UMaine hockey has some ‘ugliness’ to clean up as season starts in newly renovated arena

UMaine hockey has some ‘ugliness’ to clean up as season starts in newly renovated arena

University of Maine men’s hockey coach Ben Barr understands his predicament heading into the season-opening series against Holy Cross. His Black Bears, sixth in one national poll and eighth in the other, are coming off an underwhelming performance in a 2-2 exhibition tie against New Hampshire at Bowdoin College’s Sidney J. Watson Arena last Friday night. They were outshot 38-18 but rallied from a 2-0 deficit. And now they will take on the defend…