The University of Maine’s men’s hockey team extended its Hockey East first-round series to a third and deciding game as the Black Bears received a pair of goals from senior left wing Connor Leen to beat Vermont 4-2 Saturday night at the Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, Vermont. Vermont won Friday night’s game 4-2. Game three […]
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The Hot Corner: Hockey’s perfect punctuation for high school winter sports
The Maine Principals’ Association and the high school sports establishment preserve the best for last, every year. Ten winters ago, when the sanctioning body restructured the basketball tournament due to changing needs and moved the Class A showcase from the first two weeks of March to February vacation, hockey took over as the terminus of […]
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Bruins experience flame-out in shootout
BOSTON (AP) — Sean Monahan scored Calgary’s first goal at Boston in more than eight years, and the Flames earned their first road win against the Bruins since 2003 with a 4-3 shootout victory on Thursday night. David Schlemko ended the shootout in the eighth round with a series of fakes on Boston goalie Tuukka […]
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College hockey playoffs: Maine stumbles in first game
The University of Vermont Catamounts erased a pair of one-goal deficits and used Brendan Bradley’s goal with 2:07 left in the game to snap a 2-2 tie and post a 4-2 victory over the University of Maine in the first game of their best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series Friday night at the Gutterson Fieldhouse in […]
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The Hot Corner: Saints … Devils … playoffs … as it should be
LEWISTON — Whaddya say, St. Dom’s and Lewiston hockey loyalists? Same time, same place, next year? Few administrative decisions in high school athletics elicit more hand-wringing, objection and outright bellyaching than Maine Principals’ Association class structure and assignment of schools. Even Tuesday, as hockey’s Class A final four prepared to lace it up at Androscoggin Bank […]
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People You Know: Jamie Belleau — lawyer, coach, Lewiston booster
LEWISTON — Jamie Belleau set his sights early on hockey and the law. Both passions stuck, and so did his love of hometown. Belleau, 43, is head coach of the Lewiston Blue Devils boys’ hockey team, a new partner at Trafton, Matzen, Belleau & Frenette and a Lewiston booster, big time. “The Lewiston School Department, Lewiston […]
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In the Crease: Edward Little’s resurgence a sign of Twin Cities’ hockey health
LEWISTON — Prosperity has returned to the cradle of Maine hockey, at least temporarily, and the rest of the state is better for it. Fifteen minutes prior to the start of Saturday afternoon’s Eastern Class A hockey semifinals at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, parking was at a premium. Above average snowfall and banks as tall […]
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Eastern Class A quarterfinal: Lewiston handles Windham
Favored, leading but laboring, the Lewiston High School Blue Devils needed Rivet’s tally at 7:50 of the second frame to establish some breathing room in their Eastern Class A quarterfinal matchup against Windham. Playing stout defense and scoring when necessary, the Blue Devils used Rivet’s goal and three more to earn a 4-0 win over […]