LEWISTON — St. Dom’s drive for 25 will have to go through the defending champions. No. 1 Falmouth won back-to-back Class A West crowns in impressive fashion Tuesday night, scoring four goals in the first 17 minutes and grinding out a 5-2 win over No. 2 Scarborough in the final at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Tyler […]
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Class A East Hockey Final: Saints take out Rams; play for 25th title Saturday
LEWISTON — Magical? Not really. Heavenly? OK, if we must go there. It has been a Saintly surge through mid-February into early March for Saint Dominic Academy, one that will end in the same manner as so many winters past: With a quest for Maine schoolboy hockey’s holy grail. Two goals in the final 1:50 […]
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Class A East Hockey Final: Saints seek another reversal of fortune
LEWISTON — March matters most. Saint Dominic Academy hopes that trend continues when it meets Bangor High School for the Class A East hockey championship Tuesday. Game time is 6 p.m. at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. No. 1 Bangor (16-3) has earned consecutive trips to the regional final and defeated No. 3 St. Dom’s (12-7-1) twice […]
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Class A East Hockey Semifinal: Bangor outlasts Brunswick
LEWISTON — It was tougher and rougher than the top-seeded team in Class A East hockey expected, but Bangor earned a return trip to Androscoggin Bank Colisee later this week. Trevor DeLaite had a hat trick and Sam Kenny contributed two goals and two assists Saturday night in a 5-1 semifinal victory over Brunswick. No. […]
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Class A West Hockey Semifinal: Red Storm trounce Trojans
LEWISTON —The Scarborough Red Storm controlled the game from start to finish Saturday in the 7-1 victory over the Thornton Academy Golden Trojans in the Western Class A hockey semifinals. “One of my assistants has been here for 15 years, and he said he has never seen a Scarborough team play all three zones like […]
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High school hockey: Falmouth survives Noble/Wells
LEWISTON — The Noble/Wells Knights gave reigning Class A state champion Falmouth all it could handle Saturday, but Andre Clement’s goal with 1:23 remaining sprang the Yachtsmen into the Western Class A hockey title game with a 5-4 semifinal victory. Falmouth will play Scarborough on Tuesday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee 8 p.m. “That’s […]
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High school hockey: Parity highlights regional semifinals
From one game to the next during the high school hockey season, none of the remaining Class A state title contenders knew for sure that it would face another title contender and win. Or lose. Or tie. Coaches love to tell anyone who will listen that their team has a chance to win every game. […]
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Class A East Hockey Semifinal: St. Dom’s bounces Lewiston
LEWISTON — There’s a reason rivals at higher levels of hockey play best-of-seven series. Emotions swing violently. Confidence spikes and wanes accordingly. And the pipes and sticks that provide friendly bounces one night break your heart the next. The third time was a convincing charm for Saint Dominic Academy, which saved its first victory of […]
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AHL: Pirates hold off Sharks
LEWISTON — Their smiles were wider; their breathing, deeper, and filled with relief. Portland forward Tobias Rieder collected a blocked shot off the skates of a Worcester defender and fired the puck into an empty net with 29 seconds to play in regulation to finish off a 6-4 Pirates win over the Sharks, ending a […]
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Auburn’s rink manager leaving for New Jersey
AUBURN — Ice rink Manager Joshua MacDonald will bid goodbye to the rink he helped open last fall, moving on to a job in New Jersey. MacDonald said his last day at the Norway Savings Bank Arena will be Thursday, March 6. “I’ve had an absolute blast,” MacDonald said. “This is one of the dream […]