The University of Maine was sent to Allentown for the NCAA men’s hockey tournament, approximately 550 miles from Orono. Of course, a lot of Black Bears fans still made the trip.

The Black Bears entered the Hockey East championship game Friday against UConn with a chance to win their first conference title since 2004. Maine hadn't even played in the conference championship ...

ORONO — Shortly after 3 p.m. on Sunday, when the University of Maine men’s hockey team saw who and where it will open the NCAA tournament on Friday, the Black Bears didn’t flinch. To a man ...

It was Maine’s sixth Hockey East title and first since 2004. Maine, now 24-7-6, will be a No. 1 regional seed when the NCAA tournament bracket is announced Sunday afternoon.