SACO — After a short preseason followed by a stretch of two weeks with only two games, the Portland Pirates will begin their season in earnest this weekend with a pair of games, the first of which is the team’s annual Pink in the Rink contest at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Saturday night against […]
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AHL: Pirates regroup with week off
SACO — The quirky nature of the Portland Pirates’ early-season schedule has mad it hard for the coaching staff to find any sort of rhythm in the team’s overall game play. Hard, considering the Pirates have played exactly two games this season. “One thing about playing games, you get into a rhythm,” Pirates head coach […]
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AHL: Bruins hold off Pirates
LEWISTON — A second-period lull for the second game in a row yielded familiar results Saturday for the Portland Pirates. The Pirates were the victim of a botched play and a pair of untimely penalties in the middle frame and the Providence Bruins took full advantage, scoring two goals off turnovers and another on the […]
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In the Crease: Bigger crowd, better atmosphere
LEWISTON — There is no better venue in Maine to watch a sporting event when it’s filled to capacity (or close to it) than the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Saturday, hockey fans filled the rink — literally sold it out — to watch the Portland Pirates’ second game of the season. It was originally supposed to […]
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AHL: Pirates add Brulé, Summers; Team preps for Providence
SACO — More roster moves highlighted the past couple of days for the Portland Pirates, who are coming off a hard-fought loss to the Manchester Monarchs on Wednesday and turn around to face the Providence Bruins on Saturday. “It’s all so fluid early in the season,” said Brad Treliving, the Phoenix Coyotes’ vice president of […]
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Pirates opener: ‘They love their hockey in Lewiston’
LEWISTON — So the local boys were wearing red and black instead of blue and white. So there was an oversized pirate working the crowd instead of Lewy and his gap-tooth snarl. It’s pro hockey, by God, and it’s back in Lewiston. “Go Pirates!” was how Matt Butler put it. “Aaaaaargh!” How hungry for hockey […]
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Hockey: Two Pirates called to Phoenix; Coyotes send two to AHL
The Portland Pirates’ first game at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee will be played without a pair of players the team was counting on for some offensive production. The Phoenix Coyotes announced Wednesday that they have recalled forwards Brandon Yip and Tim Kennedy from the Pirates. To make room, they have returned Chris Brown and Lucas […]
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AHL: Szwarz ready to lead Pirates
SACO — The city of Saginaw, Mich., is smaller than Portland, larger than Lewiston and has a fervent base of hockey fans to rival either Maine city. There, the hockey faithful cheer for the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League, where they embraced Jordan Szwarz as a player — and eventually their captain — […]
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AHL: Pirates tired of practice, ready for season-opener
SACO — While most of the American Hockey League’s 30 teams began play last weekend, the Portland Pirates were still practicing. And practicing. “We’ve had a long couple weeks of practice, and I think the guys are getting more antsy to get into some game action,” Pirates’ captain Jordan Szwarz said. “We saw the AHL […]