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Maine Mariners in ECHL playoff hunt three months into inaugural season
Maine Mariners goalie Brandon Halverson makes a glove save on a close shot by Steven Swavely of Reading Royals during a November game at Cross Insurance Arena. (Portland Press Herald file photo) Portland’s newest pro hockey team paid homage to its namesake Saturday night at Cross Insurance Arena. The Maine Mariners beat the Brampton Beast […]
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ECHL Hockey: Railers bounce surging Mariners, 4-2
Luke Stork of the Mariners drives down the ice with the puck as Barry Almeida of the Railers moves in on defense Friday in Portland. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald Photo) On Wednesday night, Mariners Coach Riley Armstrong said his team stole a victory despite being outplayed because of outstanding goaltending from Brandon Halverson. Two […]
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Pro hockey: Brandon Halverson, Maine Mariners shut down Reading Royals
Austin Lotz of the Reading Royals pushes aside a shot by Michael McNicholas of the Maine Mariners as he slides into the net in the second period at Cross Insurance Arena on Wednesday. Reading’s Steve Johnson defends on the play. (Derek Davis/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — After making his National Hockey League debut last season, […]
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Pro hockey: Shawn St. Amant's hat trick leads Mariners over Solar Bears
Maine Mariners’ Shawn St-Amant scores on Orlando goalie Martin Oulellette — a former University of Maine player — on Wednesday at Cross Insurance Arena. (Ben McCanna/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — For the past two winters, Shawn St. Amant has spent much of the season in the American Hockey League and finished it hoisting the Kelly […]
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Pro hockey: Mariners seal win over Worcester with long empty-net goal
PORTLAND — A little more than two minutes remained when a delay of game penalty for flipping the puck over the boards in their own end put the Maine Mariners on the defensive. Sure enough, visiting Worcester called its timeout, pulled its goaltender to put six skaters on the attack against four, and prepared to […]
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Maine Mariners beat Newfoundland for 1st win
PORTLAND — Of the three goalies on the Maine Mariners’ roster, Connor LaCouvee is the one without a National Hockey League contract. He’s also the one with a victory. In the first ECHL start of his professional career, LaCouvee made 32 saves Sunday as the Mariners won for the first time as the latest pro […]
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ECHL: Mariners stumble in debut
PORTLAND, ME – OCTOBER 13: Maine Mariners Riley Bourbonnais passes the puck in front of the net against Adirondack Thunder Saturday, October 13, 2018. (Staff photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer) Professional hockey returned Saturday night to downtown Portland after an absence of two years, and a crowd of more than 5,291 gathered to bear […]
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Pro hockey returns to Maine as Mariners hold first practice
Players race down the ice at the Maine Mariners’ first practice of the season at the Troubh Ice Arena in Portland on Tuesday. (Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald) PORTLAND — The Maine Mariners hit the ice Tuesday morning for their opening practice of training camp, the latest step in restoring professional hockey to Portland more than […]
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Maine Mariners single-game tickets on sale Monday
The Maine Mariners, Portland’s new ECHL team, reveal their new logo on the scoreboard at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland in Nov. 2017. (Portland Press Herald file photo) Individual game tickets for the upcoming Maine Mariners ECHL hockey season go on sale Monday afternoon — precisely at 2:07 in a nod to the state’s […]