# 1992–93 Maine Black Bears men's ice hockey season

The 1992–93 Maine Black Bears Men's ice hockey season was the 16th season of play for the program, the 14th season competing at the Division I level, and the 9th season in the Hockey East conference. The Black Bears represented the University of Maine and played their home games at Alfond Arena, and were coached by Shawn Walsh, in his 9th season as their head coach. Led by freshman phenom and future Hockey Hall of Famer Paul Kariya, the Black Bears compiled an unprecedented record of 42-1-2, dominating the competition on the way to winning the national championship, the first in school history.

## Personnel

Head Coach: Shawn Walsh, 9th season

## Standings

1992–93 Hockey East standingsvte :
| | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Conference | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| Maine†* | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 162 | 56 | 45 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 272 | 107 |
| Boston University | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 126 | 84 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 193 | 126 |
| New Hampshire | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 102 | 99 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 158 | 143 |
| Massachusetts–Lowell | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 100 | 100 | 39 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 158 | 151 |
| Providence | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 91 | 109 | 36 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 149 | 147 |
| Merrimack | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 85 | 141 | 36 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 135 | 184 |
| Boston College | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 80 | 120 | 38 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 117 | 187 |
| Northeastern | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 89 | 127 | 35 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 137 | 193 |
| Championship: Maine † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion |||||||||||||||

## Schedule and Results

| Date | Opponent$^#$ | Site | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| October 23 | Providence | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 9–3 | 1–0–0 (1–0–0) |
| October 24 | Providence | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | T 4–4 | 1–0–1 (1–0–1) |
| October 30 | New Brunswick* | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 9–2 | 2–0–1 (1–0–1) |
| October 31 | New Brunswick* | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 11–1 | 3–0–1 (1–0–1) |
| November 7 | at Providence | Schneider Arena • Providence, Rhode Island | W 6–2 | 4–0–1 (2–0–1) |
| November 13 | Merrimack | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 14–1 | 5–0–1 (3–0–1) |
| November 14 | Merrimack | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 11–2 | 6–0–1 (4–0–1) |
| November 20 | at Boston University | Walter Brown Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | W 4–3 | 7–0–1 (5–0–1) |
| November 21 | at Boston University | Walter Brown Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | W 6–3 | 8–0–1 (6–0–1) |
| November 26 | vs. Yale* | Carlson Center • Fairbanks, Alaska (Great Alaska Faceoff) | W 3–1 | 9–0–1 (6–0–1) |
| November 27 | vs. Bowling Green* | Carlson Center • Fairbanks, Alaska (Great Alaska Faceoff) | W 8–1 | 10–0–1 (6–0–1) |
| November 28 | at Alaska–Fairbanks* | Carlson Center • Fairbanks, Alaska (Great Alaska Faceoff) | W 6–4 | 11–0–1 (6–0–1) |
| December 4 | Northeastern | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 5–4 | 12–0–1 (7–0–1) |
| December 5 | Northeastern | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 11–2 | 13–0–1 (8–0–1) |
| December 11 | vs. New Hampshire* | Cumberland County Civic Center • Portland, Maine | W 4–3 | 14–0–1 (8–0–1) |
| December 12 | at Massachusetts–Lowell | Tully Forum • Billerica, Massachusetts | W 6–3 | 15–0–1 (9–0–1) |
| December 19 | vs. Western Michigan* | Great Western Forum • Inglewood, California (Great Western Freeze Out Semifinal) | W 4–1 | 16–0–1 (9–0–1) |
| December 20 | vs. Lake Superior State* | Great Western Forum • Inglewood, California (Great Western Freeze-Out Championship) | W 3–2 | 17–0–1 (9–0–1) |
| December 29 | vs. Ohio State* | Richfield Coliseum • Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Hockey Classic Semifinal) | W 9–4 | 18–0–1 (9–0–1) |
| December 30 | vs. Bowling Green* | Richfield Coliseum • Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland Hockey Classic Championship) | W 6–2 | 19-0-1 (9–0–1) |
| January 2 | Miami* | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine (Dexter Hockey Classic Semifnial) | W 3–1 | 20–0–1 (9–0–1) |
| January 3 | Brown* | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine (Dexter Hockey Classic Championship) | W 12–4 | 21–0–1 (9–0–1) |
| January 15 | Clarkson* | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | T 4–4 | 21–0–2 (9–0–1) |
| January 16 | Clarkson* | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 6–0 | 22–0–2 (9–0–1) |
| January 22 | at Boston College | Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | W 8–1 | 23–0–2 (10–0–1) |
| January 24 | at Boston College | Conte Forum • Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | W 4–1 | 24–0–2 (11–0–1) |
| January 29 | at New Hampshire | Snively Arena • Durham, New Hampshire | W 5–2 | 25–0–2 (12–0–1) |
| January 30 | at New Hampshire | Snively Arena • Durham, New Hampshire | W 8–3 | 26–0–2 (13–0–1) |
| February 5 | Massachusetts–Lowell | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 7–4 | 27–0–2 (14–0–1) |
| February 6 | Massachusetts–Lowell | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 4–2 | 28–0–2 (15–0–1) |
| February 12 | at Northeastern | Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | W 7–1 | 29–0–2 (16–0–1) |
| February 13 | at Northeastern | Matthews Arena • Boston, Massachusetts | W 6–2 | 30–0–2 (17–0–1) |
| February 19 | Boston University | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | L 6–7 $^{OT}$ | 30–1–2 (17–1–1) |
| February 20 | Boston University | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 6–1 | 31–1–2 (18–1–1) |
| February 26 | at Merrimack | J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts | W 4–2 | 32–1–2 (19–1–1) |
| February 27 | at Merrimack | J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts | W 8–1 | 33–1–2 (20–1–1) |
| March 2 | Boston College | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 9–1 | 34–1–2 (21–1–1) |
| March 6 | New Hampshire | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 5–2 | 35–1–2 (22–1–1) |
| Hockey East Tournament ||||||
| March 12 | Northeastern | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 6–1 | 36–1–2 (22–1–1) |
| March 14 | Northeastern | Alfond Arena • Orono, Maine | W 9–5 | 37–1–2 (22–1–1) |
| March 19 | vs. Massachusetts–Lowell | Boston Garden • Boston, Massachusetts | W 7–5 | 38–1–2 (22–1–1) |
| March 20 | vs. Boston University | Boston Garden • Boston, Massachusetts | W 5–2 | 39–1–2 (22–1–1) |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| March 27 | vs. Minnesota* | Worcester Centrum • Worcester, Massachusetts (NCAA regional semifinals) | W 6–2 | 40–1–2 (22–1–1) |
| April 1 | vs. Michigan* | Bradley Center • Milwaukee, Wisconsin (National semifinal) | W 4–3 $^{OT}$ | 41–1–2 (22–1–1) |
| April 3 | vs. Lake Superior State* | Bradley Center • Milwaukee, Wisconsin (National championship) | W 5–4 | 42–1–2 (22–1–1) |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Games | Goals | Assists | Pts | PIM |
| Paul Kariya | 39 | 25 | 75 | 100 | 12 |
| Jim Montgomery | 45 | 32 | 63 | 95 | 40 |
| Cal Ingraham | 45 | 46 | 39 | 85 | 50 |
| Chris Ferraro | 39 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 46 |
| Mike Latendresse | 40 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 22 |
| Peter Ferraro | 36 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 106 |
| Patrice Tardif | 45 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 22 |
| Dave MacIssac | 35 | 5 | 32 | 37 | 14 |
| Eric Fenton | 31 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 76 |
| Chris Imes | 45 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 24 |
| Matt Martin | 44 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 88 |
| Kent Salfi | 33 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 24 |
| Justin Tomberlin | 34 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 22 |
| Martin Mercier | 39 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 23 |
| Lee Saunders | 42 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 40 |
| Dave LaCouture | 43 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 78 |
| Dan Murphy | 44 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 56 |
| Brad Purdie | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
| Jason Weinrich | 38 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 42 |
| Andy Silverman | 37 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 56 |
| Jamie Thompson | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Chuck Texeira | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Wayne Conlan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Garth Snow | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Jacques Rodrigue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Dunham | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Hirsch | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | | | | | |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Garth Snow | 23 | 1210 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 452 | 1 | .915 | 2.08 |
| Greg Hirsch | 11 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | – | 2.46 |
| Mike Dunham | 25 | 1429 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 526 | 0 | .893 | 2.65 |
| Total | 45 | – | 42 | 1 | 2 | 107 | – | 1 | – | – |

