The Portland Pirates are getting to the point where they meed almost as many seats in the stands for their injured players as they do roster spots for those on the ice. Despite low numbers — the Pirates dressed only 17 skaters in a loss to Worcester last weekend — the team is churning ahead, […]
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Girls’ hockey: Landry, Leavitt-Little blank Biddeford
AUBURN — Once the Taylor Landry Show is on, if you’re a Leavitt/Edward Little girls’ hockey opponent, it’s the equivalent of a guilty-pleasure reality program or a chain-reaction crash that just happened on the highway. You want to shut it off, or look away, but you can’t. Biddeford experienced Wednesday what Landry’s rivals on the […]
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Boys’ hockey: Gardiner gets first win at Leavitt’s expense
AUBURN — At times Wednesday night, Leavitt’s defense didn’t respond quickly enough. In another split second, the Hornets were just too eager. The end result was a costly 4-2 Western Class B boys’ hockey loss to previously winless Gardiner at Norway Savings Bank Arena. “We keep losing ground to people that are behind us,” Leavitt […]
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AHL: Admirals sink Pirates in shootout
LEWISTON — Another home game, another point for the Portland Pirates. Despite blowing a three-goal, second-period lead, the Pirates held on to earn a point against the visiting Norfolk Admirals in a 5-4 shootout loss at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Friday. “I liked our game, I liked our work ethic, I liked the way […]
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Jet-lagged Pirates set for another 3-in-3
For the second time in less than a week, the Portland Pirates had problems getting to where they wanted to go, and it had nothing to do with their play on the ice. The front end of a scheduled series in St. John’s, Newfoundland was pushed back last weekend after a storm gripped the northeaster […]
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Boys’ Hockey: St. Dom’s, Greely call it even
AUBURN — Wednesday night’s game at Norway Savings Bank Arena showed that two teams can wind up with the same number on the scoreboard, yet see polar-opposite results. St. Dom’s and Greely both desperately needed a win after battling brutal schedules in the opening month of the boys’ hockey season. Neither got it at the […]
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Girls’ hockey: Lewiston takes out Falmouth
LEWISTON — Lewiston freshman Allison Frechette has two gears: ‘park’ and ‘drive.’ Sitting on the bench and cheering on her teammates, that’s when the speedy forward gets her rest and plots her next shift. On the ice? Nothing but drive. Frechette added two more goals to her impressive early-season total Wednesday to help lead the […]
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AHL: IceCaps take another from Pirates
The Portland Pirates’ up-and-down start to 2014 continued Tuesday in the team’s third game in three days. Ben Chiarot, Carl Klingberg and Andrew Gordon scored goals for St. John’s and Eddie Pasquale stopped 28 shots to lead the IceCaps to a 4-2 win over the Pirates at Mile One Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Despite […]
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SAM White squirts 3, Brewer Black Squirts 4 Goals: SAM White — Angelo Bird, Ethan Boardman, and Darien Jamison; Brewer — Black, Michael Delahanty, Josh Lockhart, Keegan Nilsson. Assists: SAM White — Camdyn Lasselle, Paul Casey, Ethan Boardman; Brewer — Black Josh Lockhart, Jarrod Harvey Goalies: SAM White — Sean Doyle; Brewer — Black Owen […]
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Pirates drop opener in St. Johns, 3-1
After the day-long headache the Portland Pirates endured in getting to Newfoundland, maybe it’s no surprise that the offense struggled to make connections or that the defense ran out of gas Sunday afternoon. St. John’s scored two goals in the third period to seal a 3-1 win in front of 6,287 at Mile One Centre. […]