Maine men's ice hockey secured its first Hockey East championship since 2004 by defeating UConn on Friday, 5-2 at the TD Garden.

After losing his wife, longtime coach and hockey fan Harry Duvall traveled with his granddaughters to cheer on UMaine in the Hockey East finals.

Maine faces off with Penn State on Friday at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN2. The Black Bears and Nittany Lions are joined by UConn and Quinnipiac in the Allentown, Pa. regional. One of these teams will be going to the Frozen Four in St. Louis.

With six Hockey East teams headed to the NCAAs, the league's No. 2 seed this season and its dominant program in its first decade won its first tournament title since 2004.

Six teams will represent Hockey East in the 16-team national tournament, an eye-popping number. Joining Maine and UConn will be BC, BU, Providence and UMass. The field will be unveiled Sunday (3 p.m.) on ESPNU.

It was Maine’s sixth Hockey East title and first since 2004. Maine, now 24-7-6, will be a No. 1 regional seed when the NCAA tournament bracket is announced Sunday afternoon.

At times this season, the University of Maine men's hockey team looked unstoppable. The Black Bears averaged five goals per game in the Hockey East tournament to claim their first conference title in 21 years.

BOSTON — The University of Maine Black Bears will play in the Hockey East Championship on Friday night. The men's team had a come-from-behind win in the semifinal game Thursday night during double overtime against the Northeastern Huskies. After leading ...

Officially it’s the Hockey East championship, but during the league’s four decades it might as well have been called the Bay State Invitational. Year in, year out there has been at least one and usually two Massachusetts sextets playing for the trophy at TD Garden.