances since 1979. The Black Bears have gained all six of these match-ups.

• Maine hosted American Worldwide Faculty throughout the 2019-20 season. The Black Bears defeated the Yellowjackets 5-1 within the Alfond on December 29, 2019. Ben Poisson, Jakub Sirota, and Dawson Bruneski all obtained ice time throughout the latest match-up with AIC.

• Earlier to the 2019-20 season, The final Maine-AIC sport was in 2016, when the Yellow Jackets made a visit to Orono. The Black Bears swept the collection.

• Maine has outscored AIC 33-9 over the six video games.

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