Andy Miele and Brandon McMillan scored slick backhand goals in the post-overtime competition and Mark Visentin stuffed all four shooters he faced to help lift the Pirates to a 4-3 win over the Providence Bruins in front of 1,596 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Wednesday, the team’s second win in a row and third […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Lewiston surges in second, chases away Cony
LEWISTON – There are no in-between-meal snacks in Class A schoolboy hockey. Tuesday night’s home opener with the Cony/Monmouth combine was Lewiston’s stop between weekend road trips to Biddeford and Scarborough. Suffice it to say that the meat, and not the bread, is on the outside of that sandwich. Things were slow to cook, but […]
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AHL: Here comes Providence — again
SACO — The Portland Pirates finally appeared to figure things out over the weekend, snapping a point-less drought Saturday with a home loss in extra time to Manchester before earning a win on the road in Providence. “We were all embarrassed Friday night,” Portland coach Ray Edwards said. “These players are all proud, and every […]
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Cain becomes majority owner of Portland Pirates
The Portland Pirates will move forward with a new majority owner, and he’s already extending an olive branch to the Cumberland County Civic Center with the hope of returning the team to Portland. Ron Cain, a minority shareholder with the Pirates since 2010, is now the club’s majority shareholder. “The opportunity presented itself for me […]
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Correction: Name omitted
In the preview capsule for the 2013-14 Lewiston High School boys’ hockey team, Brendon Croteau should have been listed as a promising newcomer. It was an editing error.
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AHL: Pirates sink Bruins on road
You’ll have to forgive the Portland Pirates if they attempt to start goaltender Louis Domingue in every game the team plays against the Providence Bruins for the rest of the season. The strategy has unwittingly worked so far for the Pirates and young keeper. Domingue stopped 31 of the 33 shots he faced and Andy […]
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Girls’ Hockey: Leavitt/Edward Little wallops Winslow
AUBURN – There’s a difference between one-sided and ugly. The Leavitt/Edward Little cooperative girls’ hockey team’s 5-0 triumph Saturday over Winslow at Norway Savings Bank Arena was a resounding mismatch by every statistical measuring stick except the scoring column. Credit Winslow senior goaltender Jessica Cain for keeping the neon numbers from escalating out of control. […]
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Boys’ Hockey: Brunswick holds off feisty Edward Little
AUBURN — Celebrate the persistence, or curse the penalties. There are two ways to look at the season opener for the Edward Little boys’ hockey team. The Red Eddies were short-handed too early, too late and too often Saturday night, which is a big reason Brunswick skated away from Norway Savings Bank Arena with a […]
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Berube rescues Saints with winning goal
SACO — St. Dom’s took advantage of their opportunities and it paid off as the Saints ame from behind to earn 5-4 overtime victory against Scarborough in varsity boys’ hockey at MHG Ice Arena in Saco. “Our players have responded well in our games,” St. Dom’s coach Steve Ouellette said. “It’s really just a maturity […]
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Blue Devils bag Tigers, 5-3
BIDDEFORD — The Lewiston Blue Devils used a four-goal, first-period outburst, to open their varsity boys’ high school season with a 5-3 victory over the Biddeford Tigers Saturday at Biddeford Ice Arena. The Blue Devils trailed early in the first period, but used a four-minute span to blow the period wide open. “It was a […]