PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates are leaving Maine. The team sent out a news release Wednesday evening confirming earlier media reports that the team has been sold. According to the release, the AHL franchise that has called the city home since 1993 will relocate to Springfield, Mass., beginning next season. Team CEO Ron Cain was […]
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Portland Pirates embarrassed by Toronto Marlies
The Toronto Marlies put up three goals by the midway point of the first period and kept pulling away from there for a 9-2 victory at Cross Insurance Arena. “For me personally, this is my 20th year coaching, and even though as you get older you lose some of your memory, but I think it’s […]
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Weird Wicked Weird: True tales of lost pirate booty
Maine author Patricia Hughes has collected hundreds of tales over the decades of daring pirates, amazing bounty, jilted witches and buried loot, but the stories of lost treasure only make it into her books if they meet two criteria. The story has to be true. And the treasure has to be haunted. “Somebody (was) murdered […]
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AHL: Pirates eliminated as rally falls short against Manchester
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Portland Pirates’ season came to an end in a winner-take-all Game 5 on Saturday. The Pirates staved off elimination twice with consecutive homes victories in Game 3 and 4, respectively, but couldn’t do it for a third straight time on the road, falling 5-3 to the Manchester Monarchs in Game 5 at […]
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AHL: Portland Pirates come alive, force Game 5 with Manchester Monarchs
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 Pirates’ playoff push begins Thursday
SACO — Mike McKenna has seen a lot from behind his goalie mask in the past 10 years. He’s played for 14 professional hockey teams at three levels following a four-year NCAA career at St. Lawrence University. So when McKenna said Wednesday that what he witnessed from his goal crease last weekend in the Portland […]