For the second weekend in a row, the Portland Pirates hit the road, this time for a Saturday afternoon tilt in Albany. The Pirates are coming off their first win of the season, a 4-2 decision over the Hartford Wolfpack, who had yet to lose in regulation time. “We played a really solid game, more […]
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AHL: Pirates earn first victory
It took them five games, but the Portland Pirates finally found the recipe for a win Wednesday, and it included a healthy dose of discipline. Andy Miele continued his torrid scoring pace with a pair of goals, Chris Brown added a goal and an assist and rookie defenseman Daine Todd added three helpers from the […]
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AHL: Sharks keep Pirates winless, 3-2
The Portland Pirates scored first, scored last and pressured the Worcester Sharks throughout the third period Sunday evening. It still wasn’t enough to earn that elusive first victory of the season. Worcester goalie Troy Grosenick made 11 of his 30 saves in the third period, and the Sharks held on for a 3-2 victory in […]
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Bruins short out Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tuukka Rask and the Boston Bruins put together an all-around strong performance. Rask stopped 23 shots and five Boston players scored to help the Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-0 on Saturday night. “You want to win,” Rask said. “You never want to let the team back in the game. […]
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AHL: Pirates set to host Wolfpack on Pink in the Rink night
SACO — After a short preseason followed by a stretch of two weeks with only two games, the Portland Pirates will begin their season in earnest this weekend with a pair of games, the first of which is the team’s annual Pink in the Rink contest at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Saturday night against […]
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AHL: Pirates regroup with week off
SACO — The quirky nature of the Portland Pirates’ early-season schedule has mad it hard for the coaching staff to find any sort of rhythm in the team’s overall game play. Hard, considering the Pirates have played exactly two games this season. “One thing about playing games, you get into a rhythm,” Pirates head coach […]
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AHL: Bruins hold off Pirates
LEWISTON — A second-period lull for the second game in a row yielded familiar results Saturday for the Portland Pirates. The Pirates were the victim of a botched play and a pair of untimely penalties in the middle frame and the Providence Bruins took full advantage, scoring two goals off turnovers and another on the […]
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In the Crease: Bigger crowd, better atmosphere
LEWISTON — There is no better venue in Maine to watch a sporting event when it’s filled to capacity (or close to it) than the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Saturday, hockey fans filled the rink — literally sold it out — to watch the Portland Pirates’ second game of the season. It was originally supposed to […]
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AHL: Pirates add Brulé, Summers; Team preps for Providence
SACO — More roster moves highlighted the past couple of days for the Portland Pirates, who are coming off a hard-fought loss to the Manchester Monarchs on Wednesday and turn around to face the Providence Bruins on Saturday. “It’s all so fluid early in the season,” said Brad Treliving, the Phoenix Coyotes’ vice president of […]
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Pirates opener: ‘They love their hockey in Lewiston’
LEWISTON — So the local boys were wearing red and black instead of blue and white. So there was an oversized pirate working the crowd instead of Lewy and his gap-tooth snarl. It’s pro hockey, by God, and it’s back in Lewiston. “Go Pirates!” was how Matt Butler put it. “Aaaaaargh!” How hungry for hockey […]