The Black Bears are held to a season-low 18 shots but score in the final minute of regulation for a 1-1 tie.
Travis Lazarczyk
Columnist
Travis Lazarczyk has covered sports for the Portland Press Herald since 2021. A Vermont native, he graduated from the University of Maine in 1995 with a BA in English. After a few years working as a sports information director and in the ski industry, he began his journalism career at the Berlin (N.H.) Reporter in 1999. Prior to joining the Press Herald, Lazarczyk spent 20 years covering sports in central Maine at the Morning Sentinel and Kennebec Journal. He's been twice honored as the Maine Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association.
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Cheverus goes for a third straight state title, while Brunswick is in the final for first time in team history.
Cheverus girls hockey beats Portland, returns to state title game
Lucy Johnson scores three goals for the two-time defending state champions in the South regional final.
Plan to watch the Maine basketball tourney? Please behave
The basketball tournament is here, and with it comes another call for fans to curb poor behavior.
Maine men’s hockey impresses after big weekend at Providence
After a tie and win, Travis Lazarczyk slides the Black Bears up to No. 4 on his ballot in this week’s USCHO poll.
Portland girls hockey holds off Gorham, reaches regional final
Marina Bassett scores all three goals for the Portland co-op in a 3-2 South semifinal win.
Caroline Rousseau lifts Cheverus girls hockey past Biddeford
The top-ranked Stags advance to the South regional final with a 6-0 win.
The Super Bowl, in 11 memories
When the team you’ve followed your entire life doesn’t make the Super Bowl, you fallback on a warehouse full of memories, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
UMaine men’s basketball giving fans reason for excitement
At 7-2 in America East, the Black Bears are off to their best start in conference play in more than a decade.
UMaine football announces signing day class
Isaiah Ervin, an eight-man standout from Houlton, is among the newcomers to the Black Bears.