LEWISTON — There are four teams left standing in the Division III Ice Hockey Championship, and after tonight, we’ll be down to two. Join the Sun Journal and USCHO.com for a live blog and interactive chat with our staff on site. Click below to join the conversation. And follow our complete coverage of the tournament. […]
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High school hockey: Parity highlights regional semifinals
From one game to the next during the high school hockey season, none of the remaining Class A state title contenders knew for sure that it would face another title contender and win. Or lose. Or tie. Coaches love to tell anyone who will listen that their team has a chance to win every game. […]
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AHL: Pirates hold off Sharks
LEWISTON — Their smiles were wider; their breathing, deeper, and filled with relief. Portland forward Tobias Rieder collected a blocked shot off the skates of a Worcester defender and fired the puck into an empty net with 29 seconds to play in regulation to finish off a 6-4 Pirates win over the Sharks, ending a […]
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Games moved as Colisee loses ice
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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AHL: Falcons top Pirates in shootout
LEWISTON — For the seventh time this season, the Portland Pirates took a home game to a shootout, and for the seventh home game in a row, they earned at least a point. What they needed — and didn’t get — was a win. Cody Goloubef sniped the top corner of the cage over the […]
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AHL: Shinnimin stepping up; Jones adds experience; IceCaps on tap
SACO — Here one day, gone the next. Such is life in the American Hockey League, the top development league for the NHL. Particularly for an organization like the Phoenix Coyotes, which regards the Portland Pirates as a true breeding ground for its players to grow and get ready to be top-level professional players. Add […]
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AHL Hockey: Pirates ready for another season
Perhaps they have a mean streak. More than likely, the answer lies in between. Approximately 25 players took the ice at MGH Ice Centre on Monday under the watchful eye of Pirates’ head coach Ray Edwards and his staff, as well as scouts and staff from the Coyotes as Portland opened training camp for its […]
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Pirates, Cumberland County Civic Center at odds over lease
If the Portland Pirates are going to play anywhere other than the Cumberland County Civic Center — this year or beyond — it’s not going to be far away. The AHL hockey club and the building’s trustees are at odds over the team’s lease to use the facility. That friction may result in even more […]