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While we work through the swamp days of July, Maine hockey fans have something to look forward to this upcoming season, the fact there will BE one! After the Pirates moved out of state, officials have been looking for a replacement. They've found one in the ECHL.

The Cross Insurance Arena just announced that a new ice hockey team will come to Portland for the 2018-2019 season!

This Mainer just won his second Stanley Cup with the Penguins' back-to-back victories in 2016 & 2017!

Michael Mantenuto starred in the Disney hockey film "Miracle."

The NHL playoff picture is clear now as we get ready for the first round. The Boston Bruins will get underway on Wednesday at Ottawa to take on the Senators.

Boston Bruins greats Rick Middleton and Ray Bourque will be part of Boston Bruins Alumni Hockey Team in a fundraiser hockey game at Colby College this Saturday, November 5.

The Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup this year over the San Jose Sharks in 6 games. The Stanley Cup is making its rounds and is tentatively scheduled to be in Maine on Wednesday, August 3rd.

According to WCSH, hockey will be returning to Portland. They are reporting that a former Portland Pirates player and GM, Brad Church and former owner, Godfrey Wood are planning to bring an ECHL team to Portland.

According to numerous reports, the Portland Pirates are leaving Maine and will relocate to Springfield, Massachusetts.

On Sunday, Travis Roy was inducted to the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. Roy from Yarmouth was an elite high school hockey player who during his first game with Boston College crashed into the boards and became a quadriplegic.

Wes McCauley, a NHL referee that now lives in South Portland, Maine, had some fun with the crowd in San Jose as the Sharks were playing the L.A. Kings. They had to go to official review if a goal was actually a goal.

Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane scored goals and goalie Corey Crawford was flawless in net, as the Blackhawks shut out the Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-0, in Game 6 of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals in Chicago on Monday night. With the win, Chicago captured their third NHL championship in six seasons.

Isac Nrodstrom of Falmouth capped his high school hockey career by winning the Travis Roy Award which goes to the top class A senior in the state.

The 3rd Annual Maine Pond Hockey Classic tournament will be February 6th – 8th at the Snow Pond Center for the Arts on Snow Pond (Messalonskee Lake) in Sidney.

Junior hockey is coming back to the Twin Cities. The Lewiston Maineiacs folded after the 2010-11 season and now the The Colisee in Lewiston will have a new team, starting next season.

The University of Maine announced that alumnus Tom Savage and his wife Sally have made a $1 million dollar donation to jump start a hockey endowment drive.