Injuries to two of the University of Maine men’s hockey team’s best offensive players have them listed as “day-to-day” ahead of this weekend’s series against Colgate.
Both co-captain and left winger Thomas Freel and junior right wing Josh Nadeau are dealing with injuries, and lower body one for Freel and an upper body one for Nadeau. Freel didn’t play at all in Saturday’s 4-0 loss to Quinnipiac, and Nadeau sustained an injury late in the second period of that game and didn’t return.
UMaine head coach Ben Barr listed them both as “day-to-day” on Monday for the non-conference series against Colgate at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Freel is the team’s top returning goal scorer with 11 and Nadeau’s 29 points last season (10 goals, 19 assists) is most of any returnee.
They are also two players who get a lot of ice time as they are valuable assets in all situations.
Update: This story has been updated to reflect that Josh Nadeau is day-to-day with an upper body injury.