October 2007

Pirates failed to play 60 minutes; need OT for victory

Published on: 27th October, 2007

Portland, ME – The Pirates still have yet to play a full 60 minutes.
Eight games into the season they could easily find themselves at 1-4-1-2, rather then a record of 4-4-0-0, where they currently stand.
Portland pulled off the win tonight, 3-2, over the Worcester Sharks and looked like the dominate club in doing so, but [...]

Pirates face roster shake up

Published on: 24th October, 2007

Portland, ME – With the apparent injuries to Ryan Getzlaf and Rob Niedermayer, the Anaheim Ducks have recalled Petteri Wirtanen and Jason King from the Portland Pirates.
Wirtanen just assigned to Portland on Sunday, scored his first NHL goal against the Nashville Predators in a 3-1 win on Oct. 17.
In Wirtanen return to Portland, he scored [...]

Pirates get a boost in goal

Published on: 23rd October, 2007

The Portland Pirates received a big boost on Tuesday when the Anaheim Duck assigned goaltender Jonas Hiller the Pirates, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the AHL.
Hiller is most likely the best goaltender not playing in the NHL full-time. In 141 games in the Swiss Elite League, he held an 80-52-10 record with a 2.53 goals [...]

McKenna earns four points for the Pirates

Published on: 22nd October, 2007

Portland, ME – Four points is four points so one can’t complain with the Pirates earning two wins over the weekend.
With that said, the wins were ugly and the Pirates coaching staff still must be scratching their heads with the issues this team needs to address.
In both games, Portland would have to go to the [...]

Pirates look to rebound after disastrous weekend

Published on: 19th October, 2007

Portland, ME – The Pirates struggled this past weekend, going winless in their recent trip to Massachusetts. In all three games, the Pirates scored first and held leads for extended periods of time before falling victim to defensive lapses, which allowed their opponents back into the game, quickly seizing the game’s momentum and lead within [...]

Wirtanen recalled to Anaheim;Bertuzzi out at least a week

Published on: 15th October, 2007

The Anaheim Ducks gave an update this evening on the condition of forward Todd Bertuzzi and as a result, he will be out for a minimum of one week after being diagnose with a concussion. Bertuzzi, just recovering from a mild groin sprain was hit by Minnesota Wild enforcer, Derek Boogaard during the first period [...]

Pirates slumping early in the season

Published on: 14th October, 2007

Lowell, Mass. – The Portland Pirates are mired in their first slump after losing their third straight game of the weekend, falling to the Lowell Devils 4-1 in front of a sparse crowd of 1,023 at Tsongas Arena on Sunday afternoon.
The lone goal for the Pirates came from Clay Wilson early in the first period.
The [...]

Pirates fall to 0-2 on the weekend

Published on: 13th October, 2007

Worcester, Mass. – It only took the Worcester Sharks two minutes to seize the game’s momentum and the lead as they went on to defeat the Portland Pirates, 3-2 in front of 7,230 at the DCU Center on Saturday night.
The Pirates, in the middle of a three-in-three weekend, grabbed the early 1-0 lead as Jason [...]

Pirates let one get away in Springfield

Published on: 12th October, 2007

Springfield, Mass. – When the Springfield Falcons took to the ice this season as the new AHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers, the league was served notice that things were going to be different in Springfield. This wasn’t going to the same squad on the ice as in year’s past. The Pirates learned that valuable [...]

King returns to Portland

Published on: 12th October, 2007

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Anaheim Ducks announced today that the National Hockey League (NHL) club has assigned right wing Jason King to the Portland Pirates, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).
King, 26 (9/14/81), was recalled from Portland on Oct. 6 and made his Ducks debut that night against the Pittsburgh Penguins [...]

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