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UMaine men’s hockey lands 1st-round NHL draft pick

Maksim Sokolovskii will become the fifth National Hockey League first round draft pick to play for the University of Maine. The hard-hitting 6-foot-7, 240-pound defenseman from Kazakhstan has verbally committed to UMaine beginning with the 2027-28 season. He was chosen by the Philadelphia Flyers with the 27th overall pick last week. Sokolovskii, who will turn 18 on July 12, played for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, one of three…

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Bangor Daily News broke the news in Bangor, United States on Monday, June 29, 2026.
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