The L/A Fighting Spirit’s perfect start to the season continued Friday night — barely. Dylan Vrees converted a feed from Simon Corriveau with 4:44 to play in regulation to lift the Fighting Spirit to a 3-2 win over the Cape Cod Islanders at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Friday. “This time of year, you’re just […]
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Junior hockey: Fighting Spirit come alive in third, top Generals
LEWISTON — As well as Northeast Generals goalie Steven Murphy was playing Saturday, no straight shot the L/A Fighting Spirit could throw at him was going to find its way by. Ultimately, a spinning slider from the lower left circle was the keeper’s Kryptonite. Simon-Richard Corriveau wheeled and fired the puck at Murphy after it […]
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Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit announce upcoming schedule, youth hockey affiliation
LEWISTON — Puck drop for the upcoming North American 3 Eastern Hockey League regular season is still more than three months away, but fans of the Lewiston/Auburn Fighting Spirit now know what it entails. The L/A area’s newest junior hockey program unveiled its 2015-16 regular-season schedule, as well as preseason festivities during a news conference at […]
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Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit salvage series split with Lockport
LEWISTON — The New Hampshire Fighting Spirit weren’t about to leave their future home without a win. Following a one-goal loss to the Lockport Express in their Twin Cities’ debut Friday, the Fighting Spirit left no doubt that they’d come away with a series split Sunday. New Hampshire scored five power-play goals — three in […]
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Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit fall to Lockport in Twin Cities debut
Alex Peddle trimmed Lockport’s lead to one in the losing minutes, but the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit couldn’t net the equalizer in a 3-2 loss to Lockport on Friday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. It was the first junior hockey game in Lewiston since 2011. “The atmosphere was awesome,” Fighting Spirit forward Simon Campbell said. […]
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Junior Hockey: Lundquist returns to home state of Maine
During his junior hockey career, New Hampshire Fighting Spirit defenseman Grant Lundquist has played his home games in Edina, Minn., Lake George, N.Y., Waterville Valley, N.H., and Laconia, N.H. In his final season of eligibility, Lundquist will have the opportunity to play a home game in his home state of Maine for the first time. […]
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Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit set for Lewiston-Auburn debut
Now they get the chance to see what its new team can do on the ice as the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit make a late-season trip to their future home to host a two-game series with the Lockport Express. They’ll play tonight at 7 p.m. and at noon on Sunday. “You’re going to get a […]
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Live chat: What junior hockey’s return means to Lewiston
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In the Crease: Community at large needs to embrace its Fighting Spirit
LEWISTON — The Fighting Spirit are relocating to Lewiston-Auburn. Kind of fitting, right? The area has long been known as a mill town on the rebound, a community with a rough-and-tumble past. Now, we have a downtown community — and a community at large — attempting to reinvent itself and emerge from that reputation. We […]