AUBURN — Maine high school girls’ hockey teams scored goals at an incredible pace last season, with state champion St. Dominic Academy leading the way. The other team that calls Norway Savings Bank Arena home hopes to slow down that pace this year, thanks to a defensive corps that Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland coach Shon Collins called “the […]
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2016-17 Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland girls’ hockey preview
Coach: Shon Collins (fifth year) Region: North Last year’s record: 9-8-3 regular season, lost in Northern Maine regional semifinals Returning athletes: Seniors — Allison MacKenzie (D), Angel Drouin (D), Kaylee Younk (D), Haley Frohlich (F), Mariah Vaillancourt (F), Madison Simard (F), Michaila Wilmot (F); Juniors — Saige Arseneault (F), Samantha Martineau (D); Sophomores — Taylor Cailler (F), Brianna […]
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2016-17 Lewiston/Monmouth/Oak Hill girls’ hockey preview
Coach: Ron Dumont (ninth year) Region: North Last year’s record: 11-8-1, lost in Northern Maine regional semifinals Returning athletes: Seniors — Chloe Morin (F), Brianna Girardin (F); Juniors — Meagan Gosselin (G), Anna Dodge (D), Jaylin Cloutier (D), Jordan Mynahan (F), Olivia Randall (F); Sophomores — Katie Lemieux (D), Katie Poland (F), Jessica Clavet (F), Madison Mercier (F). […]
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2016-17 Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray-NG girls’ hockey preview
Coach: Megan Vaughan (second year) Region: North Last year’s record: 8-11, lost in Northern Maine regional quarterfinals Returning players: Seniors — Katie Clemmer (F), Kelsey Meyer (F), Georgia Giese (F), Molly Wilson (D), Sydney St. Pierre (D); Junior — Margaret Perrotta (F); Sophomores — Kyaira Grondin. Key lost players: Jenny Holmquist Promising newcomers: Sophomore — Paige Rinaldi; Freshmen — Caroline […]
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2016-17 St. Dominic Academy girls’ hockey preview
Coach: Paul Gosselin (fifth year) Region: North Last year’s record: 19-2, state champions Returning athletes: Senior — Lexie Kesaris; Juniors — Katya Fons, Callie Samson, Madison Samson, Payton Winslow; Sophomores — Emma Theriault, Bugsy Hammerton, Dasha Fons, Avery Lutrzykowski, Addie Suckow, Izzy Frenette, Kristina Cornelio. Key losses: Tia Rotolico Promising newcomers: none Season outlook: Nearly the same team […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Lewiston Blue Devils back on the ice
LEWISTON — The defending Class A boys’ hockey state champions were back on the ice Monday, the same sheet of ice where they had raised the trophy eight months earlier. Monday marked the first day of preseason practices for boys’ hockey teams, and the Lewiston Blue Devils were at square one, just like all of […]
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Portland Pirates moving to Springfield next season
PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates are leaving Maine. The team sent out a news release Wednesday evening confirming earlier media reports that the team has been sold. According to the release, the AHL franchise that has called the city home since 1993 will relocate to Springfield, Mass., beginning next season. Team CEO Ron Cain was […]
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College hockey: CMCC to revive hockey program
AUBURN — The Norway Savings Bank Arena is getting another tenant for the 2016-17 season. On Wednesday afternoon, the Central Maine Community College Mustangs will be fielding a men’s hockey team in the American Collegiate Hockey Association, according to a joint announcement with the arena and the City of Auburn. “Well at the community college, […]
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St. Dominic Academy hires Bob Parker as boys’ hockey coach
AUBURN — After a tumultuous offseason, St. Dominic Academy has filled one of the higher-profile ice hockey coaching vacancies in Maine. Bob Parker, a local businessman whose two sons played for St. Dom’s and who for the past three seasons was the school’s junior varsity coach, has agreed to step into the varsity position. “I’m […]
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Steve Ouellette quits as St. Dominic Academy hockey coach
AUBURN — Steve Ouellette has stepped away from coaching the Saint Dominic Academy boys’ ice hockey team, leaving one of the highest profile coaching jobs in Maine open for the third time in the past 10 years. “I’ve been at the high school level for 17 years, it’s a long time,” Ouellette said. “It takes […]