The 2025-26 schedule for Maine men’s ice hockey has been released.
The Black Bears are coming off a 24-8-6 campaign in 2024-25 (13-5-6 in Hockey East). Maine won their first postseason conference championship since 2004 when they defeated UConn 5-2 at TD Garden in Boston on March 21. They also made the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season, falling to Penn State 5-1 in a first round game of the Allentown, Pennsylvania Regional.
Maine will open the 2025-26 season on October 10 and 11 at Alfond Arena when they host a two game non-conference series against Holy Cross. Some of the other highlights on the home schedule include a pair of Hockey East two game weekends vs Boston University and UNH, a league game in Portland vs UMass-Lowell, while they travel to Quinnipiac and Denver for two difficult non-conference games each with the Bobcats and Pioneers. The full schedule with dates can be viewed below (*- denotes Hockey East games)-
Friday and Sat. Oct 10-11 vs Holy Cross
Fri. and Sat. Oct. 17-18 @ Quinnipiac
Fri. and Sat. Oct. 24-25 vs Colgate (homecoming weekend)
Fri. and Sat. Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 vs BU*
Thurs. and Fri. Nov. 6-7 at UMass*
Fri. and Sat. Nov. 14-15 vs Vermont*
Fri. and Sat. Nov. 21-22 at BC*
Fri. and Sat. December 5-6 vs UNH*
Wed. December 10 vs UMass-Lowell* (at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland)
Sat. and Sun. Dec. 13-14 vs Lindenwood
Fri. and Sat. January 2-3 at Denver
Fri. and Sat. Jan. 9-10 at Providence*
Fri. and Sat. Jan. 23-24 at UMass-Lowell*
Sat. Jan. 31 vs Providence*
Fri. February 6 at BU*
Fri. and Sat. Feb. 13-14 vs UConn*
Fri. and Sat. Feb. 20-21 vs Merrimack*
Fri. and Sat. Feb. 27-28 at Northeastern*
Saturday March 7 at Vermont*
Goaltender Albin Boija holding the Lamoriello Trophy, after Maine defeated UConn 5-2 in the 2025 Hockey East Championship game on Saturday, March 21 at TD Garden. Featured photo is courtesy of Simon French
