The players look to the future as they clean out their cubicles and have their exit interviews.
Paul Betit
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Local Motorsports: Interest in PASS North keeps adding up
As of Thursday morning, a total of 32 drivers had signed up to race in Saturday night’s Southern Maine Chrysler Dodge Jeep 150 at Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Scarborough. It is the second PASS North race of the season for Super Late Models. “We have 32 cars signed up, and we know there are […]
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Just like that, Pirates are done
Portland is swept from the playoffs, allowing two late goals in the third period and the Syracuse winner late in overtime.
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Pirates eliminated from AHL playoffs
PORTLAND — Ondrej Palat scored his second goal of the game with 16.2 seconds left in overtime as the Syracuse Crunch eliminated the Portland Pirates from the first round of the AHL playoffs with a 4-3 win at the Cumberland County Civic Center Thursday night. Palat lifted in a rebound from the slot as the […]
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Pirates get players back in a win-or-else situation
Lose and the season is over after the Syracuse Crunch opened the best-of-five Calder Cup series last weekend by winning twice at home.
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High school lacrosse notebook: Traditional powers feeling early-season stings
When North Yarmouth Academy beat the Cape Elizabeth boys last Wednesday, then stopped defending Class A champion Scarborough on Saturday, some were calling the victories upsets. Beating Cape, yes, call it an upset, said NYA Coach Peter Gerrity. But beating Scarborough felt more like an overdue outcome. “We always felt after playing Scarborough to one-goal […]
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Pirates Notebook: Zettler good in a Crunch
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Toward the end of his playing career, Syracuse Crunch Coach Rob Zettler spent parts of two seasons in the AHL playing for the Portland Pirates, who were coached by Glen Hanlon. “I lived in Falmouth,” he said “It was my wife and I and our young daughter. I was one of the […]
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Pirates scrunched in Syracuse
Now the Pirates are at risk of a first-round sweep as the Crunch lead 2-0 in the best-of-five series.
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Pirates Notebook: Mikkelson looks back on Pirates
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Syracuse Crunch defenseman Brendan Mikkelson spent his first professional season as a hockey player with the Portland Pirates. Now, he’s nursing a lower-body injury, hoping he’ll get a chance to play against them during the Calder Cup playoffs. “It’s really up to the doctors,” said Mikkelson, following an off-ice workout at the […]
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Pirates stumble in OT
Portland wastes a pair of two-goal leads and drops its playoff opener against Syracuse, 4-3.