BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The special teams told the story on Wednesday night, and it was quite the enjoyable read for the Portland Pirates. The Pirates scored on each of their first four power plays to earn a 5-1 victory at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in front of 2,493. “It was a big game […]
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Portland Pirates out, Junior Pirates in at Colisee
PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates’ decision to sign a five-year lease with the Cumberland County Civic Center on Tuesday means the Androscoggin Bank Colisee will have another new, different anchor tenant in 2014-15. Meet the Junior Pirates. The organization’s United States Premier Hockey League team, in its first year currently playing out of Saco, will […]
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AHL: Pirates’ slide continues
Players left the building in a somber state, many choosing to look to the ground or stare blankly forward. Equipment managers came and went with bags slung over their shoulders — but behind them, through the open door to the locker room, was silence. “It’s not pretty right now,” Pirates coach Ray Edwards said. “There’s […]
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AHL: Senators bring gavel down on Pirates
LEWISTON — Binghamton set the tone with a pair of goals in the first seven minutes of the game, goaded a recently-undisciplined Portland team into 134 penalty minutes — a franchise record — and crushed comeback thoughts with two goals each in the second and third periods as the Senators skated to a 7-1 win […]
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Hagel, energy return to Portland Pirates’ lineup
Now in his sixth season of professional hockey, the 2008 graduate of Princeton University — yes, THAT Princeton University — is playing for the Portland Pirates, the eighth team for which he’s worn a sweater. He’s used to moving around. This season, he’s also known what it’s like when his teammates are traveling without him […]
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Pirates hosting three games in three days
SACO — Finally off the schneid, the Portland Pirates hope a shootout win Sunday in Springfield — their first victory in seven tries — will be the catalyst for a mid-season turn-around. “It was huge, it took a lot or pressure off our backs,” Pirates leading scorer Andy Miele said. “It’s kind of fun to […]
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Civic Center tries to lure Pirates back to Portland
PORTLAND (AP) — The trustees of the Cumberland County Civic Center have sent the Portland Pirates a lease proposal they hope will lure the minor league hockey team back to Portland. Details of the proposed lease were not released. Neal Pratt, the chairman of the trustees, told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/1ezhxTO ) that the […]
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Monarchs crown Pirates
The Portland Pirates redeemed themselves after a rough start, rallying to tie the game in the third period and again force overtime. And again, the team suffered a knockout punch with little time left on the clock. Linden Vey sent the puck past Pirates goalie Louis Domingue with 1.8 seconds remaining in overtime to lift […]
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AHL: Sound Tigers eclipse Pirates in shootout
LEWISTON — A last-minute goal helped the Portland Pirates take command of Friday’s game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Another led to shootout disappointment — again — at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Alan Quine scored in the shootout with similar backhand deke moves after forcing overtime with 17 seconds to play in […]
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AHL: Lessio is more for Pirates
In the span of a calendar year, Lucas Lessio went from the depths of emotion — an injury erased a chance to play for Team Canada at the World Junior Championships — to the heights — the 20-year-old skater played in his first National Hockey League game. In between, and since, the 6-foot, 1-inch, 200-pound […]