SACO — Twenty-two might make you a veteran in little league, high school football or college swimming. But pro hockey? For a handful of Portland Pirates, including 22-year-old, third-year forward Phil Lane, it’s time to be that veteran presence on a team looking to rebound from a rough season on and off the ice. “Last […]
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Portland Pirates: Lewiston native Mark Anthoine giving tryout his best shot
SACO — Mark Anthoine pushed through the double doors from the locker room area at the MHG Ice Centre on Tuesday clutching an energy drink and breathing heavily. Out of his hockey uniform but still drenched in sweat, he greeted everyone holding a camera or a microphone with a smile. And a pause. “Sorry, I’m […]
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Portland Pirates: Team opens training camp with renewed optimism
The team is hoping it’s one of the only similarities they find to last season. After finishing the year in the American Hockey League cellar, the Pirates’ offseason was one of change, both on and off the ice. Off the ice, this season marks the first full campaign for Ron Cain as the team’s majority […]
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RSU 4 joins Poland, Gray-New Gloucester for joint hockey team
WALES — After a several-year hiatus, hockey is back. Regional School Unit 4 students will play with the 26ers out of Poland and Gray-New Gloucester on a cooperative, Class A team after the school board approved the proposal earlier this month. There’s no cost to the local district for the first two years, according to […]
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Junior hockey: Maine Timberwolves done in Lewiston before playing a single game
LEWISTON — Full-time junior hockey in Lewiston is dead for another season. Three months after the Maine Timberwolves announced plans to play their 16-game home schedule at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee as part of the Northern States Junior Hockey League, league commissioner Wayne Sheehan confirmed Thursday that the team’s operations have been suspended. “From a […]
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Junior hockey: Maine Timberwolves season in jeopardy; Colisee may lose tenant
UPDATE: Maine Timberwolves done in Lewiston before playing a single game LEWISTON — Once again, the hockey community in the Lewiston-Auburn area could be left wanting. The Maine Timberwolves, one of 11 teams in the fledgling Northern States Junior Hockey League, will not open the season at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee this weekend as previously expected, […]
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RSU 16 seeks new member for School Committee
POLAND — Regional School Unit 16 directors is still short one board member. On Monday, the board voted to stand by the district’s anti-nepotism policy, which prohibits a person whose family member is employed by the school district from serving on the board. Superintendent Tina Meserve told the board that it appears the only person […]
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Maine hockey player appeals his suspension
BANGOR — Suspended forward Ryan Lomberg wants to return to the University of Maine to continue his hockey career and earn a degree. Lomberg indicated his desire to return to Orono in a letter sent by his lawyer, Peter J. Cyr, to Megan Sanders, who is President Susan Hunter’s designee to hear Lomberg’s appeal of […]
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Junior hockey: Maine Timberwolves release home dates, ticket packages
LEWISTON — The Maine Timberwolves, new members of the Northern States Hockey League, are moving forward with their vision to bring junior hockey back to Lewiston. The team took a major step Thursday when they, in conjunction with the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, released their 2013-14 home schedule and ticket pricing information. The team will play […]
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NHL Draft: Maine recruit Vesey selected
ORONO — University of Maine men’s ice hockey incoming freshman Nolan Vesey fo North Reading, Massachusetts, has been selected in the 2014 NHL Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs. Vesey was chosen in the sixth round, 158th overall. Last season, Vesey played for the South Shore Kings of the USPHL, where he scored 26 goals […]