2020–21 Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey season

2020–21 Maine Black Bears
men's ice hockey season
2020–21 Maine Black Bears; men's ice hockey season
Conference	8th Hockey East
Home ice	Alfond Arena
Rankings
USCHO	NR
USA Today	NR
Record
Overall	3–11–2
Conference	3–10–2–0–1–2
Home	0–1–0
Road	3–10–2
Neutral	0–0–0
Coaches and captains
Head coach	Red Gendron
Assistant coaches	Ben Guité; Alfie Michaud; Larry Cockrell
Captain(s)	Jack Quinlivan
	Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey seasons; « 2019–20 2021–22 »

The 2020–21 Maine Black Bears Men's ice hockey season was the 46th season of play for the program, the 44th season competing at the Division I level, and the 37th season in the Hockey East conference. The Black Bears represented the University of Maine and played their home games at Alfond Arena, and were coached by Red Gendron, in his 8th season as their head coach.

Season

As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the entire college ice hockey season was delayed. Because the NCAA had previously announced that all winter sports athletes would retain whatever eligibility they possessed through at least the following year, none of Maine's players would lose a season of play.^[1] However, the NCAA also approved a change in its transfer regulations that would allow players to transfer and play immediately rather than having to sit out a season, as the rules previously required.^[2]

Maine played all of its regular season games on the road. Despite there being no crowds in any of the buildings, travelling for all of their games did no favors for the team and Maine won only three of their contests all season. Due to the difficulty of their schedule, Maine was ranked 8th in the Hockey East Power Index and was able to finally play at home in the first round of the Hockey East Tournament. The home site didn't change the team's fortunes, however, and Maine lost 2–7 to New Hampshire, ending their season.

Kevin Hock and Keenan Suthers sat out the season.

Shortly after the end of the season, head coach Red Gendron died following a medical episode while on a golf course.^[3] He was 63.

Departures

Player	Position	Nationality	Cause
Tim Doherty	Forward	United States	Graduate transfer to Penn State
Mitch Fossier	Forward	United States	Graduation (Signed with Rockford IceHogs)
Adrián Holešinský	Forward	Slovakia	Signed professional contract (HK Nitra)
Stephen Mundinger	Goaltender	United States	Graduate transfer to Long Island
Sam Rennaker	Forward	United States	Graduation
Patrick Shea	Forward	United States	Graduation
Ryan Smith	Forward	United States	Graduation (Signed with Macon Mayhem)
Jeremy Swayman	Goaltender	United States	Signed professional contract (Boston Bruins)

Recruiting

Player	Position	Nationality	Age	Notes
Connor Androlewicz	Goaltender	United States	19	St. Louis, MO
Zach Aughe	Forward	United States	20	Clarkston, MI
Lynden Breen	Forward	Canada	19	Grand Bay-Westfield, NB
Kabore Dunn	Defenseman	United States	18	Mill Bay, BC
Donovan Houle-Villeneuve	Forward	Canada	20	Montréal, QC
Brad Morrissey	Forward	Canada	19	Tignish, PE
Jonny Mulera	Forward	Canada	21	Rockville, MD
Victor Östman	Goaltender	Sweden	19	Danderyd, SWE
Tristan Poissant	Forward	Canada	20	Les Coteaux, QC
Keenan Suthers	Forward	Canada	21	Tecumseh, ON; transfer from St. Lawrence

Roster

As of February 12, 2021.^[4]

