PORTLAND, ME – A new day of professional hockey is dawning in Portland, Maine, where the Maine Mariners are preparing for their first ever ECHL season at Cross Insurance Arena. Opening Night against the Adirondack Thunder will take place on Saturday, October 13, 2018. However,…
PORTLAND, M.E. – It’s hard to believe that nearly an entire hockey season has passed without the Portland Pirates, the beloved former American Hockey League team sold and relocated last spring, occupying the Cross Insurance Arena. “The day it was announced, I was actually calling…
PORTLAND, MAINE – It was on May 4, 2016, that thousands of loyal American Hockey League fans in Portland, Maine, lost their beloved Portland Pirates when the team was abruptly sold and relocated to Springfield, Massachusetts, leaving the Cross Insurance Arena empty for the foreseeable…
Portland, ME. – It’s almost like someone I knew very well just died. I’ve been searching for closure of my decision to leave the American Hockey League’s Portland Pirates to pursue other opportunities since last summer, but I didn’t think I would get it like…
PORTLAND, M.E. – Sometimes all it takes is a little team bonding and a meeting of the minds to make a difference in the community. During the rainy week prior to the Portland Pirates’ second home game of the season at Cross Insurance Arena, the guys…