Drill: Figure eights standing/skating Purpose: Work on hands and puck handling ability Equipment needed: 2 cones Part 1: Start the drill by putting both cones shoulder width. Facing the cones proceed to do figure eights with the puck around both cones while standing still. Use both backhand and forehand. Part 2: Spread cones 6 feet […]
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Maineiacs: Five good questions with Cameron Critchlow
What was it like, coming to Lewiston, and what’s been the best part about the move? It’s been a year since i got trraded, so I’m hoping it doesn’t happen again. What I like the most about being here is the atmosphere, and being able to come to the rink every day and enjoying it. […]
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Maineiacs notes: Fournier helping Team Quebec
Team Quebec got off to a 2-0 start this week at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Manitoba, with a little bit of help from some familiar faces. Defenseman Dillon Fournier scored a goal to help the team recover from an early deficit in a 6-4 victory Thursday over Finland. “You have to get those […]
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Fiesta Bowl: Sooners rout UConn to end 5-game BCS bowl skid
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Oklahoma Sooners don’t have to hear about their BCS losing streak anymore. They busted it up in a big way. Landry Jones threw for a school bowl-record 429 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 9 Oklahoma ended a five-game BCS bowl losing streak with a 48-20 win over Connecticut in […]
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Finale gives Pats, Dolphins something to play for
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A game that means nothing in the standings means plenty to the teams playing in it. The New England Patriots want to keep their winning momentum going after having clinched homefield advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. The Miami Dolphins want to finish with a .500 record and their coach wants to […]
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Penguins can’t take the Capitals
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Eric Fehr upstaged stars Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin by scoring twice and the Washington Capitals waded through rain drops to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 in a wet Winter Classic on Saturday night. It was the NHL’s first nighttime Winter Classic, and the first played in occasional rain, but the Capitals […]
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Sabres wound Bruins
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Drew Stafford scored three times and Tyler Ennis netted the decisive shootout goal in rallying the Buffalo Sabres to a 7-6 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday night. Jason Pominville had two goals and two assists, and Thomas Vanek had a goal and an assist as the Sabres came back […]
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Report: Maineiacs making a deal
The Lewiston Maineiacs can’t yet comment per league rules, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League offices have been closed for the holidays for the last couple of days, but when they reopen, it appears one of their first orders of business will be to approve a trade involving Lewiston. Rumors surfaced early last week […]
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ALBERT — Simone, 83, of Lewiston, died at her home on December 30. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Monday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., followed by a prayer service at 8 p.m. Interment, St. Peter’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to […]
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Simone L. Albert
LEWISTON — Simone L. Albert, 83, of 5 Genest Street, Lewiston, died unexpectedly on Thursday, Dec. 30, at her home. Born in Lewiston on June 5, 1927, she was the daughter of Odina and Marie-Anna Carrier Langelier. Educated locally, she attended Bliss College, and was employed for many years in the meat department of Bourque’s […]