Bangor Daily News<\/em><\/a> was “several alcohol-related infractions.”<\/p>\n“It’s a shame,” said Whitehead in the report. “We were really looking forward to having him on the team. He had the potential to be an impact player and was coming off a good freshman year, but this is the right thing to do. Hopefully, he can learn a lesson and get a clean start with another team.”<\/p>\n
Parker hadn’t yet played this season after having foot surgery prior to the season.<\/p>\n
Whitehead said Parker will finish the current semester and then join a junior team or transfer to another school. Parker has three years of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n
Last season, Parker had three goals and four assists in 33 games with Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Maine sophomore right wing John Parker has been dismissed from the Black Bears for what coach Tim Whitehead told the Bangor Daily News was “several alcohol-related infractions.” “It’s a shame,” said Whitehead in the report. “We were really looking forward to having him on the team. He had the potential to be an impact player […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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