The Black Bears will be the top seed in Allentown, Pennsylvania when they take on Penn State in Friday’s opening round.
Travis Lazarczyk
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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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Maine men’s hockey earns a top seed in NCAA tournament
The Black Bears will face Penn State in the opening round of the NCAA men’s hockey tournament Friday night.
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Improved defensive play a key to Maine’s hockey success
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Maine men head to pivotal Hockey East semifinals
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Not this year, but maybe soon for Maine men’s basketball
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UMaine hockey goalie makes save of year in rise to top of country
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