ORONO, Maine -- A University of Maine hockey player has been charged with marijuana trafficking and kicked off the team, the school said Tuesday.

Paul Falco, 21, of Weymouth, Mass., sold an eighth of an ounce of marijuana to an undercover officer, according to police.

He was served a summons on the drug charge last Wednesday at his Massachusetts home, said Noel March, chief of the University of Maine Department of Public Safety.

Coach Tim Whitehead dismissed Falco from the hockey team after the charge was brought.

"I was very surprised and disappointed to learn of the charges against Paul,'' Whitehead said. "I want to emphatically state that there is no room in our program for the type of activity of which he is accused.''

In May, Falco pleaded guilty and paid a fine for disorderly conduct in a harassment case involving a female student, March said.

Falco appeared in 27 games as a freshman in the 2001-02 season, finishing with four goals and seven assists.

He is scheduled to appear in Bangor District Court on July 19.