LEWISTON — Blue Devils don’t cheer for Saints, and Saints most certainly do not applaud the blue and white. Neither have the time for the Red Eddies. What is a Red Eddie, anyway? But Saturday, when for the 12th time in 13 seasons at least one of the three schools bearing those nicknames played in […]
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Class A Hockey Final: St. Dom’s felled by Falmouth in OT
LEWISTON — Everyone thought, and rightfully so, that Saint Dominic Academy was this schoolboy hockey season’s poster personality for overcoming lost causes and jarring disappointments. Falmouth High School defenseman Jake Grade skated off with that unofficial title in about a four-minute window Saturday night, however. And as a result, his team is a back-to-back Class […]
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HS Hockey: Messalonskee captures first title, 6-1 over Gorham
LEWISTON — Messalonskee passed its early-game test with flying colors, and the Eagles soared to their first hockey state title Saturday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Jared Cunningham dipped and ducked his way through the defense and past Gorham goaltender Justin Broy with a set of jaw-dropping moves for the go-ahead goal at 5:19 of […]
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AHL: Devils edge Pirates in shootout
LEWISTON — The Portland Pirates showed an ability to come from behind Friday, erasing two-goal deficit to force overtime. They also showed a continued propensity to lose games in extra time or a shootout. Stefan Matteau picked the right corner past Portland keeper Mark Visentin in the fifth and final round of the shootout to […]
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Class A Hockey Final: Saints wearing underdog label splendidly
LEWISTON — The hardware count between Class A schoolboy hockey finalists Saint Dominic Academy and Falmouth High School: Two dozen state championships to one. Until this season, Saturday night’s game site, Androscoggin Bank Colisee, was the Saints’ home ice. Almost a half-century ago, when Muhammad Ali defended the world heavyweight championship here against Sonny Liston, […]
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Class B Hockey Final: Eagles healthy, experienced and unbeaten
LEWISTON — From the outside looking in, Messalonskee crushed Class B East hockey this winter. On the way to their third consecutive regional championship, the Eagles scored just a hair beneath seven goals per game. They defeated Bangor and Falmouth, the top two tournament seeds in Class A East and West, respectively. The record book […]
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Class A Hockey Final: Saints’ red line is colorful group
AUBURN — It’s difficult to define the Saint Dominic Academy “red” line of Tyler Sirois, Calvin Stewart and Mike Richard. That likely explains why they get their names in the newspaper, individually or collectively, with the frequency of football offensive linemen. You can’t call them scorers. Each had two goals apiece during the regular season. […]
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Tickets still available for NCAA Division III hockey championship
LEWISTON — Tickets for the 2014 NCAA Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Championship, which will be hosted at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, are still available for sale to the general public. This landmark event, which will be held Friday and Saturday, March 21-22, will feature two semifinal games on Friday at 4 p.m […]