Lewiston will be home to only one junior hockey team for the 2015-16 season. With the Lewiston-Auburn Fighting Spirit ready to make their debut season at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in the Tier III North American 3 Eastern Hockey League, Colisee owner Jim Cain and Fighting Spirit owner Rod Simmons decided to pull their application […]
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NA3EHL final series: Fighting Spirit fall to Jersey Shore Wildcats in third and decisive game
And for the fourth time, Jersey Shore found a way to win under pressure. The Wildcats captured the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League Championship with a 3-2 victory in Game 3 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Sunday when Adam Skutchan scored 2:19 into the second overtime. Alexandre Racicot had the game-winning assist. “Last […]
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Fighting Spirit get back at Wildcats
LEWISTON — Alex Peddle scored one of the easiest goals he will ever score and he scored one of the most important goals he will ever score. His two goals led the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit to a 3-1 victory in Game 2 in the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League Championship Series over the […]
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Wildcats make Fighting Spirit disappear
LEWISTON — Game 1 of the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League Championship series was a microcosm of the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit’s season as they allowed a late goal in a 4-2 loss to the Jersey Shore Wildcats on Friday night at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. With 1:14 remaining in the contest, the Wildcats broke […]
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Junior hockey: Fighting Spirit to battle Wildcats in NA3EHL final series at Colisee
The match-up will feature the Eastern Conference champion New Hampshire Fighting Spirit (33-6-2), who will relocate to the Lewiston arena for the start of the 2015-16 season. They will face the Western Conference champion Jersey Shore Wildcats, who started the season on a 33-game winning streak and earned 80 of 82 regular-season points, finishing 40-1-0. […]
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Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit salvage series split with Lockport
LEWISTON — The New Hampshire Fighting Spirit weren’t about to leave their future home without a win. Following a one-goal loss to the Lockport Express in their Twin Cities’ debut Friday, the Fighting Spirit left no doubt that they’d come away with a series split Sunday. New Hampshire scored five power-play goals — three in […]
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Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit fall to Lockport in Twin Cities debut
Alex Peddle trimmed Lockport’s lead to one in the losing minutes, but the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit couldn’t net the equalizer in a 3-2 loss to Lockport on Friday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. It was the first junior hockey game in Lewiston since 2011. “The atmosphere was awesome,” Fighting Spirit forward Simon Campbell said. […]
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Junior Hockey: Lundquist returns to home state of Maine
During his junior hockey career, New Hampshire Fighting Spirit defenseman Grant Lundquist has played his home games in Edina, Minn., Lake George, N.Y., Waterville Valley, N.H., and Laconia, N.H. In his final season of eligibility, Lundquist will have the opportunity to play a home game in his home state of Maine for the first time. […]
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Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit set for Lewiston-Auburn debut
Now they get the chance to see what its new team can do on the ice as the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit make a late-season trip to their future home to host a two-game series with the Lockport Express. They’ll play tonight at 7 p.m. and at noon on Sunday. “You’re going to get a […]
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