Lewiston, ME- Alain Chaput has been appointed the the team’s governor after Matt McKnight resigned from the post last week. “We are thrilled that Alain has accepted the post of Governor. Alain has deep connections within the hockey community that will be useful in advancing our causes. He will be an advocate for the MAINEiacs [...]
Published on: 31st March, 2009
Portland, ME — A pair of D-III players were recognized to today as Dan Gordon, a senior center from University of Southern Maine and Bowdoin College Kyle Shearer-Hardy were among the 12 players named to the New England Hockey Writers Association (NEHWA) ECAC East/NESCAC All-Star team that was announced today. Both Gordon and Shearer-Hardy will [...]
Published on: 29th March, 2009
Hallowell, ME- The Maine Moose of the International Junior Hockey League hosted the first annual Maine Moose High School All-Star game at the Kennebec Ice Arena Sunday evening. It was all Team Black in the early going and came away with the 8-3 victory over Team White. Sam Guimond of Portland High School Brennan Shaw [...]
Published on: 29th March, 2009
Portland, ME – The Portland Pirates collected two points in their race toward a playoff spot in the Atlantic Division, but they certainly weren’t happy how they accomplished it. After building a 3-0, the Pirates needed a late third period goal by Tim Kennedy to defeat the lowly Springfield Falcons, 4-3, in Sunday afternoon action [...]
Published on: 29th March, 2009
Live Game Blog: Portland @ Springfield — 03/29/09
Published on: 28th March, 2009
Portland, ME – Colin Murphy notched his first career hat trick as the Portland Pirates jumped into third place in the Atlantic Division with a 5-2 win over the Manchester Monarchs on Saturday night before crowd a of 6,505 at the Cumberland County Civic Center.
Published on: 28th March, 2009
Lewiston, ME- As reported yesterday, Danick Paquette has been signed to an amateur try-out agreement with the Atlanta Thrashers AHL affiliate. The 18-year-old forward will join the Chicago Wolves where he will be joined by former teammate Chad Denny. Maineiacs minority owner Wendell Young, is an assistant coach with the Wolves.
Published on: 28th March, 2009
Portland, ME – It took Pirates’ head coach Kevin Dineen a little longer than he would have liked, but he finally reached a milestone as coach of the Portland Pirates by surpassing former Pirates coach Barry Trotz for all-time wins with 190 victories with the Pirates.
Published on: 28th March, 2009
Portland, ME – When Joyce Ebright accepted the Hall of Fame honor on behalf of her late husband, Tom Ebright, the memories came rushing back to when I was a child going to see the Portland Pirates.
Published on: 27th March, 2009
Portland, ME – At this time of the season, it’s all about taking care of business at home. The Portland Pirates did that tonight, albeit with a bit of a scare in the third period as they held on for a 3-2 win over the Lowell Devils in front of 5,005 at the Cumberland County [...]