Graying skies in southern Maine started spitting snow as Portland Pirates captain Jordan Szwarz and his teammates practiced Thursday. Afterward, Szwarz laughed about the weather. “I’m from Ontario; we’re used to it,” he said In the long term, of course he is. But recently, there was more likely to be a disruptive dust storm on […]
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Pirates get party started, skate past Sound Tigers
LEWISTON – When push came to shove, the Portland Pirates answered the bell. The Pirates scored four unanswered goals to defeat the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 4-2, in a chippy contest in front of 3,737 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Six minutes and three seconds into the third period, Bridgeport’s Marc Cantin threw an elbow to […]
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Pirates have Devil of time with Albany, 4-1
The Portland Pirates game against the Albany Devils on Saturday afternoon came down to a five-minute stretch in the middle of the second period. The Devils scored three times in the period en route to a 4-1 victory at Times Union Center in Albany. “The first period was good. Again, we took two penalties in […]
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Lessio scores twice in Pirates victory
Louis Dominque was peppered early and often in the Portland Pirates net, but he made 34 saves in the 4-1 victory over the Manchester Monarchs Thursday night at the Verizon Wireless Center. Lucas Lessio, who had been out the last 15 days with an injury, picked up the offense, which only fired 19 shots on […]
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AHL: Pirates top Bruins in shootout
LEWISTON — Mark Visentin is coming around to shootouts this season. After losing the last four he faced last season, Visentin stopped three of the five attempts he faced Saturday after making 45 saves in regulation while his Portland teammates beat Providence keeper Niklas Svedberg three times to lift the Pirates to a 3-2 win […]
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Monarchs mop up Pirates
The Manchester Monarchs came out strong in the first period and never looked back in a 6-2 victory over the Portland Pirates at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H., on Friday night. Brian O’Neill had a four-point night with two goals and two assists, while rookie Nick Shore and Andy Andreoff each had a […]
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Pirates’ Todd getting offensive
Daine Todd knew he had to be flexible if he wanted to make the Portland Pirates’ final roster. He abandoned his familiar position on the front end and adapted to defense, looking to earn a role as an offensive blueliner who could help with the team’s goal production by distributing the puck and running point […]
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Portland Pirates may move to another rink next season
PORTLAND — Unless an agreement is reached soon, the Portland Pirates hockey team could be moving to Saco, or leaving Maine entirely. With attempts to re-open lease negotiations between the Cumberland County Civic Center and its anchor tenant – and to bring new blood to the arena’s board of trustees – as frozen as the […]
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Miele, Pirates sink Sharks
LEWISTON — For as many goals as Andy Miele scored in college for Miami of Ohio, and for as much offense as he’s generated for the Portland Pirates, he’d never once registered a hat trick in a collegiate or professional game. Until Saturday. Miele scored a goal in each period and added a pair of […]
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Bruins pick off Pirates
Talk about time being man’s greatest adversary. Twenty nine seconds. That’s how much time the Portland Pirates were away from taking all six points against Atlantic divisional rivals, the Providence Bruins this week. Bobby Robins’ goal for Providence tied the game up at three and the Bruins picked up the 4-3 win in a shootout […]