Video streaming by Ustream PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates are going home. The American Hockey League affiliate of the Phoenix Coyotes has called the Androscoggin Bank Colisee of Lewiston home this season after a lease dispute boiled up late last summer between the club and the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland. But Pirates ownership […]
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AHL: Pirates’ slide continues
Players left the building in a somber state, many choosing to look to the ground or stare blankly forward. Equipment managers came and went with bags slung over their shoulders — but behind them, through the open door to the locker room, was silence. “It’s not pretty right now,” Pirates coach Ray Edwards said. “There’s […]
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AHL: Senators bring gavel down on Pirates
LEWISTON — Binghamton set the tone with a pair of goals in the first seven minutes of the game, goaded a recently-undisciplined Portland team into 134 penalty minutes — a franchise record — and crushed comeback thoughts with two goals each in the second and third periods as the Senators skated to a 7-1 win […]
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Hagel, energy return to Portland Pirates’ lineup
Now in his sixth season of professional hockey, the 2008 graduate of Princeton University — yes, THAT Princeton University — is playing for the Portland Pirates, the eighth team for which he’s worn a sweater. He’s used to moving around. This season, he’s also known what it’s like when his teammates are traveling without him […]
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Pirates hosting three games in three days
SACO — Finally off the schneid, the Portland Pirates hope a shootout win Sunday in Springfield — their first victory in seven tries — will be the catalyst for a mid-season turn-around. “It was huge, it took a lot or pressure off our backs,” Pirates leading scorer Andy Miele said. “It’s kind of fun to […]
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Trustees send Pirates a new lease proposal
PORTLAND — The Board of Trustees for the Cumberland County Civic Center have sent a new lease proposal to the Portland Pirates on Wednesday that could end the nearly year-long saga with the American Hockey League franchise that’s called Portland home for more than two decades. Neal Pratt, chairman of the trustees, declined to get […]
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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: Sound Tigers eclipse Pirates in shootout
LEWISTON — A last-minute goal helped the Portland Pirates take command of Friday’s game against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Another led to shootout disappointment — again — at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Pierre-Marc Bouchard and Alan Quine scored in the shootout with similar backhand deke moves after forcing overtime with 17 seconds to play in […]
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AHL: Lessio is more for Pirates
In the span of a calendar year, Lucas Lessio went from the depths of emotion — an injury erased a chance to play for Team Canada at the World Junior Championships — to the heights — the 20-year-old skater played in his first National Hockey League game. In between, and since, the 6-foot, 1-inch, 200-pound […]
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AHL: Bridgeport up next for Pirates in Lewiston
After a lackluster effort in their most recent home game, the Portland Pirates are hoping they can get back on track — and back into the win column — on Friday. “It would certainly be nice to get a win Friday, that’s for sure,” Pirates coach Ray Edwards said. The Pirates didn’t lose a game […]