SAM Peewee Red 6, Titans Orange 1 Mike Eno scored four goals and Jon Zack and Davis Ballou chipped in with one each as SAM Peewee Red beat the Titants Orange, 6-1, in a youth hockey game. For the Titan Orange, Robbie Lussier scored a goal. Assists went to Peewee Red’s Keegan Choate and Lilly […]
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Bruins expel Senators, 5-0
BOSTON (AP) — Tuukka Rask made 33 saves for his fourth shutout of the season, and Reilly Smith scored two goals to lifting the Boston Bruins to a 5-0 rout of the Ottawa Senators on Friday night. The Bruins are 13-0-2 in their last 15 home games and have won eight straight in Boston. They […]
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Krejci inspires Boston, 4-1
BOSTON (AP) — David Krejci snapped a tie and set up Milan Lucic’s goal as the Boston Bruins earned a split of a two-game set with a 4-1 victory on Saturday night. Reilly Smith had a power-play and an empty-netter for Boston, which won its seventh straight at home. The Bruins haven’t lost there in […]
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AHL: Pirates top Bruins in shootout
LEWISTON — Mark Visentin is coming around to shootouts this season. After losing the last four he faced last season, Visentin stopped three of the five attempts he faced Saturday after making 45 saves in regulation while his Portland teammates beat Providence keeper Niklas Svedberg three times to lift the Pirates to a 3-2 win […]
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H.S. Hockey: Devils win with tip of hat
LEWISTON — Sophomore forward Kyle Morin sported a blue hard hat atop his head after he led Lewiston to a 6-5 overtime victory over St. Dom’s. The cap, with “Devils” painted in white along the side, is the postgame reward for Lewiston’s hardest worker. But it also was symbolic of Morin and the Devils’ blue-collar […]
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Correction: Savannah Shaw is team goalie
LEWISTON — A story on Page C1 of Thursday’s Sun Journal should have identified Savannah Shaw as the goalie for the Leavitt/Edward Little high school hockey team. She stopped 12 shots to earn the win. It was a reporting error.
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Pirates’ Todd getting offensive
Daine Todd knew he had to be flexible if he wanted to make the Portland Pirates’ final roster. He abandoned his familiar position on the front end and adapted to defense, looking to earn a role as an offensive blueliner who could help with the team’s goal production by distributing the puck and running point […]
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Girls’ hockey: Red Hornets top Blue Devils
LEWISTON — It may not have the intricacies of an NHL neutral-zone trap, the Leavitt/Edward Little’s first line of defense was just as effective Wednesday in the team’s first meeting of the season against rival Lewiston High School. Both teams skated into the matchup with four shutouts and their defenses averaging fewer than a goal […]
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Portland Pirates may move to another rink next season
PORTLAND — Unless an agreement is reached soon, the Portland Pirates hockey team could be moving to Saco, or leaving Maine entirely. With attempts to re-open lease negotiations between the Cumberland County Civic Center and its anchor tenant – and to bring new blood to the arena’s board of trustees – as frozen as the […]