Lucas Lessio’s first professional hat trick — all three goals coming in the second period — wasn’t enough to help the Portland Pirates find a victory Saturday in Manchester. Jordan Weal answered Lessio’s feat with a hat trick of his own, capping his three scores with a game-tying tally with 31 seconds to play, and […]
Manchester
Posted inObituaries
Alfred A. Delisle
1930 – 2014 MANCHESTER, N.H. — Alfred A. Delisle, 84, of Manchester, N.H., died on Wednesday, March 12, at Hanover Hill Health Care. He was born on Jan. 15, 1930, in Lewiston, the son of Alfred and Evelina (Bouchard) Delisle. Alfred worked at the Raytheon Company in Massachusetts for 30 years and lived in Framingham, […]
advertisement
Posted inLocal Sports
AHL: Pirates top Monarchs for third win in a row
LEWISTON — Tobias Rieder kept scoring, Mark Visentin kept stopping pucks and the Portland Pirates kept on winning. Rieder was one of four Pirates to find the net Friday, Visentin stopped 24 of 25 shots and the team played arguably its most complete home game of the season in a 4-1 victory over the Eastern […]
Posted inLocal Sports
AHL: Pirates face 3-in-3
SACO — After a light few weeks to open the season, the Portland Pirates are faced this weekend with their first three-games-in-three-days set. “From a preparation standpoint, you have to look at three different teams, as far as watching them and understanding what we’re dealing with,” Edwards said. “But most of that work is done […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Hunter finds skeletal remains Saturday in Manchester
MANCHESTER — Maine State Police and the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office are investigating skeletal remains, likely male, found off Puddledock Road on Saturday morning. A hunter stumbled upon the remains, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. He was not sure what time they were found. The remains will be […]
Posted inLocal Sports
AHL hockey: Monarchs edge Pirates in shootout
Buoyed by a Kyle Hagel scrap and ensuing penalty kill, the Pirates came from behind in the third period to force overtime before Manchester’s Brandon Kozun buried his team’s second goal of the shootout to lead the Monarchs to a 3-2 win. “Overall we were very pleased,” Pirates coach Ray Edwards said. “The issue for […]
Posted inLocal Sports
AHL: Pirates tired of practice, ready for season-opener
SACO — While most of the American Hockey League’s 30 teams began play last weekend, the Portland Pirates were still practicing. And practicing. “We’ve had a long couple weeks of practice, and I think the guys are getting more antsy to get into some game action,” Pirates’ captain Jordan Szwarz said. “We saw the AHL […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
House fire kills man in Manchester
MANCHESTER — A 57-year-old man was killed in a house fire early Saturday morning, according to Maine State Police. Investigators believe the man, whose body was found in a second-floor bedroom of the Granite Hill Road home, was Samuel Spinicci, state police spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a press release Saturday evening. The fire is […]
Posted inLocal Sports
AHL: Pirates fall in preseason tilt; team unveils ticket packages
Assuming he makes the Manchester Monarchs’ final roster, the next time Deslauriers skates in Lewiston, he’ll be a marked man. The Manchester defenseman-turned-forward found the back of the net four times Saturday, leading the visiting Monarchs to a 5-2 win over the Portland Pirates at the MHG Ice Centre in Saco in the Pirates’ lone […]
Posted inConnections
Briefly
Teacher, author via simulcast MANCHESTER — LifeWay Christian Resources will bring well-known Bible teacher and best-selling author Beth Moore to Hope Baptist Church via simulcast on Sept. 14. Hope Baptist Church is serving as a host location for the Central Maine area for the second time. The event,now in its 15th year, both challenges and […]