Colby College hosted the first intercollegiate hockey game in state history on February 17, 1973 against the Brown University Pandas. The Colby College Mules would take a narrow 3-2 win.

In 1973, a cartoon puck teaching the ins-and-outs of hockey became an instant hit. Fifty years later, Peter Puck is gearing up for a comeback. Cartoon characters are forever captured in time.