PORTLAND — Three teams from the Greater Portland Women’s Ice Hockey League won division championships at the She-Wolves Women’s Hockey Tournament in Wolfeboro, N.H. The Maine Coon Cats, with players ranging from ages 24 to 58, won the recreational division for the third consecutive year. The Breakaways and Murphys finished first in their respective divisions. […]
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AHL: Monarchs drub Pirates
LEWISTON — Despite 25 losses at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee this season, the Portland Pirates suffered a fate at their home rink Wednesday they’d avoided since January 28, 2012 — they lost without scoring at least one goal. Four different Manchester skaters scored goals and rookie Patrik Bartosak stopped all 29 shots he faced to […]
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AHL: Providence Bruins send Portland Pirates to fourth consecutive loss
The Providence Bruins took another step toward clinching a playoff berth Sunday, while the Portland Pirates continued to limp toward the end of the season. Providence jumped out to a three-goal lead, nearly gave it away, and then pulled away in the third period to score a 7-2 win over Portland in front of 9.247 […]
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Bruins clinch top spot in East with 5-2 win
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins own the NHL’s best home record. Now they know they’ll have home-ice advantage throughout the Eastern Conferece playoffs. Johnny Boychuk scored the tiebreaking goal with 6:06 left in the third period, Milan Lucic had two goals and the Bruins clinched the conference’s best record with a 5-2 win over […]
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AHL: Pirates fall to Monarchs in OT
Lucas Lessio’s first professional hat trick — all three goals coming in the second period — wasn’t enough to help the Portland Pirates find a victory Saturday in Manchester. Jordan Weal answered Lessio’s feat with a hat trick of his own, capping his three scores with a game-tying tally with 31 seconds to play, and […]
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Red Wings take edge off Bruins
DETROIT (AP) — Gustav Nyquist broke a tie with 7:12 left in the third period, and the Detroit Red Wings held on to beat the Boston Bruins 3-2 on Wednesday night. Nyquist scored 1:42 after teammate Tomas Jurco tied the game. Jimmy Howard finished with 33 saves to seal the win. The NHL-leading and Atlantic […]
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AHL: Bears claw Pirates
LEWISTON — A fresh face joined the Hershey Bears this week, in time to help the team in its chase for the playoffs. In his first professional game, Caleb Herbert delivered at the expense of the Portland Pirates, who suffered their second one-goal defeat in as many nights Wednesday, falling to Herbert and the Bears, […]
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Dumais helps Union get back to Frozen Four
Joe Dumais made his NCAA Division I head coaching debut this season — on an interim basis — while substituting behind the bench for Union bench boss Rick Bennett. Dumais is in his third year as an assistant coach with the Flying Dutchmen, his sixth as a Division I assistant. And next Thursday, he’ll coach […]
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Portland Pirates notebook: Fine line between development, playing to win
LEWISTON — Portland Pirates coach Ray Edwards knows there are two sides to his job as a top minor league affiliate. He walks a fine line between managing the Phoenix Coyotes’ farm team to win while also making sure he and his staff are developing the organization’s future stars well enough to play a key […]