PORTLAND — Francis Wathier had the golden touch, and Louis Domingue the golden pads. Buoyed by Domingue’s 28-save shutout, Wathier’s pair of goals and a lock-down penalty-kill unit, the No. 8 Portland Pirates stayed alive again Thursday, earning a 5-0 win over the top-seeded Manchester Monarchs in Game 4 of the teams’ best-of-5 AHL Eastern […]
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AHL: Portland Pirates topple Manchester Monarchs in game 3; Game 4 set for Thursday
They found that win seven days ago with a third-period comeback against Worcester to become the last team into the 16-team Calder Cup playoffs. They found it again Sunday, and will play at least one more playoff game. Francis Wathier scored with 2.9 seconds remaining to give the Pirates a 3-2 victory over top-seeded Manchester […]
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AHL: Portland falls to Manchester in overtime
PORTLAND — For the last time in American Hockey League history, the Portland Pirates hosted the Manchester Monarchs. The rivalry, which began in 2001 with Manchester’s inception into the league, has been competitive, memorable and chippy. It was all of those things once again Friday night. The Monarchs’ farewell gift was a victory as Nic Dowd […]
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AHL Hockey: Monarchs maul Pirates, 8-2
PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates (14-14-0-0) fell to .500 on the season in a 8-2 loss to the Manchester Monarchs (18-6-1-1) Wednesday night at Cross Insurance Arena. It was the Pirates fifth straight loss. Andy Andreoff had a hat trick for Manchester. Brian O’Neill registered five assists. Manchester started its rout in the first period […]
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Pro Hockey: Monarchs snap Portland’s five-game winning streak in shutout
Winners of five straight, the Pirates were also the lone unbeaten team at home. Both of those streaks came to a screeching halt against the visiting Manchester Monarchs, who handed Portland a 4-0 loss in front of 1,519 fans at Cross Insurance Arena. It was Portland’s first shutout loss of the season. “That’s a good little […]
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AHL: Pirates fall to Monarchs in OT
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 […]
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Monarchs crown Pirates
The Portland Pirates redeemed themselves after a rough start, rallying to tie the game in the third period and again force overtime. And again, the team suffered a knockout punch with little time left on the clock. Linden Vey sent the puck past Pirates goalie Louis Domingue with 1.8 seconds remaining in overtime to lift […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]