BOSTON (AP) – The University of Maine hockey team has been picked to finish ninth in the Hockey East conference in this year’s preseason coaches poll.
The poll was released Monday at the Hockey East media day at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston.
Boston College was picked to finish first in the conference, followed by Boston University, New Hampshire and Northeastern.
Vermont was picked to come in fifth, followed by Massachusetts, UMass-Lowell, Providence and Maine. Merrimack was picked to come in last.
The Black Bears missed the Hockey East playoffs last year for the first time since 1998.
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