Maine Black Bears Head Coach Ben Barr Talks About Coaching the Makar Boys

The Maine Black Bears hockey head coach Ben Barr has a deep history with the Makar family. He coached Cale Makar when Cale was a college student athlete at UMass and will now coach Cale's brother Taylor after Taylor transferred to Maine in the offseason.
Ben talks to us about how the Makar's operate from on the ice to off of it, and when you get to know the family, it's no surprise how down to earth and hard working they are.
Ben also talks about the transfer portal in general, and how schools are still kind of figuring out how to navigate it and how to best use it. Has it gone too far?
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[@dumbledebbie8593]

Go, Blue! ❤

[@davidrusbult9396]

This was awesome to see, im a UMaine alum and a big Avs fan so the crossover here was like taylor made for me lol. He’s not wrong either, games in Orono are really fun to go to when the black bears are doing well, you should definitely go to one!

[@tylerhuntdesign]

Excited to see what Taylor can bring to the Black Bears this season.

[@ScottIngram-cz1hp]

Very articulate guy. I really enjoyed listening to him.

[@jaliranchr]

I enjoyed this. One of my besties is a Black Bear and Avs fan. I shared the link to this. She'll be over the moon happy. Thanks guys!

[@shaggyvondoom]

Hey that’s what we love to hear. Thanks for enjoying and sharing!

[@dumbledebbie8593]

It's me! 😍 Long time UMaine fan! I was in grad school and could get student seats during Paul Kariya's time. That 42-1-2 year was magical! So excited to have a Makar in Orono!

[@grahamtiedtke]

Nice get for the show!

[@Zigmond303]

From the very first time Makar took to the ice as an Avalanche, it was clear that the guy was just different.

[@shaggyvondoom]

Genuinely generational

[@TheRealTroubleShooter]

A fellow Zigmond? 😳