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Junior hockey: Big second period lifts the Nordiques past Long Beach
Nordiques goaltender Jason St. Pierre keeps an eye on his rebound as Avery Matthews of the Sharks looks for another shot during second period action in Lewiston on Saturday. (Ron Morin photo) LEWISTON — It was just a matter of time for the L/A Nordiques. They had a 24-7 shot advantage after one period but […]
Researchers report tracking a great white shark off coast of Portland
The nonprofit shark research group Ocearch has tweeted a photo of a great white shark that it says it spotted off the coast of Portland. The group says the male shark is one of four that it has tagged during its current project. The tweet says the shark is 9 feet 8 inches long. The […]
Portland Science Center closes its doors for good after 3 years
PORTLAND — The Portland Science Center has closed after three years of bringing traveling exhibits about pirates, sharks and the human body to the city’s waterfront. The Massachusetts-based owner of the center, The Gold Group, has closed the business and will opt out of its lease, said Stephen Goodrich, owner of the building at 68 […]
We're going to need a bigger boat
April showers The last time I complained about dreary, wet, gloomy, lousy, rotten, vaguely fish-smelling April weather, the day the column ran it was sunny bright and T-shirt warm. Clearly, I have powers you mortals can’t even comprehend. You don’t even know, man. So in hopes of sparking another warm, sunny weekend for us all, […]
Junior hockey: Nordiques outlast Long Beach
For the second straight weekend, the L/A Nordiques faced the Long Beach Sharks. After being outscored a combined 18-0 in two games last weekend at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, the Sharks were a stiffer test at home, but the Nordiques squeaked out a 5-4 victory at the Long Beach Municipal Ice Arena in Long Beach, […]
NA3HL hockey: Nordiques scorch Sharks 7-0 for weekend sweep
LEWISTON — Caleb Labrie book-ended a dominant second period with a pair of goals and the Lewiston/Auburn Nordiques routed the Long Beach Sharks for the second day in a row for a 7-0 victory in an NA3HL junior hockey game Sunday at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. Already up 2-0 after one period thanks to goals by […]
Junior Hockey: Fighting Spirit fall short against Long Beach
The Sharks, with an empty net goal by Martins Vitolins with 16 seconds left, capped a 4-2 victory at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee. “I thought in particular in the last eight minutes in the second period, we were really good,” Fighting Spirit acting head coach Cam Robichaud said. “We had 14 shots in an eight-minute […]
Penguins beat Sharks 3-1 for 4th Stanley Cup title
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A turnaround season for the Pittsburgh Penguins ended with Sidney Crosby once again holding the Stanley Cup. Crosby set up Kris Letang’s go-ahead goal midway through the second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins won the fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history by beating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game […]
Pro Hockey: Sharks nip Bruins
BOSTON (AP) — Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton scored 25 seconds apart in the second period to put the San Jose Sharks ahead for good and they held on to beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Tuesday night. Joe Pavelski got the scoring started 42 seconds into the game for the Sharks and had two […]