When the University of Maine men’s hockey team swept archrival New Hampshire on Nov. 15 and 16 in front of a combined nearly 10,000 fans at a lively Alfond Arena, it harkened back to the glory days when the Black Bears were competing for national championships. The Black Bears were suddenly 7-3-2 despite having an inexperienced defense corps and optimism was permeating the program. But following that weekend was a string of seven straight road games and the Black Bears went 1-5-1 to limp into the break at 8-8-3.