Maine Black Bears 2026 Offseason: Missing Out on Mistlebacher

[ticapnews]

So the gamble -- sell tickets now on stubhub or wait.
If they struggle first half value goes down, if they come out hot value might increase significantly.
Plan on selling a number of games to recoup the massive price increase.
With parking fees and people paying crazy prices on the 2ndary market its starting to not feel like maine hockey anymore.

I've put my tickets on seatgeek. Whatever doesn't sell I'll give to clients or use myself. If you price them reasonably they will sell. If you get greedy, they won't. No one is paying $270 for a seat in the upper bowl against Colgate.

 

[NorthMike]

I've put my tickets on seatgeek. Whatever doesn't sell I'll give to clients or use myself. If you price them reasonably they will sell. If you get greedy, they won't. No one is paying $270 for a seat in the upper bowl against Colgate.

If they did then people really have lost their minds.

 

[Fishman'81]

So they draw less fans than hockey despite having roughly double the capacity.
Hockey

Let's compare sustained success over the last few decades. Football has made the playoffs 6 times since 1990. Hockey has made the tournament 14 times since 1990. Football made the semifinals (frozen 4) once since 1990, has 0 championship appearances and 0 championships. Hockey has 9 frozen 4's, 5 championship appearances and 2 championships since 1990. Football was 13 winning seasons since 1990, while hockey has 26 winning seasons since 1990.

1990 was 36 years ago. it's easy to cherry-pick numbers you can select the time-line. (Fer instance, hockey was winless until 1977...)

My point was that football carried the flag while Red was busy destroying what was left of Maine hockey. There was at least a modicum of interest generated in that respect.

 

[Fishman'81]

Not to mention that Peña was also an ALCS & World Series MVP (and was top-10 in MVP voting last season).

For as good of a job as the hockey program does celebrating it's professional alumni sometimes that gets lost with the other sports.

Hell, the football program had a former offensive coordinator (Liam Coen) become an NFL head coach that turned a 4-13 team into a 13-4 team overnight and they didn't post a single tweet about him last season. Wild how much of a missed opportunity that was for exposure for the football program.

Maine has produced a number of outstanding NFL players over the years. Those days are likely coming to an end, but how about (say) Montell Owens (a pro-bowler) and Mike DeVito, who had a distinguished career. And there were many more.

Sure, call me a hopeless romantic, but I like the game of football, especially when Maine is playing it.

 

[iowabasedtraveler]

If they did then people really have lost their minds.

I totally agree with both of you.
Loyal fans are generally willing to pay big bucks to see easy wins, but more cautious with their money when the outcomes historically tilt the other way.
Good analysis.

Colgate University Athletics Men's Ice Hockey History vs Maine

Colgate University Men's Ice Hockey History vs Maine

colgateathletics.com

 

[ticapnews]

The six of us who priced our tickets reasonably for that Friday game against Colgate have all had them bought. The only two pairs that remain are in LL and are priced at $271 and $279. And somehow the AI at seatgeek rates both a "10 - Awesome deal!" Just another reminder that AI sucks.