Swayman giving Boston Bruins much-needed lift, and he should be here to stay, Travis Lazarczyk writes.
UMaine Sports
Local roundup: Lisbon baseball opens season with convincing win
Greyhounds pitchers Mason Booker and Nick Ferrence combine for no-hitter, while the offense scores 12 runs and has 10 hits. Plus, Telstar beats Buckfield and UMaine field hockey edges Stanford.
UMaine names Ben Guite interim head coach of the men’s hockey team
Guite, an assistant for the Black Bears for the last eight seasons, takes over after the death of Red Gendron.
Sidelines: Remembering University of Maine men’s hockey coach Red Gendron
Travis Lazarczyk remembers following Gendron’s career, from its early days in Vermont high school hockey to Alfond Arena in Orono.
‘Just stunned’: UMaine men’s hockey coach Red Gendron dies at 63
Gendron, who recently completed his 8th season leading the Black Bears, died after a medical emergency at Penobscot Valley Country Club in Orono.
UMaine pitcher Nick Sinacola a strikeout master
With just over 18 Ks per nine innings, the junior right-hander leads the nation.
UMaine’s spring football season comes to a sudden halt
The Black Bears’ lone remaining game has been canceled after Rhode Island shuts down its program because of COVID-19 issues.
CAA football coaches working through a season of distractions
The University of New Hampshire plans to finish its season after missing three straight games.
On Football: CAA struggling to finish season because of virus
Four games scheduled for this weekend were not played – three of them because of COVID-related protocols – leaving teams with fewer games to impress FCS playoff officials.
College football: Villanova overwhelms UMaine, 44-17
Justin Covington rushes for four touchdowns as the 16th-ranked Wildcats snap Maine’s two-game winning streak.