The Pre-Draft Showcase that was held May 10-13 throughout Massachusetts turned out to be a productive scouting trip for the Twin City Thunder. The Auburn-based team has added two more players after seeing them play at the showcase. The Thunder announced Monday that they have signed forward Cooper Davis, who helped the Steamboat Wranglers of […]
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Hockey Notes: Nordiques players attending Tier II and Junior A camps
L/A Nordiques’ JP Chauvin, left, looks to tip a shot as New England Stars’ goalie Greg Moon is screened by a spray of ice during a scramble in front of the net during the NA3HL playoffs in March. (Sun Journal file photo) Last season the NA3HL had 51 alumni suit up in its Tier II […]
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Hockey Notebook: Lisbon native Greg Moore named Chicago Steel head coach
Lisbon native Greg Moore has landed his first head coaching gig. For the past three seasons, Moore has served as an assistant coach and helped developing some of the best 16- to 18-year-old hockey players the country has to offer at USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program (NTDP) in Plymouth, Michigan. Moore will move to […]
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Junior hockey: Thunder sign former Bangor goaltender Derek Fournier
Derek Founier makes a save during tryouts for the Twin City Thunder. The Thunder have signed Fournier, who played at Bangor High School. (Submitted photo) After having their first tryout session over the weekend, the Twin City Thunder have found their goaltender for the 2018-19 USPHL Premier season in Bangor’s Derek Fournier. Fournier was one […]
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Twin City Thunder sign Jeromey Rancourt, former Lewiston High School standout
Lewiston High School’s Jeromey Rancourt celebrates after scoring an unassisted breakaway goal against Falmouth goalie Spencer Pierce during a game in 2017. (Sun Journal File Photo) AUBURN — One season removed from helping Lewiston High School to a second consecutive state championship as its captain, and after one year away from home honing his skills […]
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Doug Friedman ready to hit ground running with USPHL's Twin City Thunder
Twin City Thunder head coach Doug Friedman, center, is flanked by team owner & general manager, Ben Gray, left, and owner and director of hockey operation, Dan Hodge, right, Monday morning during a press conference at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn where the new USPHL Premier North Division team will be playing in […]
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Friedman’s experience key for Twin City Thunder
Experience and a familiarity with hockey at multiple levels were key factors in the Twin City Thunder’s coaching search, which officially ended Monday morning with the announcement of the program’s first coach. Cape Elizabeth native and former professional hockey player Doug Friedman will be the first coach of the Thunder, who begin play in the […]
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The Sun Journal Top 10: Looking back on a banner-raising year in sports
To grasp the greatness of the sports year in the tri-county, take a look at what didn’t make the list of the area’s top 10 sports stories of 2017. For instance, the biggest schools finally made some noise in football. Edward Little, Lewiston and Oxford Hills beat out the Portland-area schools for the top three […]
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In the Crease: My 10 favorite stories of 2017
Maineiacs head coach Clem Jodoin hoists the President’s Cup above his head. (Sun Journal file photo) LEWISTON — Everyone loves a good list. Even more people love a good list at an arbitrary point on the Gregorian Calendar. Just so happens that we have a widely celebrated arbitrary point coming right up, so, well, why […]
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Twin City Thunder to skate in USPHL at Norway Savings Bank Arena
We are excited to announce we will be expanding into #Maine for our Premier North Division! The @TwinCityThunder team will join us for the ’18-’19 season! Check out the full release here – https://t.co/teHVrkn8Ie #usphl #hockey pic.twitter.com/FAIiBF4tnH — USPHL (@USPHL) December 1, 2017 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js AUBURN — Maine’s newest junior hockey team will call itself the […]