No.	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2	Jakub Sirota	Junior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-12-20	Kroměříž, Czech Republic	Lone Star (NAHL)	—
3	Keenan Suthers	Senior	F	6' 8" (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1998-04-27	Tecumseh, Ontario	St. Lawrence (ECAC)	—
4	Jack Quinlivan (C)	Senior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1996-05-20	Shrewsbury, Massachusetts	Boston Jr. Bruins (USPHL)	—
5	Kabore Dunn	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	2001-11-10	Mill Bay, British Columbia	Fort McMurray (AJHL)	—
6	Simon Butala	Junior	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998-08-01	Downingtown, Pennsylvania	Central Illinois (USHL)	—
7	Tristan Poissant	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2000-08-27	Les Coteaux, Quebec	Johnstown (NAHL)	—
10	Kevin Hock	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	1996-11-09	Braintree, Massachusetts	South Shore (USPHL)	—
11	Donavan Houle-Villeneuve	Freshman	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-11-04	Montreal, Quebec	Flin Flon (SJHL)	—
12	Ben Poisson	Sophomore	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-08-31	Vancouver, British Columbia	Prince George (BCHL)	—
13	Zachary Aughe	Freshman	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000-02-18	Clarkston, Michigan	Aberdeen (NAHL)	—
14	Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup	Junior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1998-01-18	Charlottenlund, Denmark	Fargo (USHL)	—
15	Brady Gaudette	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1999-03-19	Braintree, Massachusetts	Northeast (NAHL)	—
16	Levi Kleiboer	Sophomore	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	1998-07-17	Martensville, Saskatchewan	Minot (NAHL)	—
17	A. J. Drobot	Sophomore	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1998-04-14	Churchville, Pennsylvania	Fargo (USHL)	—
18	J. D. Greenway	Senior	D	6' 5" (1.96 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	1998-04-27	Canton, New York	Dubuque (USHL)	TOR, 72nd overall 2016
20	Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi	Senior	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1997-06-17	Pietarsaari, Finland	Dubuque (USHL)	—
21	Edward Lindelöw	Junior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1997-06-10	Stockholm, Sweden	Minnesota Wilderness (NAHL)	—
22	Dawson Bruneski	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1999-06-24	Camrose, Alberta	Drumheller (AJHL)	—
23	Remy Parker	Sophomore	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1998-04-27	Montclair, New Jersey	Jersey (NCDC)	—
24	Adam Dawe	Junior	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	1999-01-18	Gander, Newfoundland	Sioux Falls (USHL)	—
25	Perry Winfree	Sophomore	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-11-24	Cary, North Carolina	Jersey (NCDC)	—
26	Cameron Spicer	Senior	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	1996-02-22	Erie, Colorado	Islanders (USPHL)	—
27	Lynden Breen	Freshman	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	2001-05-31	Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick	Fargo (USHL)	—
28	Brad Morrissey	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	2001-01-18	Tignish, Prince Edward Island	Lincoln (USHL)	—
29	Adrien Bisson	Sophomore	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1999-01-18	Cornwall, Ontario	Ottawa (CCHL)	—
30	Emil Westerlund	Senior	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1998-02-16	Linköping, Sweden	Linköpings J20 (J20 SuperElit)	—
31	John Mulera	Freshman	F	5' 8" (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1999-03-11	Rockville, Maryland	Boston Jr. Bruins (NCDC)	—
32	Victor Östman	Freshman	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000-10-03	Danderyd, Sweden	Chicago (USHL)	—
33	Connor Androlewicz	Freshman	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	2000-11-28	St. Louis, Missouri	Lincoln (USHL)	—
34	Eduards Tralmaks	Senior	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1997-02-17	Riga, Latvia	Chicago (USHL)	—
35	Matthew Thiessen	Sophomore	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	2000-06-09	Altona, Manitoba	Dubuque (USHL)	VAN, 192nd overall 2018

