LEWISTON — After every undergraduate season of his high school hockey career, Kyle Lemelin sat at a back table in Ramada Inn’s ballroom and listened to a Lewiston High School player speak about the thrill of a Travis Roy Award nomination. Tradition is a great motivator. “It’s just a huge honor,” Lemelin said. “I thought […]
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D-III tourney: First two tickets to Lewiston punched
After battling to a scoreless deadlock through two periods, the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point erupted for three goals in the third period Saturday to punch its ticket to the NCAA Division III Frozen Four with a 3-0 win over the University of St. Thomas of Minnesota. The Pointers (22-4-2) will square off in […]
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HS Hockey: Inaugural showcase for an all-star cause
GORHAM — Clay Rowland was a defenseman playing in a hockey all-star game. As assignments go, it’s up there with being asked to clean the lion’s cage just before the end of his nap. Still, the Leavitt Area High School senior felt like he ended his career with a roar Saturday night at University of […]
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NCAA hockey: Titanic, Lakers sink Polar Bears
A third-period, two-goal lead was too hot to handle for the Bowdoin men’s ice hockey team Thursday. David Titanic and Mike Montagna scored goals 38 seconds apart midway through the third period to knot the score and Titanic made a brilliant backhand pass to Alex Botten with 2:20 to play in regulation to lead Oswego […]
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Empty Bowdoin College hockey bus slides into N.Y. restaurant
OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP) — Bowdoin College officials say no one was aboard the men’s hockey team bus when it slid down a hill during Wednesday’s blizzard and hit a central New York restaurant. Nick Canale told The Post-Standard of Syracuse (http://bit.ly/1fyEMSW ) that the bus driver was having lunch inside his Italian restaurant in Oswego […]
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Streaking Bruins top Habs, 4-1
MONTREAL (AP) — Carl Soderberg, Patrice Bergeron and Milan Lucic scored in the second period and the Boston Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory. Tuukka Rask made 35 saves, and Zdeno Chara also scored for Boston. The Bruins improved to 43-17-5 and pulled within a point of […]
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NCAA hockey: Bowdoin stuns top seeds in NESCAC tourney
John McGinnis has scored and assisted some pretty big goals for Bowdoin College this season. The junior topped it all Sunday. Twenty-two seconds into the second overtime, McGinnis converted on a breakaway to lift the No. 5 Polar Bears to a stunning 3-2 win over No. 2 Amherst in the New England Small College Athletic […]
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HS Hockey: High drama at the mountaintop, and hardly surprising
LEWISTON — From the first week of December through the third week of February, choosing co-favorites to win the Class A hockey state championship could have been accomplished by plucking names written on folded pieces of paper from an unused helmet. So why should the second Saturday of March have been any different? Falmouth and […]