Maine Black Bears
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| University | University of Maine |
| Conference | America East Conference |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Karlton Creech |
| Location | Orono, Maine |
| Varsity teams | 17 teams (8 men, 9 women) |
| Football stadium | Alfond Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Alfond Arena/Cross Insurance Center, Bangor (select games) |
| Mascot | Bananas T. Bear |
| Nickname | Black Bears |
| Fight song | The Maine Stein Song and For Maine |
| Colors | Maine Blue, White, and Navy |
| Website | goblackbears |
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The Maine Black Bears are the athletic teams which represent the University of Maine. They compete in NCAA Division I athletics, with the majority of the teams playing in the America East Conference. The only exceptions are the ice hockey programs, which compete in Hockey East, and the football program, which competes in the Colonial Athletic Association.
The men's ice hockey program was introduced in 1977. The team has been successful and have won the Hockey East title five times, appeared in eleven Frozen Fours, and won 2 National Championships. The Black Bears compete in the Hockey East conference, which includes teams such as Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern, and New Hampshire. The program has produced many professional ice hockey players, such as Paul Kariya, Eric Weinrich, Keith Carney, Garth Snow, Mike Dunham, Dustin Penner, and Jimmy Howard. The team is best known for its 1992–93 season, in which the team only lost one game, finishing with a record of 42–1–2. The team is noted for its head coach Shawn Walsh, who coached the team for seventeen seasons. Walsh is credited with turning the team into such a successful program, as well as turning the Alfond Arena into one of the most intimidating arenas in college hockey. Walsh died of renal cell carcinoma on September 26, 2001.
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