PORTLAND — The most frustrating thing about Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Hartford Wolf Pack wasn’t the fact that the Portland Pirates are now winless in their past six hockey games. What hurt the most was the fact that the Pirates played a pretty good game Sunday afternoon, and it still wasn’t good enough. “We’re […]
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AHL: Portland Pirates announce affiliation with Florida Panthers
PORTLAND — For the fourth time in the team’s history, the Portland Pirates are changing National Hockey League affiliates. The Pirates, who have been part of the Arizona Coyotes organization for four seasons, announced Wednesday an end to that agreement following this season, and a new, four-year deal with the Florida Panthers. “We are very […]
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AHL: Providence Bruins send Portland Pirates to fourth consecutive loss
The Providence Bruins took another step toward clinching a playoff berth Sunday, while the Portland Pirates continued to limp toward the end of the season. Providence jumped out to a three-goal lead, nearly gave it away, and then pulled away in the third period to score a 7-2 win over Portland in front of 9.247 […]
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AHL: Wolf Pack come back on Pirates
LEWISTON — Jordan Martinook looked to the skies, bent over at his waist with his stick on his thighs, and hung his head. He coasted in a loop from near the Hartford cage and back toward the Portland Pirates’ bench. His teammates were already filing toward the dressing room, their heads bent like Martinook’s, in […]
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American Hockey League: IceCaps sink Pirates
They also watched their comeback aspirations dashed as the St. John’s IceCaps took advantage of too many Pirates penalties in a 7-4 win in front of 1,734 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Though Portland scored on the power play to tie the game early in the third, St. John’s had five goals on the man […]
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Pirates stop skip, edge Falcons in shootout
SPRINGFIELD, Ma. — The Portland Pirated ended a six-game winless streak Sunday afternoon with a 4-3 shootout win over the Springfield Falcons. Chris Brown scored twice and Andy Miele added a goal and the shootout winner to lift Portland to the win in its 14th overtime game of the season. Goaltender Mark Visentin made 37 […]
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Celebrating our great love of the game
Tomorrow night, the Portland Pirates will face the Manchester Monarchs in Game One of the Pirates’ 2013-14 season. In Lewiston. Game time is 7 p.m. on what is now the Pirates’ home ice. In Lewiston. There is now an American Hockey League franchise in Lewiston. On Sept. 30, after negotiations between Cumberland County Civic Center […]