LEWISTON — For the first time since rockers Mötley Crüe ignited fireballs inside the Colisee, the Lewiston arena Tuesday will feature a pyrotechnics show. “You’ll see pieces of what one would consider traditional fireworks, but it’s doing it in the context of an indoor setting,” Brian Petrovek, the managing owner and CEO of the Portland […]
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Coming soon: 10 things to look forward to in 2014
New cougars. Amazing foliage. Ricky Craven on ice. So much to look forward to in 2014 and it’s a mere three days away. We poked around for the silly, the cool, the championship-caliber events that await Maine in the new year and offer 10 of them here. Mark your new calendar — some are can’t […]
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Miele, Pirates sink Sharks
LEWISTON — For as many goals as Andy Miele scored in college for Miami of Ohio, and for as much offense as he’s generated for the Portland Pirates, he’d never once registered a hat trick in a collegiate or professional game. Until Saturday. Miele scored a goal in each period and added a pair of […]
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Mixed Martial Arts: NEF announces Bangor-based grudge match to headline Lewiston card
LEWISTON — The next New England Fights main event is a story line straight out of fistic action movies. It will be the resourceful veteran and teacher, Marcus Davis, against the prodigal student, Ryan Sanders, in the mixed martial arts showdown Feb. 8 at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. UFC veteran Davis (22-10) against Sanders (5-4) is […]
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Mixed Martial Arts: Hinkley lands lone local win at NEF XI
Remnants of blood played peek-a-boo from a sizable welt above his right eye. And the Lewiston fighter was your winner Saturday night at Androscoggin Bank Colisee, by unanimous decision over Nate Charles of Windham. It was the only amateur mixed martial arts fight of 10 to go the distance before a crowd of more than […]
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Vets finalizing tribute to veterans at Colisee
LEWISTON — Before the curtain rises Sunday on an arena-sized tribute to Maine’s veterans — scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee — creators Henri St. Pierre and Arthur Obie figure they’ll be in the black. On Monday, the retirees believed they’d sold enough tickets, ads and sponsorships to cover all but $2,000 […]
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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 […]
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AHL: Pirates tired of practice, ready for season-opener
SACO — While most of the American Hockey League’s 30 teams began play last weekend, the Portland Pirates were still practicing. And practicing. “We’ve had a long couple weeks of practice, and I think the guys are getting more antsy to get into some game action,” Pirates’ captain Jordan Szwarz said. “We saw the AHL […]
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Celebrating our great love of the game
Tomorrow night, the Portland Pirates will face the Manchester Monarchs in Game One of the Pirates’ 2013-14 season. In Lewiston. Game time is 7 p.m. on what is now the Pirates’ home ice. In Lewiston. There is now an American Hockey League franchise in Lewiston. On Sept. 30, after negotiations between Cumberland County Civic Center […]