AUBURN — Steve Ouellette has stepped away from coaching the Saint Dominic Academy boys’ ice hockey team, leaving one of the highest profile coaching jobs in Maine open for the third time in the past 10 years. “I’ve been at the high school level for 17 years, it’s a long time,” Ouellette said. “It takes […]
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UMO coaches to lead Auburn teen hockey camp
AUBURN — Red Gendron, head coach of the University of Maine’s men’s hockey team, will bring his experience on ice to local youth in a hockey camp this August. Auburn’s Norway Savings Bank Arena will host the camp for boys 13-18 years of age. Gendron will lead a team of coaches at the camp from […]
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NHL: Boston Bruins elevate Sweeney to GM position
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have elevated Don Sweeney to general manager. Sweeney has spent the past six seasons as the assistant general manager and takes over for his former boss, Peter Chiarelli, who was fired last month after the team missed the playoffs for the first time in eight years and four years after […]
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AHL: Portland Pirates come alive, force Game 5 with Manchester Monarchs
PORTLAND — Francis Wathier had the golden touch, and Louis Domingue the golden pads. Buoyed by Domingue’s 28-save shutout, Wathier’s pair of goals and a lock-down penalty-kill unit, the No. 8 Portland Pirates stayed alive again Thursday, earning a 5-0 win over the top-seeded Manchester Monarchs in Game 4 of the teams’ best-of-5 AHL Eastern […]
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AHL: Portland Pirates’ playoff push begins Thursday
SACO — Mike McKenna has seen a lot from behind his goalie mask in the past 10 years. He’s played for 14 professional hockey teams at three levels following a four-year NCAA career at St. Lawrence University. So when McKenna said Wednesday that what he witnessed from his goal crease last weekend in the Portland […]
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In the Crease: Providence persevered, against all odds
BOSTON — They weren’t supposed to be here, these plucky and persistent Providence Friars. And yet, on college hockey’s biggest stage, led by stalwart goalie Jon Gillies of South Portland, they not only proved they belonged — they stole the show. Behind a superhuman, 49-save effort from Gillies that included a Superman leap across the […]
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Frozen Four: Boston University handles North Dakota
BOSTON — Boston University still has Zane McIntyre’s number, but needed solid defense down the stretch to make its offensive production hold up. BU freshman star Jack Eichel scored two goals and added an assist, Brien Diffley added a pair of assists and Matt O’Connor out-dueled McIntyre — barely — with 36 saves as the […]
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NHL: Bergeron leads Bruins over Leafs in shootout
BOSTON (AP) — A season-high 50 shots weren’t enough for the Boston Bruins to keep streaking toward the playoffs. A shootout goal by Patrice Bergeron made up for it. With that, the Bruins maintained a three-point lead for a wild-card berth with their fifth straight win, taking their home finale 2-1 over the Toronto Maple […]