AUBURN — A regulation hockey game is three periods long, and being the better team in two of the three doesn’t guarantee success. Edward Little had advantages in shots and possession in both the first and third periods, but a power-play goal for Yarmouth in the second was the difference for the Clippers in a […]
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McQuaid’s first goal gives Bruins win over Devils
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Even when they don’t play their best, the Boston Bruins are still getting it done on the road. Adam McQuaid got his first goal of the season with 8:05 to play, and the Bruins extended their road point-scoring streak to 13 games with a 5-3 victory over the slumping New Jersey […]
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Favored Russians ooze confidence, feel like ‘red machine’
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — The Russians are here, and they look every bit like the gold-medal favorites everyone thinks they are. They’re stocked with NHL talent from Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Datsyuk and Slava Voynov to Kontinental Hockey League star Nikita Gusev and are fresh off an 8-1 drubbing of the Korean team in exhibition […]
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Roundup: Edward Little, Cony/Monmouth/Hall-Dale settle for draw
AUBURN — Edward Little and Cony skated to a 3-3 overtime tie in boys’ ice hockey action Saturday evening. Following a scoreless first period, the Rams (7-6-2) sandwiched a pair of Red Eddie (9-5-1) goals with two of their own. Again in the third period, both squads traded goals. Sophomore Ben Lane-Robichaud netted an unassisted […]
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Girls' Hockey: Rangers top line ends Saints chance for a third title
Greely’s Courtney Sullivan, center, celebrates a goal during Saturday night’s playoff game at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — There will be a new girls’ state hockey champion in 2018. The Greely/Gray New Gloucester Rangers knocked off the two-time defending state champion St. Dominc Academy Saints 7-2 in a […]
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Contractor's Hockey League standings and results
Standings as of Feb. 5: 1. Pratte Drywall 13-6-1, 27 points 2. Advance Wiring 10-6-3, 23 points 3. Saint’s Paint Plus 9-6-4, 22 points 4. Theberge Construction 8-11-1, 19 points, 5. I.D.S. 6-11-3, 15 points, 6. Lewiston Paint 6-12-2, 14 points. Sunday, Feb. 4 results: Pratte Drywall 3, Lewiston Paint 1; Theberge Construction 2, I.D.S. […]
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H.S. roundup: Mt. Blue’s Charles wins another KVAC Nordic title
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue’s Meghan Charles earned a KVAC Nordic skiing championship for the second consecutive day at Titcomb Mountain on Friday. Charles followed up Thursday’s girls’ classic title with a first-place finish in Friday’s freestyle race, which she finished in 18:02.6, more than 30 seconds ahead of second-place Laura Parent of Maranacook. The Black […]
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Girls' hockey: Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill survives Winslow/Gardiner in North semifinal
Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill’s Gemma Landry, bottom right, watches her shot sail past Winslow/Gardiner goalie Cassandra Demers and into the back of the net for the second Blue Devil goal of the game during the second period of Friday night’s hockey game at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill’s Madison Conley, left, […]
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Girls' hockey: Greely/Gray-New Gloucester routs Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland in quarterfinal
FALMOUTH — The playoffs are a time for stars to shine. And shine they did Thursday night for No. 3 Greely/Gray-New Gloucester, which advanced with a 9-1 victory over sixth-seeded Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland in a North region girls’ hockey quarterfinal at Family Ice Center. It’s the fourth year in a row that the Rangers have eliminated […]
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Girls' hockey: Five finalists named for inaugural Becky Schaffer Award
Becky Schaeffer, center, is honored during her senior season of high school at Yarmouth High School in 2006. The Maine Girls’ High School Hockey Coaches Association will award a prize in honor of Schaeffer to the top senior player in the state beginning this season. High school girls’ hockey players in Maine finally have an […]