UMaine '26-'27: The Bridge On the River Stillwater

[UncleRay]

Does the bridge get blown?

 

[UncleRay]

One way or another, we'll probably blow it to smithereens.

 

[walrus]

Does the bridge get blown?

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Has anybody seen the bridge, where's that confounded bridge?

 

[BlackBearHockeyFan]

Bridge is still caved in. Reed and Reed putting on a show.

 

[umhockey91]

Maine out of the USCHO Pre-Season Top 20 and ranked #8 out of HE.....not quite what I had envisioned for the program heading into Year #6 with Ben Barr.

 

[ticapnews]

Does the bridge get blown?

That's a rather personal question.

 

[tylerzx2002]

Maine out of the USCHO Pre-Season Top 20 and ranked #8 out of HE.....not quite what I had envisioned for the program heading into Year #6 with Ben Barr.

Caught my first practice today and middle of the pack in HE seems correct.

Barr was harping on them for a bunch of stuff, including conditioning (yikes?) so have to imagine they're not going to be a finished product by the time they hit the ice with Holy Cross. That's slightly concerning, but not entirely unexpected with how much roster turnover there was this offseason.

Defensively they looked very stout, but not sure there is a single set forward line yet which is a bit worrisome with how out of sync they looked.

Hard to get a proper read on the goaltending because I feel like they didn't really have to do much.

I did like seeing Calvert getting some work with the centers on face-offs (no idea if he had those duties at all in Saskatoon).

Campbell was not on the ice, but was stickhandling off to the side.

Most common D pairings I noted were:

Langlois-Peterson
Usereau-Parekh (these two were locked together all practice)
Krebs-Bales (also played together a bunch)
Lafton-Siciliano (like the way this duo looked)
Langlois-Romaine

 

[topicalgoo]

Does the bridge get blown
pips hint ?

I’m curious how the UMaine staff plans to handle the bridge storyline. It should be interesting to see how that develops once the season gets underway.

 

[Drew S.]

I’m curious how the UMaine staff plans to handle the bridge storyline. It should be interesting to see how that develops once the season gets underway.

The bridge storyline likely will cost Maine a couple places in the standings. It’s certainly a challenge the other teams don’t have to deal with.

 

[acs64]

Its about time we started addressing the real problems with Maine hawkey. Lack of bridge support.