## 1993 national championship
### (E1) Maine vs. (W1) Lake Superior State

Scoring summary :
| Period | Team | Goal | Assist(s) | Time | Score |
| 1st | Maine | Patrice Tardif | Latendresse | 0:28 | 1–0 Maine |
| 1st | Maine | Chris Ferraro | Imes and Ferraro | 7:10 | 2–0 Maine |
| 1st | LSSU | Mike Bachusz | Angelelli and Ness | 17:02 | 2–1 Maine |
| 2nd | LSSU | Clayton Beddoes | unassisted | 27:01 | 2–2 |
| 2nd | LSSU | John Hendry | Beddoes | 35:46 | 3–2 LSSU |
| 2nd | LSSU | Wayne Strachan | Hulett | 38:42 | 4–2 LSSU |
| 3rd | Maine | Jim Montgomery | Kariya | 44:19 | 4–3 LSSU |
| 3rd | Maine | Jim Montgomery | Kariya and Imes | 47:40 | 4–4 |
| 3rd | Maine | Jim Montgomery – GW | Kariya | 48:54 | 5–4 Maine |
Goaltenders :
| Team | Name | Saves | Goals against |
| LSSU | Blaine Lacher | 24 | 5 |
| Maine | Mike Dunham | 8 | 4 |
| Maine | Garth Snow | 8 | 0 |

## Players drafted into the NHL
### 1993 NHL Entry Draft

| = NHL All-Star team | = NHL All-Star | = NHL All-Star and NHL All-Star team | = Hall of Famers | = Did not play in the NHL |
| Round | Pick | Player | NHL team |
| 1 | 4 | Paul Kariya | Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
| 4 | 84 | Trevor Roenick † | Hartford Whalers |
† incoming freshman

### 1993 NHL Supplemental Draft

| Pick | Player | NHL team |
| 4 | Chris Imes | Florida Panthers |