# 2020–21 Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey season

The Maine Black Bears represented the University of Maine in Women's Hockey East Association during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.

## Offseason
### Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality |
| Katelyn Arman | Forward | United States |
| Peyton Beady | Goaltender | United States |
| Brooke Carriere | Forward | Canada |
| Rachel Enzler | Forward | Switzerland |
| Olivia King | Defense | United States |
| Anna Larose | Goaltender | United States |
| Kennedy Little | Defense | United States |
| Jorden Mattison | Goaltender | Canada |
| Elise Morphy | Defense | Canada |
| Morgan Sadler | Forward | Canada |

## Regular season
### Standings

2020–21 WHEA 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 |
| #2 Northeastern † * | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 80 | 13 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 104 | 21 |
| #7 Boston College | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 56 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 40 |
| #8 Providence | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 43 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 46 |
| Vermont | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 21 |
| #7 Boston University | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 24 |
| UConn | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 37 |
| Maine | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 29 |
| New Hampshire | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 39 | 55 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 42 | 62 |
| Holy Cross | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 73 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 76 |
| Merrimack | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 64 |
| Championship: March 8, 2021 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com; updated March 25, 2021 |||||||||||||||

### Schedule

| Date | Opponent$^#$ | Site | Decision | Result | Record Source: |
| Regular Season |||||||
| November 20 | at Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | Loryn Porter (W, 1) | W 2-1 | 1–0–0 (1–0–0) |
| November 21 | at Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | Loryn Porter (L, 1) | L 2-3 | 1–1–0 (1–1–0) |
| December 11 | at New Hampshire | Durham, NH | Loryn Porter (W, 2) | W 2-1 | 2–1–0 (2–1–0) |
| December 12 | at New Hampshire | Durham, NH | Loryn Porter (W, 3) | W 2-1 | 3–1–0 (3–1–0) |
| December 18 | at #7 New Hampshire | Providence, RI | Loryn Porter (L, 2) | L 0-4 | 3–2–0 (3–2–0) |
| December 19 | at #7 Providence Friars | Providence, RI | W 2-1 | 4-2-0 (4-2-0) |
| January 3 | at #3 Northeastern Huskies | Matthews Arena • Boston, MA | L 0-3 | 4-3-0 (4-3-0) |
| January 4 | at #3 Northeastern Huskies | Matthews Arena • Boston, MA | L 0-1 | 4-4-0 (4-4-0) |
| January 17 | at #4 Northeastern Huskies | Matthews Arena • Boston, MA | L 2-3 $^{OT}$ | 4-5-0 (4-5-0) |
| January 23 | at Boston University Terriers | Boston, MA | L 0-1 | 4-6-0 (4-6-0) |
| January 24 | at Boston University Terriers | Boston, MA | W 2-0 | 5-6-0 (5-6-0) |
| February 5 | at Connecticut Huskies | Storrs, CT | L 0-3 | 5-7-0 (5-7-0) |
| February 13 | at Merrimack Warriors | North Andover, MA | W 2-1 | 6-7-0 (6-7-0) |
| February 14 | at Merrimack Warriors | North Andover, MA | W 6-1 | 7-7-0 (7-7-0) |
| February 19 | at Holy Cross Crusaders | Worcester, MA | L 1-2 | 7-8-0 (7-8-0) |
| February 20 | at Holy Cross Crusaders | Worcester, MA | T 2-1 $^{SO}$ | 7-8-1 (7-8-1) |
| Hockey East Tournament |||||||
| February 28 | at Vermont Catamounts | Burlington, VT | W 3-1 | 8-8-1 (8-8-1) |
| March 3 | at Providence Friars | Schneider Arena • Providence, RI | Loryn Porter | L 0-1 | 8-9-1 (8-9-1) |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. |||||||

## Awards and honors

* Loryn Porter, Finalist, NCAA Women's Hockey Goalie of the Year
* Taylor Leach, Team Maine (representing the top sophomore, junior, or senior student-athlete achieving the highest grade point average for the calendar year 2020)