Standings

2020–21 Hockey East Standings v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	SOW	HEPI	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#6 Boston College	21	16	4	1	3	2	0	58.61	82	46	24	17	6	1	91	58
#11 Boston University	14	10	3	1	3	1	1	56.36	49	37	16	10	5	1	52	45
#1 Massachusetts *	22	13	5	4	1	1	1	55.44	76	42	29	20	5	4	103	48
Connecticut	22	10	10	2	1	4	2	52.01	69	63	23	10	11	2	70	69
#16 Providence	23	10	8	5	0	0	2	50.80	63	61	25	11	9	5	71	67
Northeastern	20	9	8	3	1	0	3	49.94	68	60	21	9	9	3	69	64
#19 Massachusetts–Lowell	16	7	8	1	1	1	0	48.00	46	53	20	10	9	1	59	63
Maine	15	3	10	2	0	1	2	46.66	41	61	16	3	11	2	43	68
Merrimack	18	5	11	2	0	1	0	45.38	47	66	18	5	11	2	47	66
New Hampshire	21	5	13	3	3	2	2	43.66	51	83	23	6	14	3	60	88
Vermont	12	1	9	2	0	0	0	38.02	17	37	13	1	10	2	20	42
Championship: March 20, 2021^[5] No Regular Season Champion Awarded^[6] * indicates conference tournament champion (Lamoriello Trophy) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Schedule and Results

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Decision	Result	Attendance	Record
Regular Season
December 11	7:00 PM	at New Hampshire	Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire	NESN+	Thiessen	T 1–1 ^SOW	0	0–0–1 (0–0–1)
December 12	7:00 PM	at New Hampshire	Whittemore Center • Durham, New Hampshire	NESN+	Thiessen	L 2–6	0	0–1–1 (0–1–1)
January 3	6:00 PM	at #17 Massachusetts–Lowell	Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts		Thiessen	L 3–5	0	0–2–1 (0–2–1)
January 4	3:00 PM	at #15 Massachusetts–Lowell	Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts		Thiessen	L 5–9	0	0–3–1 (0–3–1)
January 8	1:00 PM	at Vermont	Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont		Thiessen	L 4–5	0	0–4–1 (0–4–1)
January 9	1:00 PM	at Vermont	Gutterson Fieldhouse • Burlington, Vermont		Östman	W 4–3	0	1–4–1 (1–4–1)
January 15	3:30 PM	at #16 Providence	Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island	NESN	Östman	W 4–3	0	2–4–1 (2–4–1)
January 16	4:30 PM	at #16 Providence	Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island	NESN	Östman	L 2–3	0	2–5–1 (2–5–1)
January 22	3:35 PM	at Boston University	Agganis Arena • Boston, Massachusetts	NESN	Östman	L 2–3 ^OT	0	2–6–1 (2–6–1)
January 23	1:05 PM	at Boston University	Agganis Arena • Boston, Massachusetts		Östman	L 1–5	0	2–7–1 (2–7–1)
February 19	7:00 PM	vs. #1 Boston College	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	NESN+	Thiessen	L 2–4	0	2–8–1 (2–8–1)
February 20	5:00 PM	vs. #1 Boston College	Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts	NESN	Östman	L 0–3	0	2–9–1 (2–9–1)
February 26	4:00 PM	vs. Connecticut	Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut		Östman	W 6–4	0	3–9–1 (3–9–1)
February 27	4:00 PM	vs. Connecticut	Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum • Storrs, Connecticut		Östman	L 2–4	0	3–10–1 (3–10–1)
March 5	2:30 PM	at #6 Massachusetts	Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts	NESN	Östman	T 3–3 ^SOW	0	3–10–2 (3–10–2)
Hockey East Tournament
March 10	4:30 PM	vs. New Hampshire	Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine (Opening Round)		Östman	L 2–7	0	3–11–2
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Scoring statistics

