KEELEY: BEN GUITE NAMED MARINERS HEAD COACH
Guite takes over for Riley Armstrong, Terrence Wallin becomes assistant BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – August 3, 2021 – The Maine Mariners are proud to announce former University of Maine National Champion Ben Guite as the second head…
KEELEY: RILEY ARMSTRONG LANDS AHL COACHING JOB
Mariners head coach accepts an assistant job in Lehigh Valley BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – August 2, 2021 – The Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the American Hockey League announced on Monday that they had hired Riley Armstrong as an…
KEELEY: MICHAEL MCNICHOLAS RE-SIGNS IN MAINE
Through the first two seasons, McNicholas leads the franchise in multiple categories BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – July 6, 2020 – The Maine Mariners announced their third re-signing for the 2020-21 season on Monday, bringing back…
KEELEY: DILLAN FOX RETURNS FOR THIRD SEASON
Mariners first re-signing was co-leader in goals in 2019-20 BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – June 22, 2020 – The Mariners announced their first player signing for 2020-21 on Monday, bringing back forward Dillan Fox for his third season…
KEELEY: MARINERS ANNOUNCE 2020 PROTECTED LIST
Twenty players listed in step one of the rights protection process BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – June 2, 2020 – The Maine Mariners released their 2020 Protected List on Tuesday, containing 20 names of players of whom the Mariners…
CANTLON’S CORNER: HOCKEY NEWS AND NOTES VOLUME 7
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Planning for the 2020-2021 AHL season is well underway as is the possible return of the NHL in the summer and a possible late-in-the-year start to the following season are dominant news stories this week.…
KEELEY: MARINERS WEEKLY: 2019-20 SEASON RECAP
BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME: Here is a recap of key dates and events from the 2019-2020 season. Mar. 24, 2020 – Regardless of the hockey team one played, worked, or rooted for in 2019-20, it will be a season they’ll never forget. An…
KEELEY: MARINERS STIFLED BY MCCOLLUM IN A HOME LOSS TO ROYALS
Former Mariners goalie comes back to haunt PORTLAND, ME – March 6, 2020 – Tom McCollum made 28 stops, including his biggest on Connor Bleackley in the game’s closing moments, to seal a 2-1 Reading Royals victory on Friday night at the Cross Insurance…
KEELEY: MARINERS WEEKLY: SEVENTEEN IS THE MAGIC NUMBER
BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners Mar. 2, 2020 – From New Year’s Eve up through Mar. 1 (this past Sunday), the Mariners played 31 games, representing nearly half-the-total number of games of their schedule. The grind ended with a 6-4 loss to the ECHL’s…
KEELEY: MARINERS FALL TO SOUTH CAROLINA IN SEE-SAW AFFAIR
Mariners can’t make a fifth comeback, fall at home to league’s best team BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – March 1, 2020 – The Mariners battled back from four one-goal deficits but never led, and ultimately fell 6-4 to the South Carolina…