LEWISTON — For the second time in five days, the Portland Pirates let a lead slip against the St. John’s IceCaps. St John’s scored five times in the third period in a 6-5 victory Sunday at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. On Tuesday, the IceCaps got down early, but controlled the second and third periods in […]
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AHL: IceCaps chill Pirates
LEWISTON — The Portland Pirates skated with the St. John’s IceCaps for twenty minutes, but the IceCaps turned on the afterburners in the second period en route to a 7-5 victory at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. “We got dominated,” Portland Pirates head coach Ray Edwards said. “(St. John’s) were really good, they were fast, they […]
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AHL: Pirates shut down Phantoms
LEWISTON — A little break and a few reinforcements were just what the doctor ordered for the Portland Pirates. And to show for it, the team has its first winning streak in nearly two months. Chris Brown snapped a scoreless tie 1:54 into the third period and Brendan Shinnimin scored in his first game since […]
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AHL: Visentin backstops Pirates to win over Phantoms
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — Tye McGinn yelled a four-letter word in frustration. He was the Adirondack Phantoms’ last shooter and they needed a goal to force the shootout into sudden death. He made a move, lost control of the puck and didn’t get a shot off. McGinn wasn’t the only one to miss; he was […]
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AHL: Penguins down Pirates with strong third period
Apparently the ship isn’t quite right just yet. One game after snapping a losing streak with a decisive victory in Binghamton, the Portland Pirates managed only 13 shots on goal and watched a tie game turn into a rout in the third period as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton skated off with a 5-1 victory on Friday night. The […]
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Pirates right ship against Binghamton
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The special teams told the story on Wednesday night, and it was quite the enjoyable read for the Portland Pirates. The Pirates scored on each of their first four power plays to earn a 5-1 victory at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in front of 2,493. “It was a big game […]
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Portland Pirates out, Junior Pirates in at Colisee
PORTLAND — The Portland Pirates’ decision to sign a five-year lease with the Cumberland County Civic Center on Tuesday means the Androscoggin Bank Colisee will have another new, different anchor tenant in 2014-15. Meet the Junior Pirates. The organization’s United States Premier Hockey League team, in its first year currently playing out of Saco, will […]
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Pirates to move back to Portland after a full season in Lewiston’s Colisee
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 […]