Junior hockey: Maine Nordiques ready to build off first NAHL season

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Published
April 6, 2020

Junior hockey: Maine Nordiques ready to build off first NAHL season

The Nordiques were only five points out of a divisional playoff spot with six games remaining when the season was canceled by the coronavirus outbreak.
Published
April 4, 2020

Former St. Dom’s, UMaine standout Derek Damon retires after a long pro hockey career in Europe

Damon, who won a state championship with the Saints and played in two Frozen Fours with the Black Bears, was the second-highest scorer for Heilbronner Falken of the Deutschen Eishockey Liga 2 in his 14th and final professional season.
Published
April 3, 2020

Junior hockey: Thunder sign young defenseman to tender Andriiy Yevtukhov

Yevtukhov, from Kiev, Ukraine, was on the Springfield Jr. Pics 16U team that won the United States Premier Hockey League’s 16U national championship.
Published
April 2, 2020

Maine golf courses still coming to grips with being a non-essential business

MSGA execute director Brian Bickford said golf courses put in place safety measures which they thought would allow them to continue to operate.
Published
April 1, 2020

Junior hockey: Maine Nordiques tender two-way defenseman Andrew Noel

The 6-foot-1, 190-pounder from Maynard, Massachusetts, had three goals and 13 assists in 34 games this season with Kimball Union, where he played for, and impressed, former UMaine coach Tim Whitehead.
Published
April 1, 2020

College senior athletes mull futures after NCAA eligibility ruling

Some central Maine student-athletes say they'll return next spring, while others say this is the end of the line.
Published
April 1, 2020

Timeout: Missing the human touch of sports

Isolation can wear us down. But, Tony Blasi writes, that feeling of seclusion pales in comparison to overwhelmed first responders dealing with thousands of sick people.
Published
March 31, 2020

Auburn umpire and family making masks for medical personnel

Dan Labrie took up sewing last week and, with the help of family, friends and a craft store chain, is donating masks to help fight the coronavirus.
Published
March 30, 2020

Junior hockey: Thunder tender Premier League scoring threat

Anthony Cinato had 83 points in 44 games with the Metro Jets of the USPHL’s Premier League this past season.
Published
March 28, 2020

Outdoors in Maine: Fishing just the thing to take a bite out Covid-19

Dropping a line is one way to practice social distancing by a lake or stream, and the state has waived the need for a fishing license during the entire month of April.