LEWISTON — The Lewiston High School girls’ home playoff hockey game won’t be so homey, after all. The No. 2 Blue Devils were to host No. 3 Greely on Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in the Eastern Maine semifinals, but a compressor malfunction due to an electrical problem at the […]
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Pirates right ship against Binghamton
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The special teams told the story on Wednesday night, and it was quite the enjoyable read for the Portland Pirates. The Pirates scored on each of their first four power plays to earn a 5-1 victory at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in front of 2,493. “It was a big game […]
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Portland Pirates out, Junior Pirates in at Colisee
PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates’ decision to sign a five-year lease with the Cumberland County Civic Center on Tuesday means the Androscoggin Bank Colisee will have another new, different anchor tenant in 2014-15. Meet the Junior Pirates. The organization’s United States Premier Hockey League team, in its first year currently playing out of Saco, will […]
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SAM White 4 Twin City Titan Black 4 Goals: SAM Darien Jamison (2) Camdyn Lasselle (1) Ethan Boardman (1); Titans Black, Dylan Sellinger (2) Keegan Moon (1) Connor Stanley (1) Assists: SAM Camdyn Lasselle (1) Sandor Doczy-Bordi (1) Casey Paul (1), Titans Black Michael Braga (1) Alec Beaudin (1) Geoffrey Robbins (1) Goalies: SAM Sean […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Nadeau brings experience, enforcement to Red Hornets’ defense
AUBURN — On the Leavitt/Edward Little girls’ hockey roster, five players are listed on defense, plus two goalies. Of the seven, five are freshmen. It’s an arrangement that traditionally screams “building year,” and typically would keep a coach sweating bullets even inside the coldest rinks in the state. Not the Red Hornets, though, and not […]
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AHL: Pirates’ slide continues
Players left the building in a somber state, many choosing to look to the ground or stare blankly forward. Equipment managers came and went with bags slung over their shoulders — but behind them, through the open door to the locker room, was silence. “It’s not pretty right now,” Pirates coach Ray Edwards said. “There’s […]
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AHL: Senators bring gavel down on Pirates
LEWISTON — Binghamton set the tone with a pair of goals in the first seven minutes of the game, goaded a recently-undisciplined Portland team into 134 penalty minutes — a franchise record — and crushed comeback thoughts with two goals each in the second and third periods as the Senators skated to a 7-1 win […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Lewiston staves off St. Dom’s at sold-out new arena
AUBURN — Yes, Lewiston weathered the emotional tumult of playing its first-ever “road” game against St. Dom’s at Norway Savings Bank Arena. Sure, Matt Poulin scored two goals. And you betcha, junior Nick Hawk was sensational with 31 saves, many of them in rapid-fire succession. But it was the Blue Devils’ less tangible, less glamorous […]
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Hagel, energy return to Portland Pirates’ lineup
Now in his sixth season of professional hockey, the 2008 graduate of Princeton University — yes, THAT Princeton University — is playing for the Portland Pirates, the eighth team for which he’s worn a sweater. He’s used to moving around. This season, he’s also known what it’s like when his teammates are traveling without him […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Leavitt Little bounces back, blanks Yarmouth-Freeport
YARMOUTH — A little bit of angst and apprehension are normal when you’re returning to the rink after your first loss in two months. Prior to Thursday evening’s get-it-out-of-the-system game at Travis Roy Arena, the Leavitt/Edward Little girls’ hockey coaching staff reminded the Red Hornets what followed their previous loss to Scarborough: Twelve consecutive wins. […]