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Maine at Northeastern, pregame

BOSTON — It's loud, it's tight quarters and the press box is about four feet above the Maine bench and center ice here at Matthews Arena. And it's where Maine looks for its first road win of the season - the Black Bears are 0-4 so far away from Alfond Arena.

I won't prolong this blog - it was tough enough getting here with rush-hour traffic in Boston. And while I'm updating the lineups, I'll try to dodge any errant pucks that come in the direction of the press box.

MAINE
Forwards

  • Spencer Abbott-Tanner House-Gustav Nyquist
  • Brian Flynn-Robby Dee-Kevin Swallow
  • Adam Shemansky-Matt Mangene-Kyle Beattie
  • Theo Andersson-Klas Leidermark-Kyle Solomon

Defense

  • Will O'Neill-Jeff Dimmen
  • Ryan Hegarty-Josh Van Dyk
  • Mike Banwell-Mike Cornell

Goalies

  • Scott Darling - Darling will start tonight
  • Dave Wilson

NORTHEASTERN

Forwards

  • Tyler McNeely-Steve Silva-Wade MacLeod
  • Alex Tuckerman-Mike McLaughlin-Garrett Vermeersch
  • Robbie Vrolyk-Greg Costa-Drew Daniels
  • Kyle Kraemer-Justin Daniels-Chris Donovan

Defense

  • Jake Newton-David Strathman
  • Mike Hewkin-Chris Student
  • Drew Ellement-Dylan Wiwchar

Goalies

  • Chris Rawlings
  • Bryan Mountain
  • Mike Binnington

Rachel is in her fifth year as a sports reporter at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A former college soccer and softball player, she covered sports at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Texas and Colorado before joining the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram staff in June of 2004.

Rachel takes over coverage of the University of Maine hockey team and was introduced to Maine hockey as a seventh-grader in Annapolis, Maryland, after reading a 1988 Sports Illustrated story about Shawn Walsh's impact on the program. Nearly 20 years later, she still has the four-page article in her possession.

She and her husband, Tommy (who also works for Maine Today Media) are avid sports fans who root for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Kansas Jayhawks. After a year of marriage, their next step in life is to find a bigger house!

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