L/A Nordiques forward Armand O’Keefe loses and edge and falls in front of Northeast Generals forward Jacob Kelly (7) during their game at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston on Friday. (Justin Pelletier/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — In a battle of the top two teams in the NA3HL’s Coastal Division, the top-ranked L/A Nordiques rang in […]
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The Sun Journal Top 10: Looking back on a banner-raising year in sports
To grasp the greatness of the sports year in the tri-county, take a look at what didn’t make the list of the area’s top 10 sports stories of 2017. For instance, the biggest schools finally made some noise in football. Edward Little, Lewiston and Oxford Hills beat out the Portland-area schools for the top three […]
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NA3HL Showcase: Inger's big day leads Metro Jets past L/A Nordiques
The L/A Nordiques are officially on a losing streak. For the first time this season, the Coastal Division-leading Nordiques have lost three games in a row after they fell 7-2 to the Metro Jets at the NA3HL Showcase in Blaine, Minnesota, on Monday. The Jets are in second place in the East Division. For Nordiques […]
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L/A Nordiques fall to North Iowa
BLAINE, Minn. — The North Iowa Bulls scored three first-period goals and never looked back, skating to a 5-2 victory over the L/A Nordiques on Sunday in the NA3HL Showcase. Connor Clemons, Dayton Honkanen and David Dolter each scored for the Bulls in the opening period. The Nordiques responded in the second period with goals […]
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Junior Nordiques: Old and young celebrate Christmas
LEWISTON — To say that Jean Cloutier enjoys the company of children might be a touch of understatement. She drove a school bus for 24 years, did Cloutier, and that’s on top of the 14 years she spent as an education technician at the high school. She raised four kids of her own, too, and […]
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NA3HL: L/A Nordiques lose key divisional game to Northeast Generals
Kyle Secor of the L/A Nordiques collides with Nicklas Norrefjord of the Northeast Generals during the first period in Lewiston on Sunday. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) LEWISTON — The L/A Nordiques did something for the first time all season. They were shut out. The Coastal Division-leading Nordiques dropped a 3-0 decision to the second-place Northeast Generals […]
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Nordiques rally to defeat the Wild in OT
The L/A Nordiques trailed all game long, but came away with the two points as Nick Ventura scored in overtime to lift L/A to a 3-2 win over the in-state rival Maine Wild on a snowy Saturday night. It was Ventura’s ninth goal of the season and first with the Nordiques, having joined the team when […]
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Colisee, Nordiques owner talks new team, finances
LEWISTON — Is Lewiston-Auburn big enough for two junior hockey teams? Jim Cain, owner of the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston and the team that calls it home, the L/A Nordiques, thinks so. But don’t ask him to try the model the newly formed Twin City Thunder is using. “(The second team) doesn’t have a […]
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Labrie leads the reinforced Nordiques to victory over Cape Cod
With new faces in the lineup, it was some old faces who sparked the L/A Nordiques to a 5-1 victory over the Cape Cod Islanders in front of 606 fans at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Friday. Caleb Labrie had two goals to pace the Nordiques, while Kyle Secor and Clifford Ogle each had a […]
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NA3HL hockey: Roc City trips up L/A in OT
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Brandon Corey completed a natural hat trick in dramatic fashion, scoring just over three minutes into overtime to lift host Roc City over the Lewiston/Auburn Nordiques, 6-5, in NA3HL action Sunday afternoon. The Royals trailed 5-3 with time winding down in the third period when Corey scored a pair of goals 74 […]