LEWISTON — If Dan DaSilva and Travis Oleklsuk of the Worcester Sharks had to face the Portland Pirates every time they played a game, you likely wouldn’t hear much complaining. Oleksuk had a goal and four assists and DaSilva added three goals and an assist to help lift the visiting Sharks to a 6-3 win […]
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AHL: Penguins ice Pirates
LEWISTON — The Portland Pirates’ streak of points at home is over after another “discouraging” result, this time without the safety net of a shootout. Simon Despres led the way with two goals, Philip Samuuelsson added a goal and three assists and Eric Hartzell made 27 saves to help lift the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a […]
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AHL: Falcons top Pirates in shootout
LEWISTON — For the seventh time this season, the Portland Pirates took a home game to a shootout, and for the seventh home game in a row, they earned at least a point. What they needed — and didn’t get — was a win. Cody Goloubef sniped the top corner of the cage over the […]
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AHL: Pirates back home, look for more success
The Portland Pirates are getting to the point where they meed almost as many seats in the stands for their injured players as they do roster spots for those on the ice. Despite low numbers — the Pirates dressed only 17 skaters in a loss to Worcester last weekend — the team is churning ahead, […]
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AHL: Admirals sink Pirates in shootout
LEWISTON — Another home game, another point for the Portland Pirates. Despite blowing a three-goal, second-period lead, the Pirates held on to earn a point against the visiting Norfolk Admirals in a 5-4 shootout loss at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Friday. “I liked our game, I liked our work ethic, I liked the way […]
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Jet-lagged Pirates set for another 3-in-3
For the second time in less than a week, the Portland Pirates had problems getting to where they wanted to go, and it had nothing to do with their play on the ice. The front end of a scheduled series in St. John’s, Newfoundland was pushed back last weekend after a storm gripped the northeaster […]
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AHL: IceCaps take another from Pirates
The Portland Pirates’ up-and-down start to 2014 continued Tuesday in the team’s third game in three days. Ben Chiarot, Carl Klingberg and Andrew Gordon scored goals for St. John’s and Eddie Pasquale stopped 28 shots to lead the IceCaps to a 4-2 win over the Pirates at Mile One Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Despite […]
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Pirates drop opener in St. Johns, 3-1
After the day-long headache the Portland Pirates endured in getting to Newfoundland, maybe it’s no surprise that the offense struggled to make connections or that the defense ran out of gas Sunday afternoon. St. John’s scored two goals in the third period to seal a 3-1 win in front of 6,287 at Mile One Centre. […]
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Pirates have power of Szwarz
Graying skies in southern Maine started spitting snow as Portland Pirates captain Jordan Szwarz and his teammates practiced Thursday. Afterward, Szwarz laughed about the weather. “I’m from Ontario; we’re used to it,” he said In the long term, of course he is. But recently, there was more likely to be a disruptive dust storm on […]
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AHL: Pirates top Bruins in shootout
LEWISTON — Mark Visentin is coming around to shootouts this season. After losing the last four he faced last season, Visentin stopped three of the five attempts he faced Saturday after making 45 saves in regulation while his Portland teammates beat Providence keeper Niklas Svedberg three times to lift the Pirates to a 3-2 win […]