The 2022–23 Maine Black Bears Men's ice hockey season was the 48th season of play for the program, the 46th season competing at the Division I level, and the 39th in the Hockey East conference. The Black Bears represented the University of Maine and played their home games at Alfond Arena, and were coached by Ben Barr, in his 2nd season as head coach.

After a very trying season, Maine was looking to get back on track in '23. The first hurdle for the team was dealing with the sheer amount of new faces as more than half of the previous season's players had departed. While the Black Bears would be getting a new starting goaltender, most of their top offensive players were back, which at least gave the team a foundation for this season. Early on, the team performed well and managed to take down #3 Quinnipiac with a rather stunning 4–0 victory. That surprise win, however, was the start of an 8-game stretch where Maine faced all ranked opponents. Unfortunately, the team was unable to win any of the other games and plummeted to the bottom of the conference standings. Several of the games in that stretch were close but the Bears' offense wasn't quite up to par.

The team ended the skid after Thanksgiving and were finally able to find some consistency in their game. They finished out the first half of the season with four consecutive wins but they had a daunting task before them. With little chance to receive an at-large bid, Maine was playing for pride in the second half. With Lynden Breen leading the way, The Black Bears posted several more impressive wins, taking four games from ranked teams. Aside from the three matches against Boston University, Maine looked good even in defeat and managed to climb their way up to 6th in the conference.

The Black Bears entered the postseason in a decent position, facing off against Hockey East bottom-feeder Vermont. Maine got into the lead twice and controlled the game for the first 45 minutes or so. Unfortunately, a strong third period from the Catamounts saw the momentum swing and suddenly the Bears were trailing. Down a goal, Maine got a power play with just under 2 minutes left in regulation. Östman was pulled for an extra attacker to give the Black Bears a de facto 2-man advantage. However, Vermont managed to score into the empty net and seal the game, ending Maine's season.^[1]

As of January 4, 2023.^[2]

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No.	S/P/C	Player	Class	Pos	Height	Weight	DoB	Hometown	Previous team	NHL rights
2		Jakub Sirota (C)	Graduate	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1998-12-20	Kroměříž, Czech Republic	Lone Star (NAHL)	—
3		Luke Antonacci	Freshman	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2002-11-26	Princeton, New Jersey	Sioux City (USHL)	—
4		Brandon Holt	Freshman	D	5' 11" (1.8 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-04-30	Grand Forks, North Dakota	New Mexico (NAHL)	—
5		Samuel Duerr	Sophomore	D	6' 1" (1.85 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	2002-03-22	Chicago, Illinois	St. Cloud (NAHL)	—
6		Didrik Henbrandt	Junior	F	5' 10" (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1998-04-10	Sturefors, Sweden	Alaska (NCAA)	—
7		Grant Hebert	Graduate	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	1997-05-22	St. Andrews West, Ontario	Robert Morris (AHA)	—
10		Cole Hanson	Sophomore	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2000-09-19	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Colgate (ECAC)	—
11		Donavan Villeneuve-Houle	Junior	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1999-11-04	Montreal, Quebec	Flin Flon (SJHL)	—
12		Ben Poisson (A)	Senior	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-08-31	Vancouver, British Columbia	Prince George (BCHL)	—
14		Michael Mancinelli	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-06-28	Northville, Michigan	Arizona State (NCAA)	—
15		Brandon Chabrier	Freshman	D	6' 0" (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	2002-07-19	Bayville, New York	Madison (USHL)	—
16		Aidan Carney	Freshman	F	6' 4" (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2001-09-08	Paradise Valley, Arizona	Amarillo (NAHL)	—
17		Félix Trudeau	Freshman	F	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-09-24	Terrebonne, Quebec	West Kelowna (BCHL)	—
18		Parker Lindauer	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2001-05-17	Madison, Wisconsin	Muskegon (USHL)	—
20		Robert Kincaid	Freshman	D	6' 2" (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2002-05-13	Barrhead, Alberta	Camrose (AJHL)	—
21		Reid Pabich	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2001-10-05	Verona, Wisconsin	Madison (USHL)	—
22		Dawson Bruneski	Senior	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1999-06-24	Camrose, Alberta	Drumheller (AJHL)	—
23		Grayson Arnott	Freshman	D	5' 9" (1.75 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2001-06-14	Toronto, Ontario	Penticton (BCHL)	—
24		Nolan Renwick	Sophomore	F	6' 3" (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2001-02-16	Milestone, Saskatchewan	Omaha (USHL)	—
26		Thomas Freel	Freshman	F	5' 11" (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2001-06-26	Aberdeen, Scotland	Ottawa (CCHL)	—
27		Lynden Breen (A)	Junior	F	5' 9" (1.75 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	2001-05-31	Grand Bay-Westfield, New Brunswick	Fargo (USHL)	—
28		Killian Kiecker-Olson	Freshman	F	6' 1" (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2001-01-19	Andover, Minnesota	Lincoln (USHL)	—
32		Victor Östman	Junior	G	6' 4" (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000-10-03	Danderyd, Sweden	Chicago (USHL)	—
33		Connor Androlewicz	Junior	G	6' 2" (1.88 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	2000-11-28	St. Louis, Missouri	Lincoln (USHL)	—
34		Justin Michaelian	Graduate	F	6' 0" (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1997-12-07	Wixom, Michigan	Ferris State (CCHA)	—
35		Jacob Mucitelli	Sophomore	G	6' 3" (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2000-03-24	Deerfield, New York	Clarkson (ECAC)	—
36		Matthew Fawcett	Senior	F	5' 6" (1.68 m)	152 lb (69 kg)	1999-04-22	Lincoln, Rhode Island	Quinnipiac (ECAC)	—
37		David Breazeale (A)	Sophomore	D	6' 4" (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	2000-04-22	Grandville, Michigan	Shreveport (NAHL)	—

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Note: USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1, 13, or 26.^[5]