After a previous team canceled their trip to Lewiston to play the Fighting Spirit to kick-off “Spirit Weekend” at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee a week and half ago, owner and coach Rod Simmons was left searching for an opponent nearly two weeks before their lone exhibition game at the Colisee. He found an opponent made […]
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Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit open training camp with fresh faces
LEWISTON — The L/A Fighting Spirit Junior “A” Hockey roster isn’t completely set, but 20 players hit the ice for the opening of training camp Monday morning. A 21st player — Jordan Crowe, a 19-year-old defenseman from Scotland — spent his morning running up the steps of each of the 34 sections at the Androscoggin […]
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Colisee, Fighting Spirit pull NAHL application for 2015-16 season
Lewiston will be home to only one junior hockey team for the 2015-16 season. With the Lewiston-Auburn Fighting Spirit ready to make their debut season at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in the Tier III North American 3 Eastern Hockey League, Colisee owner Jim Cain and Fighting Spirit owner Rod Simmons decided to pull their application […]
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NA3EHL final series: Fighting Spirit fall to Jersey Shore Wildcats in third and decisive game
And for the fourth time, Jersey Shore found a way to win under pressure. The Wildcats captured the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League Championship with a 3-2 victory in Game 3 at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Sunday when Adam Skutchan scored 2:19 into the second overtime. Alexandre Racicot had the game-winning assist. “Last […]
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Fighting Spirit get back at Wildcats
LEWISTON — Alex Peddle scored one of the easiest goals he will ever score and he scored one of the most important goals he will ever score. His two goals led the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit to a 3-1 victory in Game 2 in the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League Championship Series over the […]
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Wildcats make Fighting Spirit disappear
LEWISTON — Game 1 of the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League Championship series was a microcosm of the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit’s season as they allowed a late goal in a 4-2 loss to the Jersey Shore Wildcats on Friday night at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. With 1:14 remaining in the contest, the Wildcats broke […]
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Junior hockey: Impending NAHL vote could add another team to Lewiston/Auburn market
One of the top junior leagues in the country could be making its way to the Northeast and Lewiston may be in line for a team. With the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit set to come in next season as the L/A Fighting Spirit in the Tier III North American 3 Eastern Hockey League, the North […]
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Live chat: What junior hockey’s return means to Lewiston
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In the Crease: Community at large needs to embrace its Fighting Spirit
LEWISTON — The Fighting Spirit are relocating to Lewiston-Auburn. Kind of fitting, right? The area has long been known as a mill town on the rebound, a community with a rough-and-tumble past. Now, we have a downtown community — and a community at large — attempting to reinvent itself and emerge from that reputation. We […]
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Junior hockey: Maine Timberwolves done in Lewiston before playing a single game
LEWISTON — Full-time junior hockey in Lewiston is dead for another season. Three months after the Maine Timberwolves announced plans to play their 16-game home schedule at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee as part of the Northern States Junior Hockey League, league commissioner Wayne Sheehan confirmed Thursday that the team’s operations have been suspended. “From a […]