LEWISTON — Same team, same location, new name — one that is the same as an old, well-known and time-honored name in Lewiston-Auburn hockey lore. Hockey fans, meet your Lewiston/Auburn Nordiques. Androscoggin Bank Colisee owner and operator Jim Cain has confirmed his purchase of the L/A Fighting Spirit of the North American 3 Hockey League, […]
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Mixed Martial Arts: First impressions, last-second win highlight NEF 27
Frank Johanson, sends a kick at Jacob Deppmeyer during their MMA cage fighting matchup at the Colisee in Lewiston on Saturday night. LEWISTON — Every. Second. Counts. So do second chances. Lewiston native Frank Johanson used his, and used every last second, to pick up his second career victory as part of New England Fight’s […]
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New England Fights returns to Colisee
Rumford’s Chris Smith enters the arena. LEWISTON — Time flies when you’re having fun. Even faster, perhaps, if you’re busy accomplishing great things. Five years to the night that it debuted as somewhat of a curiosity at Androscoggin Bank Colisee, amid the ghosts of hockey championships, thunderous concerts and legendary prizefights past, New England Fights […]
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Scarborough teams find home away from home in Lewiston
LEWISTON — Most hockey players wouldn’t consider a flashlight or an extra phone battery standard issue equipment, nor would most pack those items on their way to practices and games. But this year’s Scarborough High School hockey players are far from typical. “Some of the players even have those headlamps you clip to your hats, […]
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Boys’ hockey: Rivet, Lewiston shoot past Scarborough
LEWISTON — What started as a state championship rematch ended in a rout. It took a few shifts for Lewiston to shake things out, but after that it was all blue skies. The Blue Devils, playing a road game at their home rink, skated past host Scarborough 7-1 in a Class A boys’ hockey clash […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Lewiston shoves away Scarborough
LEWISTON — The penalty box was a busy place Wednesday night when Lewiston and Scarborough met on the Androscoggin Bank Colisee ice for a rematch of last year’s Class A boys’ hockey state championship. The teams combined for 14 penalties, but where it mattered, the Blue Devils came out on top, skating away with a […]
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Junior hockey: Vrees leads Fighting Spirit to win in season opener
LEWISTON — The L/A Fighting Spirit opened their second NA3HL season at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Saturday night with a young team and a veteran goal scorer eager to set the tone. Dylan Vrees scored a pair of goals to lift the Fighting Spirit over the Skylands Kings, 3-1. L/A outshot Skylands, which had […]
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New England Fights: Hall earns split decision over Crafts on busy night at Colisee
LEWISTON — Still undecided about his future in amateur MMA fighting, Dixfield native Caleb Hall is relishing the present. Hall retained his New England Fights featherweight title belt Saturday in a split decision over Lisbon’s Johnny Crafts in one of the featured bouts at NEF’s “Heroes and Villains” card at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on […]
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NEF returns to Colisee with 13-fight card
LEWISTON — The heroes and villains of New England Fights came together Friday as they prepare to face off at the promotion’s next big event Saturday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston. Again, NEF will feature both boxing and mixed martial arts fights at the Colisee, beginning at 7 p.m. Among the main events […]
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Maine Business to Business Trade Show kicks off Thursday
LEWISTON — The 21st annual, newly renamed Maine Business to Business Trade Show kicks off Thursday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee with 160 companies representing 90-plus industries in the state’s largest trade show of its kind. Show organizer Travis Dow said businesses from seven states and three Canadian provinces have tables at the sold-out event. […]