One-hundred-sixty-eight, divided by 21. I’ll wait a second. Eight. The answer is an ungodly eight. The question: How many goals per game did St. Dominic Academy score this season? Eight. Over 21 games. That’s otherworldly in hockey, regardless of gender, and it borders on lunacy in any other sport, at any other level. Eight goals. […]
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In the Crease: Chisholm club a treasure in Maine’s hills
Driving a small, two-wheel drive Chevrolet up and over the sandy, undulating roadways of Rumford, Maine, was not how I’d anticipated spending the third week of February in 2003. It was far too early in the morning, the coffee was just kicking in, and despite the fact I’d grown up in Maine — a veritable […]
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In the Crease: To my daughters — I love you, but I will not make excuses for you
With the resignation of one of the more storied coaches in Maine basketball history, ostensibly for personal reasons (though we all know better), I wanted to make sure my twin 2-year-old daughters were clear on a few things going forward. Dear Emma and Erin, I love you more than you will ever know. I’ve loved […]
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In the Crease: Together, continued change is possible
To watch him pace the sideline during one of his Lewiston High School boys’ soccer games is to watch a bundle of human emotion slowly wind itself tightly — every pace quicker with each passing minute of a tough contest. To hear him — if you can, as the season wears along — is divine. […]
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In the Crease: Gillies family dynasty alive and well
BOSTON — Growing up in Bath, Maine, Bruce Gillies Sr. never dreamt of building a dynasty. Sitting in Section 15 at the TD Garden on Thursday, immersed in an extended family clad in black, white and silver, he pointed to his grandson, Jon, standing guard in the Providence College crease, and to the defensemen flailing […]
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In the Crease: Enough about deflated footballs, start talking about things that matter.
OK, enough already. Enough with the elementary jokes about (foot)balls. Enough with using the letters “G-A-T-E” at the end of “deflate” to refer to this ordeal. Enough with making what happened with the footballs in Sunday’s game seem unique. Enough with making what happened with the footballs in Sunday’s game sound more important than domestic […]
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In the Crease: Shaping the future at SJ Sports
We have a front-row seat to some of the greatest sporting events our area has to offer. We are privileged to meet — and get to know — great athletes, coaches and administrators who pour their hearts and souls into their work with a passion rarely seen at a level beyond college. And we are […]
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In the Crease: Let’s try to find the middle
Are there any fans of professional sports who remain centrists? If social media feeds, the drone of sports radio and water cooler chatter are any indication, if they exist, they are few and far between. And that’s too bad. The hot-button topic in the most recent round of the NHL playoffs bears that out. (With […]
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In the Crease: Girls play hockey, too
Girls play hockey, too. For the many advances we’ve made as a society in tolerance, acceptance and equity, so many of our stereotypes, ingrained in our being for generations, continue to pervade our everyday lives. And before anyone thinks I am getting on my high horse, I will admit I am just as guilty as […]
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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 […]