St. Dominic Academy players celebrate a goal by Kristina Cornelio in the third period of a playoff game against Brunswick in Auburn on Tuesday. AUBURN — It’s hard enough to sweep a regular-season series, never mind adding a third consecutive win over the same opponent in the playoffs. The St. Dominic Academy girls’ hockey team […]
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Junior hockey: Stars take out Fighting Spirit
LEWISTON — After a back-and-forth, tight-checking first period, the New England Stars picked up the pace Friday, pulling away for a 5-2 win over the L/A Fighting Spirit at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Five different skaters scored for the Stars (20-7-7-4), who moved closer to clinching a playoff berth with the victory. New England sits […]
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St. Dom's girls' hockey team driven by family
AUBURN — During St. Dom’s girls’ hockey practice on any given day, there could be either laughing or bickering. Or both. Such is life in a close-knit family. And while the Saints all consider themselves “family,” there are two true familial bonds among the team’s members — a pair of sisters, and a pair of […]
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Scarborough teams find home away from home in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Most hockey players wouldn’t consider a flashlight or an extra phone battery standard issue equipment, nor would most pack those items on their way to practices and games. But this year’s Scarborough High School hockey players are far from typical. “Some of the players even have those headlamps you clip to your hats, […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Lewiston buries St. Dom’s in rivalry rout
LEWISTON — Rivalry week ended just about as good as it began for the Lewiston boys’ hockey team. After routing Edward Little on the road 11-0 last Saturday, followed by a week full of just practices, the Blue Devils finished off the week with a 10-0 victory over St. Dominic Academy at Androscoggin Bank Colisee […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Saints cap perfect regular season with win over Blue Devils
LEWISTON — After dispatching Greely in one of its closest games of the year, all that was standing in the way of the St. Dominic Academy girls’ hockey team and a perfect regular season was rival Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill. The Saints got off to a slow start, then had to work for their goals against Blue […]
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Girls’ hockey: St. Dom’s edges Greely in Auburn to remain unbeaten
Since a six-goal St. Dominic Academy win on Nov. 26, neither the Saints nor the Greely Rangers had tasted defeat. Thursday’s rematch lived up to the heavyweight expectations, and after hard fought periods, the Saints remained unbeaten with a 3-2 victory at the Norway Savings Bank Arena. Two first-period goals helped the Saints to their […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Rams rally late, tip Red Eddies in OT
AUBURN — Reed Hopkins kept trying and trying and trying, and finally the puck went in. It was a microcosm of how the game went for Cony/Hall-Dale/Monmouth, but all that mattered in the end was that it was a success. Hopkins scored on a rebound with 1:43 left in overtime to rally the Rams past […]
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Boys’ hockey: Biddeford blitzes St. Dom’s, then holds on
AUBURN — Biddeford couldn’t take advantage of its barrage of chances early. When the chances kept coming, the Tigers finally started to convert them into goals. It helped that St. Dominic Academy provided some of those chances. The Saints put themselves in too big of a hole to come out of and suffered a 7-5 […]
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Girls’ hockey: St. Hilaire, Blue Devils surprise Clippers
YARMOUTH — The Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray-New Gloucester girls high school ice hockey team had it all in Tuesday’s game against Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill — possession, shots and defense. By the end of the third period, the Clippers had launched 52 shots at the Blue Devils, but didn’t have the goals to show for it. Those came from Lewiston, […]