Following the official release the 2025-26 men's and women's ice hockey schedules, we caught up with Coach Barr and Coach Engstrom to get their thoughts on the upcoming campaigns.

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In episode 12 of the Black Bear Insider Podcast, we catch up with UMaine Sports Hall of Fame shortstop Mike Bordick. Bordick, who guided Maine to two College World Series appearances, went on to play for the Oakland A's from 1990-96, the Baltimore Orioles from 1997-2000 and 2001-02, the New York Mets in 2000 and the Toronto Blue Jays in 2003.

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On episode 11 of the Black Bear Insider Podcast, we caught up with members of the men's ice hockey team for their reaction just moments after they learned that they earned the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and will be traveling to Allentown to take on Penn State.

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On this episode of the Black Bear Insider Podcast, we are joined by former UMaine, Notre Dame, and Duke athletic director, Kevin White, and chief executive officer and president of Dexter Enterprises LLC, Greg Powell. White details his career in athletics, the changing landscape of college athletics, and his relationship with Mr. Harold Alfond.

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On this episode of the Black Bear Insider Podcast, we sit down with head women's hockey coach Molly Engstrom. Host Jon Shields chats with Engstrom on her early days of hockey, her playing career at Wisconsin, in the pros, for the United States Women's National Team, and her coaching path which led her to the University of Maine.

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On the Black Bears Coaches Show, head men's hockey coach Ben Barr recaps Maine's weekend with UConn and looks ahead to the bye week. Student-athletes Taylor Makar and Albin Boija join the show.

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On this episode of the Black Bear Insider Podcast, we catch up with UMaine Sports Hall of Fame basketball coach and student-athlete, Skip Chappelle.

Chappelle, the only Black Bear to ever be selected as a Little All-American ('61), guided Maine to two of its most successful seasons in program history; 19-4 in 1959-60 and 18-5 in 1960-61. Chappelle, at one point a holder of 12 individual school records, led the Yankee Conference in scoring three consecutive seasons. Chappelle, who earned three first team All-Yankee Conference selections (1960-62), was drafted by the St. Louis Hawks in the 11th round (89th overall) of the 1962 NBA Draft, becoming Maine's first-ever NBA draft pick. His #34 was retired by the University of Maine. Chappelle returned to Maine in 1968 as assistant varsity and head freshman basketball coach before taking over as head coach in 1971. He went on to serve 17 years at the helm of the program where he accumulated 217 wins, coached seven future NBA draft selections, and was named the ECAC North Coach of the Year in 1988.

On Nov. 24, 2024, the basketball court inside Memorial Gymnasium was officially unveiled as Skip Chappelle Court with future plans for the court's name to continue once the Black Bears move into Morse Arena, the future home of Maine basketball.

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