ORONO - Maine goalie Dave Wilson suffered a groin injury and did not practice today, instead watching from the stands in street clothes. Maine Coach Tim Whitehead said Wilson is scheduled to be evaluated by doctors later this week and as of right now, will not play in this weekend's series at UMass-Lowell. Josh Seeley, a walk-on from Howland who played high school hockey at Bangor, will serve as Maine's second goalie.

"Whether or not he's ready for next weekend, that's what we're shooting for," Whitehead said of Wilson. "We're not going to take a chance."

Lem Randall, who has been playing on Maine's third and fourth line, suffered an injury to his left leg in practice today. Randall had to be helped off the ice by assistant coach Bob Corkum and Simon Danis-Pepin, and Whitehead said that Randall may have tweaked his left hip or his groin.

"He felt fine after practice so hopefully he'll be ready to go," Whitehead said. "If not, we'll slide Nick Payson in."

Forward Kyle Solomon, who did not play in the series against Vermont after suffering a sprained ACL, practiced today but was wearing an orange jersey, designated for players who are injured and cannot participate in contact drills.

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Today is the NHL's trade deadline - 3 p.m. EST, to be exact - and while six Black Bears have their rights held by NHL teams, none have been traded yet, as of 1:45 p.m. Those six are: Scott Darling (Phoenix), Simon Danis-Pepin (Chicago), Gustav Nyquist (Detroit), Will O'Neill (Atlanta), Matt Duffy (Florida) and Ryan Hegarty (Anaheim).

Also, the Philadelphia Flyers haven't traded the rights to UNH forward James van Riemsdyk - yet.

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