LEWISTON — Same team, same location, new name — one that is the same as an old, well-known and time-honored name in Lewiston-Auburn hockey lore. Hockey fans, meet your Lewiston/Auburn Nordiques. Androscoggin Bank Colisee owner and operator Jim Cain has confirmed his purchase of the L/A Fighting Spirit of the North American 3 Hockey League, […]
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Class A South: Falmouth in a similar place; Cheverus trying to be the king of South for the first time since 2006
LEWISTON — The number one seed Falmouth Yachtsmen have returned to the Class A South regional final for the fifth time in the past six seasons after another tough regional semifinal win, this time a 5-2 triumph against Portland/Deering on Saturday. They have had close games in the past in the second round of the […]
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Class A North: Lewiston faces a familiar playoff foe in Bangor for the regional title
LEWISTON — Lewiston and Bangor are no strangers when it comes to meeting each other in late February and early March. Tonight will be the fourth time the two teams have faced each other when the playoffs shift to 190 Birch Street. This will be the second time the teams face each other in the […]
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Class A South: Cheverus wins an overtime thriller
LEWISTON — Sean Walsh played the role of hero Saturday night. The defensive captain sent Cheverus to the regional final with a goal 2:49 into overtime, lifting the Stags over a stunned Scarborough team, 3-2. The goal was his second goal of the game. The Stags will now face Falmouth in the regional final. Colby […]
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Class A North: Lewiston gets by a hot goalie for a berth into the regional finals
Alex Rivet, center, seals the win for Lewiston with a third period goal that put the Blue Devils up 4-1 over St. Dom’s in Lewiston on Saturday. LEWISTON — After being peppered all game long by shot after shot from rival Lewiston, St. Dominic Academy goalie Kyle Welsh was still the first player in line […]
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Class B South: York manhandles Yarmouth to clinch a berth in the regional final
LEWISTON — The second-seeded York Wildcats were gracious “hosts” for their Class B South semifinal game against the No. 6 Yarmouth Clippers at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Friday night. The Clippers fired the first shot on goal in each period, but after that, the Wildcats weren’t as gracious, running up eight goals in an […]
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Class B South: Rangers momentum keep building as they reach the regionl finals
LEWISTON — Probably the hottest team coming into the playoffs in any region was Greely. Winners of nine of the last 10 games of the regular season, the Ramgers also had a playoff win over Kennebunk earlier this week. Friday, they did it again. The fourth-seeded Rangers ran their streak to 11-of-12 with a 5-2 […]
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Cross Insurance Arena to consider 4 hockey proposals
Cross Insurance Arena in Portland. PORTLAND — Cross Insurance Arena trustees will meet next week to discuss proposals from four groups interested in bringing professional hockey back to Portland. The board’s Strategic Development Committee will convene on Monday to review the four proposals before making a recommendation at the board’s next full meeting March 8. The city has […]
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Pelletier's hat trick lifts St. Dom's past the Kings; Saints face Lewiston next
St. Dom’s Justin Keaney handles the puck past Gray New Gloucester/Leavitt/Oak Hill/Poland’s Bailey Drouin during Tuesday night’s Northern A boys’ hockey quarterfinal at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn. AUBURN – Mack Pelletier was St. Dominic Academy’s go-to man on Tuesday night in the Saints’ Class A North quarterfinal game against the Poland/Leavitt/Oak Hill/Gray-New […]
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Boys' Hockey: Fletcher making an impact as a freshmen for St. Dom's
Will Fletcher is St. Dom’s boy’s hockey team’s second leading scorer. He is a freshman. AUBURN — For the past couple of seasons, the St. Dominic Academy boys’ hockey team has received major contributions from freshmen. This year is no different. Will Fletcher, one of those first-year finishers, is the team’s second leading scorer with […]