Portland Pirates

Pirates and Sabres agree on long-term affiliation agreement

Published on: 11th March, 2010

Portland, ME – In a twist to the never-ending saga in the lease negotiation between the Portland Pirates and the Cumberland County Civic Center Board Trustees, it was announced today that the Pirates have extended their affiliation agreement with the Buffalo Sabres.
The news comes as both the Civic Center trustees and Pirates ownership work toward [...]

Portland Pirates Clear Day Roster

Published on: 10th March, 2010

The 2010 Clear Day deadline was Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. ET. Only those players listed on a team’s Clear Day roster are eligible to compete in the remainder of the AHL regular season and in the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs, unless emergency conditions arise as a result of recall, injury or suspension.
Teams may also add [...]

Dineen suspension announced

Published on: 10th March, 2010

The American Hockey League has handed down their suspension to Portland Pirates head coach Kevin Dineen announcing that they have suspended him for one game due to his actions following the game on Mar. 6 in Syracuse, NY.
Dineen ran on to the ice to vigorously protest referee Chris Cozzan’s decision of a no-goal, after the [...]

Chris Jensen named to Pirates Hall of Fame

Published on: 8th March, 2010

The Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League announced today that Chris Jensen will be the 13th member of the Portland Pirates Hall of Fame, presented by Unum.
Jenson, who secured the honor through an on-line and in arena fan vote, will be inducted on Saturday, March 27th when the Pirates face-off against the Springfield Falcons [...]

Pirates head home winless on road trip

Published on: 7th March, 2010

Buffalo, NY – The Portland Pirates are very glad to be heading home after going winless on their three-game road trip through Connecticut and Upstate New York.
Jeff Taffe scored his 23rd goal of the season with less than two minutes to play in the game to give the Rochester Americans a narrow 3-2 victory over [...]

Dineen suspended pending review

Published on: 7th March, 2010

The American Hockey League today announced that Portland Pirates head coach Kevin Dineen has been suspended, pending completion of a league review, as a result of his actions following an AHL game at Syracuse on Mar. 6.
Dineen was assessed a game misconduct under AHL Rule 40.5(ii) at the 20:00 mark of the third period.
Dineen, [...]

Pirates late rush was too little too late

Published on: 6th March, 2010

Syracuse, NY – It was 2000 when the Portland Pirates last visited the Syracuse Crunch, and if they had their way it would have stayed that way.
The Crunch bolted out to a four goal lead and held on to a late game surge by the Pirates to win 4-3 win in front of 5,526 at [...]

Mancari recalled to Buffalo

Published on: 6th March, 2010

The Buffalo Sabres recalled Mark Mancari this morning after the team arrived in Syracuse, NY, where they will take on the Syracuse Crunch at 7pm at the War Memorial at OnCenter.
Mancari was the Pirates leading scoring with 62 points (22g, 40a) in 61 games and was a plus-14.
He recalled comes as a result of an [...]

Pirates start weekend road trip off on wrong skate

Published on: 5th March, 2010

Bridgeport, CT – On the day when much of the discussion about the Portland Pirates was on their future in Portland, they were in Bridgeport, Connecticut beginning a three-game road trip through Connecticut and Upstate New York.
It didn’t get off to the start the Pirates had hoped as Trevor Smith scored a pair of [...]

Pirates Statement Regarding Lease Discussions

Published on: 5th March, 2010

Portland, Maine – Portland Pirates Managing Owner/CEO Brian Petrovek issued a statement this afternoon regarding the continued negotiation of a lease agreement between the team and the Cumberland County Civic Center:
“In response to a long term lease proposal from the Pirates dated February 23rd, the Trustees of the Cumberland County Civic Center today responded and [...]

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