LEWISTON — Blue Devils don’t cheer for Saints, and Saints most certainly do not applaud the blue and white. Neither have the time for the Red Eddies. What is a Red Eddie, anyway? But Saturday, when for the 12th time in 13 seasons at least one of the three schools bearing those nicknames played in […]
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Class A Hockey Final: St. Dom’s felled by Falmouth in OT
LEWISTON — Everyone thought, and rightfully so, that Saint Dominic Academy was this schoolboy hockey season’s poster personality for overcoming lost causes and jarring disappointments. Falmouth High School defenseman Jake Grade skated off with that unofficial title in about a four-minute window Saturday night, however. And as a result, his team is a back-to-back Class […]
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Live blog/chat: High School Hockey Championships
LEWISTON — Four teams play Saturday, two will emerge as state champions. Follow along as our staff brings you live and interactive updates from the Androscoggin Bank Colisee from the Class B title game at 1 p.m., and the Class A championship at 6 p.m. Click below to join the conversation!
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Class A Hockey Final: Saints wearing underdog label splendidly
LEWISTON — The hardware count between Class A schoolboy hockey finalists Saint Dominic Academy and Falmouth High School: Two dozen state championships to one. Until this season, Saturday night’s game site, Androscoggin Bank Colisee, was the Saints’ home ice. Almost a half-century ago, when Muhammad Ali defended the world heavyweight championship here against Sonny Liston, […]
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Class A Hockey Final: Saints’ red line is colorful group
AUBURN — It’s difficult to define the Saint Dominic Academy “red” line of Tyler Sirois, Calvin Stewart and Mike Richard. That likely explains why they get their names in the newspaper, individually or collectively, with the frequency of football offensive linemen. You can’t call them scorers. Each had two goals apiece during the regular season. […]
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Class A East Hockey Final: Saints take out Rams; play for 25th title Saturday
LEWISTON — Magical? Not really. Heavenly? OK, if we must go there. It has been a Saintly surge through mid-February into early March for Saint Dominic Academy, one that will end in the same manner as so many winters past: With a quest for Maine schoolboy hockey’s holy grail. Two goals in the final 1:50 […]
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Class A East Hockey Final: Saints seek another reversal of fortune
LEWISTON — March matters most. Saint Dominic Academy hopes that trend continues when it meets Bangor High School for the Class A East hockey championship Tuesday. Game time is 6 p.m. at Androscoggin Bank Colisee. No. 1 Bangor (16-3) has earned consecutive trips to the regional final and defeated No. 3 St. Dom’s (12-7-1) twice […]
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High school hockey: Parity highlights regional semifinals
From one game to the next during the high school hockey season, none of the remaining Class A state title contenders knew for sure that it would face another title contender and win. Or lose. Or tie. Coaches love to tell anyone who will listen that their team has a chance to win every game. […]
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Class A East Hockey Semifinal: St. Dom’s bounces Lewiston
LEWISTON — There’s a reason rivals at higher levels of hockey play best-of-seven series. Emotions swing violently. Confidence spikes and wanes accordingly. And the pipes and sticks that provide friendly bounces one night break your heart the next. The third time was a convincing charm for Saint Dominic Academy, which saved its first victory of […]
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Eastern A quarterfinal: Saints make short work of Eddies
AUBURN — Chase Hainey couldn’t believe his good fortune. Mere moments, and an Edward Little timeout, after his short-handed goal had given St. Dom’s a 5-0 lead in Tuesday night’s Eastern A quarterfinal, he had yet another opportunity to score a man down when the puck deflected off an EL defenseman’s skate and right into […]