MANCHESTER, N.H. — Rookie Henrik Samuelsson continued his hot preseason for the Portland Pirates on Sunday, netting a goal and adding an assist in a 2-1 Portland win over the Manchester Monarchs at Sullivan Arena on the campus of St. Anselm College. The win gave Portland a sweep of the two-game preseason series between the […]
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Portland Pirates: Homecoming for goalie McKenna
Mike McKenna is getting the best of both worlds in his return to the Portland Pirates this season. McKenna, a journeyman goaltender who has played for 13 teams across the National Hockey League, American Hockey League and ECHL, including one previous stop in Portland, signed a deal with the Pirates in the offseason, affording him […]
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Portland Pirates: Coyotes assign six to AHL team
The Portland Pirates’ dressing room is getting a bit more crowded this weekend. The Arizona Coyotes, the Pirates’ NHL parent club, released seven players Thursday, six of which will report to Portland. The Coyotes sent forwards Jordan Szwarz, Lucas Lessio, and Tobias Rieder, defensemen Brandon Gormley and Andrew Campbell and goalie Louis Domingue to the AHL […]
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Portland Pirates: Former University of Maine goalie right at home with AHL club
But Maine is still home. He retired as a professional player after his fifth year with Soenderjyske in Denmark last spring. Tuesday, he was back on the ice — and in full gear — helping out another Maine hockey institution, the Portland Pirates. The team hired Michaud this summer as a part-time goalie coach. He’s […]
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Portland Pirates: Young veterans look to increase impact
SACO — Twenty-two might make you a veteran in little league, high school football or college swimming. But pro hockey? For a handful of Portland Pirates, including 22-year-old, third-year forward Phil Lane, it’s time to be that veteran presence on a team looking to rebound from a rough season on and off the ice. “Last […]
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Portland Pirates: Lewiston native Mark Anthoine giving tryout his best shot
SACO — Mark Anthoine pushed through the double doors from the locker room area at the MHG Ice Centre on Tuesday clutching an energy drink and breathing heavily. Out of his hockey uniform but still drenched in sweat, he greeted everyone holding a camera or a microphone with a smile. And a pause. “Sorry, I’m […]
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Portland Pirates: Team opens training camp with renewed optimism
The team is hoping it’s one of the only similarities they find to last season. After finishing the year in the American Hockey League cellar, the Pirates’ offseason was one of change, both on and off the ice. Off the ice, this season marks the first full campaign for Ron Cain as the team’s majority […]
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Pirates steer past Red Sox
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates got a lucky break when Boston pinch-runner Jemile Weeks was hit by a batted ball in the ninth inning, beating the Red Sox 3-2 on Thursday night to keep pace in the NL pennant race. The Pirates won their fourth in a row. They began the day 2½games ahead […]
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Pirates of the Dark Rose to appear at balloon festival
While this year’s Great Falls Balloon Festival theme is “Swashbuckling in the Sky,” there will be pirate antics on the ground as well. One of the festival’s featured special-shape balloons will be Pegleg Pete, a colorful parrot-pirate combination whose motto is “Arrrr you ready for a good time?” On the ground, the festival organizers promise […]
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AHL: Pirates extend affiliation with Phoenix; Edwards assumes GM role
Ray Edwards will be wearing another hat, and the Portland Pirates will once again be developing players for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League in a new agreement announced Wednesday. Edwards, who has coached the Pirates for three seasons under the affiliation with the Coyotes, will now also be the team’s general manager. […]