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Maine Black Bears 2026 Offseason: Missing Out on Mistlebacher

BlackBearHockeyFan said:
36 days until the drop of the puck.
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can't wait... who do we like to make a jump? think we all know fowler will be great, but it's a huge year for russell in my view. need him to step it up for this team to be successful unless the newcomers really bring it. I have my eye on alfano from az state... he played with hage in the OHL and is a big kid with a cannon.
 
Mac910 said:
can't wait... who do we like to make a jump? think we all know fowler will be great, but it's a huge year for russell in my view. need him to step it up for this team to be successful unless the newcomers really bring it. I have my eye on alfano from az state... he played with hage in the OHL and is a big kid with a cannon.
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Peterson's under the hood numbers were elite by every metric last season and I expect the offensive numbers to follow and that he'll make the jump into the convo for best defenseman in Hockey East.

I have said it a couple times but I really think Lipinski will take a nice Year 2 leap. I'm also kind of intrigued by what I've seen from Makway as well, could see him carving out a role a 4C consistently.

There could be some competition for minutes, but if Parekh can get back to what he did his freshman year at Bemidji he could have a nice season.
 
Mac910 said:
can't wait... who do we like to make a jump? think we all know fowler will be great, but it's a huge year for russell in my view. need him to step it up for this team to be successful unless the newcomers really bring it. I have my eye on alfano from az state... he played with hage in the OHL and is a big kid with a cannon.
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Hopefully Boija!
Jump back in time to soph year.
The other 2 are pretty uncertain.
 
BlackBearFan19 said:
Pay walled for me. Is flagship enrollment down? Headline just says enrollment across the system is up which I would take as a positive.
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Yeah, Umaine and USM are both down 200-300 each. UMPI has a SNHU like program that is dirt cheap and enrollment in that is way up. They’re going to issue a more comprehensive report in the fall.
 
He is right in that this is largely smoke and mirrors with the UMPI online program. It's a fake number. UMPI had to go to the Division 3 council and get a waiver to not count those students against its headcount, which determines the number of sports a D3 school has to offer.
 
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