Biddeford’s Brian Dumoulin, center, pictured here Saturday with his mother and father Deb and Pete Dumoulin after joining the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the NHL Entry Draft in Montreal. (DAN HICKLING/Journal Tribune)

MONTREAL — Brian Dumoulin was never what you’d call a Carolina “Caniac.” But he’s a big one now. So, too, are his parents, Pete and Deb. And maybe soon enough, half of York County. Dumoulin, Biddeford born and bred, hand dipped in Orange and Black, was made the second round pick by the Carolina Hurricanes […]

Check the Journal Tribune Web site this weekend for more information and updates on the 2009 NHL Draft in Montreal. BIDDEFORD — Brian Dumoulin doesn’t care which of the National Hockey League’s 30 teams takes him during the annual Entry Draft, which gets underway tonight in Montreal. His mother Deb has other thoughts. “Someplace warm,” […]

The Dumoulin family, from left to right, Catherine, Deb, Brian and Pete, are heading to Montreal this weekend where Brian is expected to be among those selected in the 2009 NHL Draft. (DAN HICKLING/Journal Tribune)

Manager of Biddeford Ice Arena, Earl Goodwin, pictured here in front of the Zamboni Wednesday, is retiring after 25 years of service. Today is Goodwin’s last day at the helm. (DAN HICKLING/Journal Tribune)

BIDDEFORD — There were times when Earl Goodwin had his doubts. And who wouldn’t have? After all, he’d been handed the keys to the doors of a rundown Biddeford Arena, and without so much as a minute of Zamboni time under his belt, was asked to turn the place into a community centerpiece. “I said […]

BIDDEFORD — Brian Dumoulin could someday skate in front of 20,000 hostile hockey fans, and if the NHL scouts are correct in their assessment of him, someday he will. Yet even the most frenzied crowds ”“ be they whipped up for the Rangers or Blackhawks or Habs ”“ are not likely to faze the former […]

Former Biddeford High School standout Brian Dumoulin, pictured here in the 2007 Class A Boys Hockey state championship, which the Tigers won, has entered the 2009 NHL”ˆDraft. Dumoulin will travel to Montreal, Canada for the draft, which takes place this Friday and Saturday. (CHRIS BROCKMAN/Journal Tribune file photo)

Lucas Glover kisses his trophy after winning the U.S. Open Golf Championship at Bethpage State Park’s Black Course in Farmingdale, N.Y., Monday. (AP WIREPHOTO)

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Lucas Glover steadied his hands for a 3-foot par putt on the 18th hole, an anticlimatic finish to five dreary days at a U.S. Open filled with more delays than drama. The unlikely champion turned to soak up a beautiful sight beneath gathering clouds Monday at Bethpage Black. “I just looked at […]