For the second time this season, the L/A Fighting Spirit staked their claim to in-state dominance in the NA3EHL. Colby Siering and Mike Heffernan each scored a pair of goals and Dylan Vrees added a goal and two assists to help lead the Fighting Spirit to a 7-0 win over the Wild at Biddeford Ice […]
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Calling all hockey fans
There is a new game in town called L/A Fighting Spirit. As I did with the Mainiacs, I bought season tickets for the L/A Spirit games. I am very impressed with the skill level of these players. They are a very well-coached team and the players have bought into the system they are playing. I […]
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Junior hockey: Fighting Spirit bounce back from first loss, win big
The second half of a weekend swing in New Jersey was a chance to see how the L/A Fighting Spirit would bounce back from a loss. Just fine, thanks. Led by Colby Siering’s hat trick, the Fighting Spirit rebounded from their initial defeat of the season with a convincing 8-2 win Sunday afternoon over Skylands. […]
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Jets cruise, land on Bruins, 6-2
BOSTON (AP) — Six different Winnipeg skaters scored in the season opener, and Jets coach Paul Maurice is happy about that. Not just for the well-distributed scoring, but because he’s got a half-dozen players who can spend another day in fantasy land. “Everybody’s got hopes and dreams when they come into a season, thinking they […]
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H.S. Golf: Lewiston shooting for a State Championship
For the Lewiston High School golf team, that’s especially true as three hockey players Kyle Morin, Brendon Croteau and Sam Zashut help lead the Blue Devils to the KVAC Class A Shootout Championship on Monday at the Rockland Country Club. For Morin and Croteau, who both play forward for the hockey team, they see similarities […]
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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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Junior hockey: L/A Fighting Spirit skate past Northeast Generals
After spending most of the first two periods in the penalty box, the L/A Fighting Spirit righted the ship in the third frame and remained unbeaten in 2015 in a 5-0 win over the Northeast Generals in Canton, Mass., on Tuesday. Five different players scored for the Fighting Spirit (7-0), who will play their first […]
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Junior hockey: Fighting Spirit come alive in third, top Generals
LEWISTON — As well as Northeast Generals goalie Steven Murphy was playing Saturday, no straight shot the L/A Fighting Spirit could throw at him was going to find its way by. Ultimately, a spinning slider from the lower left circle was the keeper’s Kryptonite. Simon-Richard Corriveau wheeled and fired the puck at Murphy after it […]
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Hockey: Fighting Spirit top Maine Wild
BIDDEFORD — The Lewiston-Auburn Fighting Spirit spread the scoring responsibilities around as six different players put the puck into the net for a 6-0 victory over the Maine Wild in NA3EHL hockey action at the Biddeford Arena on Saturday evening. Thomas Kuntz got the scoring started with an assist from Mike Heffernan at the 2:01 […]
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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 […]