Name	Position	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
Adam Dawe	C/RW	16	5	9	14	23
Lynden Breen	C	16	3	8	11	6
Jakub Sirota	D	16	1	10	11	4
Eduards Tralmaks	C/LW	12	6	4	10	26
Emil Westerlund	LW/RW	16	4	5	9	14
Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup	RW	11	3	6	9	10
Ben Poisson	F	16	4	4	8	19
Adrien Bisson	D	16	2	4	6	6
J. D. Greenway	D	14	2	3	5	28
A. J. Drobot	RW	16	2	2	4	2
John Mulera	F	9	0	4	4	4
Brad Morrissey	RW	8	3	0	3	8
Tristan Poissant	F	14	2	1	3	2
Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi	D	14	0	3	3	6
Levi Kleiboer	D	7	2	0	2	2
Brady Gaudette	F	13	2	0	2	6
Jack Quinlivan	F	14	1	1	2	8
Kabore Dunn	D	7	0	2	2	4
Dawson Bruneski	D	10	0	2	2	6
Simon Butala	D	16	0	2	2	35
Donovan Houle-Villeneuve	C	16	0	2	2	14
Edward Lindelöw	C	8	1	0	1	2
Cameron Spicer	D	8	0	1	1	2
Matthew Thiessen	G	8	0	1	1	0
Perry Winfree	D	2	0	0	0	0
Remy Parker	F	3	0	0	0	0
Zachary Aughe	C	6	0	0	0	4
Victor Östman	G	11	0	0	0	0
Bench	-	16	-	-	-	4
Total			43	74	117	245

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Goaltending statistics

Name	Games	Minutes	Wins	Losses	Ties	Goals Against	Saves	Shut Outs	SV %	GAA
Victor Östman	11	604	3	6	1	38	348	0	.902	3.77
Matthew Thiessen	8	354	0	5	1	25	180	0	.878	4.23
Empty Net	-	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
Total	14	971	3	11	2	68	528	0	.886	4.20

Rankings

Poll	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21 (Final)
USCHO.com	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	-	NR
USA Today	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

USCHO did not release a poll in week 20.^[9]

References

^ "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility". CBS Sports. August 21, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
^ "DI Council grants waiver to allow transfer student-athletes to compete immediately". NCAA. December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
^ "UMaine Men's Ice Hockey coach dies". WABI. April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
^ "2020-21 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". goblackbears.com. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
^ "Hockey East Unveils 2021 Tournament and Seeding Format - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^ "2021 Hockey East Women's Tournament Field Set". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ "Maine Black Bears (Men) 2020-2021 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^ "Univ. of Maine 2020-2021 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

[1] "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility". CBS Sports. August 21, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

[2] "DI Council grants waiver to allow transfer student-athletes to compete immediately". NCAA. December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2021.

[3] "UMaine Men's Ice Hockey coach dies". WABI. April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.

[4] "2020-21 Men's Ice Hockey Roster". goblackbears.com. Retrieved September 13, 2016.

[5] "Hockey East Unveils 2021 Tournament and Seeding Format - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved February 10, 2021.

[6] "2021 Hockey East Women's Tournament Field Set". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

[7] "Maine Black Bears (Men) 2020-2021 Schedule and Results". College Hockey Stats. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

[8] "Univ. of Maine 2020-2021 Skater Stats". Elite Prospects. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

[9] "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.

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v t e Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey
Playing venues	Alumni Field Rink (1922–1924) Alfond Arena (1977–present)
Coaches	Cuddy Murphy (1922–1923) Stanley Wallace (1923–1924) Jack Semler (1977–1984) Shawn Walsh (1984–1995, 1996–2001) Greg Cronin (1995–1996) Tim Whitehead (2001–2013) Red Gendron (2013–2021) Ben Barr (2021–Present)
Seasons	1922–23 1923–24 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Conference affiliations	ECAC 2 (1977–1979) ECAC Hockey (1979–1984) Hockey East (1984–present)
Rivalries	New Hampshire Boston University
Culture & lore	Florida College Hockey Classic 42–1–2
All-time leaders	Jim Montgomery (301 Points) Jean-Yves Roy (108 Goals) Garth Snow/Scott King (66 Wins)
National championships	1993 1999
Frozen Four appearances	1988 1989 1991 1993 1995 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007
NCAA Tournament appearances	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2012 2024
Conference Tournament titles	Hockey East: 1989 1992 1993 2000 2004
Hobey Baker winners	Scott Pellerin (1992) Paul Kariya (1993)
University of Maine Orono, ME