Sunday Morning Quick Hitters

The Black Bears Men’s Hockey Team falls to Colgate with 1 second left in overtime, 3 – 2. The Black Bears play a consolation game today.

The Portland Pirates allowed a late goal to the rival Manchester Monarchs, falling 3 – 2. The Pirates return to action today at 4PM at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

The MAINEiacs lost to Victoriaville, giving up 2 goals late in the 3rd period, 4 – 3. The MAINEiacs return home Monday to the Colisee to face Gatineau.

The Boston Bruins continued their hot streak as Blake Wheeler scored 2 clutch goals on the way to defeating the Carolina Hurricanes 4 – 2 in Carolina.

Army Hockey will visit New England over the next few days, as they compete in the Ledyard National Bank Classic in Hanover New Hampshire, hosted by Dartmouth. Army will face Dartmouth today.

Saturday Morning Quick Hitters

The Lewiston MAINEiacs traded assistant captain Lucas LaBelle for a 17 yr old prospect.

The MAINEiacs play this afternoon against Victoriaville. Please go to LewistonHockey.com to stream the game!

The Maine Black Bears Men’s Hockey team goes to Florida for the Florida College Classic in Estero, Florida. The other 3 teams competing in the Classic this year are Colgate, Cornell and St. Cloud. Maine takes on Colgate at 4:05PM today. Go to GoBlackBears.com for your streaming options.

Saturday Morning Quick Hitters

The Boston Celtics survived their 2nd back to back in a week, to outlast the New Orleans Hornets 94 – 82. On a night that James Posey received his World Championship ring, Boston fought poor shooting and foul trouble to bring the team to the best start in franchise history (22 -2 ).

Milan Lucic and Phil Kessel continued their torrid scoring pace, helping to net a 4 goal lead, to blast the Atlanta Thrashers 7 – 4. Boston trails only the San Jose Sharks (Hello Mr Thornton, 48 Points) in points with 44. Kessel is in the midst of a 14 game point streak and is now the NHL’s 3 leading goal scorer with 18.

Maine Black Bear Hockey Coach Tim Whitehead shuffled his lines a little, leading the Black Bears to a 3 – 1 win over Union at Alfond Arena.

The Lewiston MAINEiacs fell to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 5-1 on Friday night at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee.

The Portland Pirates dropped a hard fought battle to the Binghamton Senators 2 -1.

Saturday Morning Quick Hitters

The Black Bears Men’s Hockey team dropped a 3 – 2 overtime game to Northeastern Friday Night. Windham’s Matt Duffy had a goal.

In their 1st of 2 games at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, The Lewiston MAINEiacs dropped a tough game to the Quebec Remparts 5 – 2.

The Pirates dropped a shootout loss to the Springfield Falcons Friday 3 – 2. Nathan Gerbe scored his 14th goal of the season.

Oh what could have been. Greg Oden made his Garden debut last night, as the Boston Celtics dismantled the Portland Trailblazers 93 – 78.

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Please have a safe and happy holiday!! Here are your Quick Hitters!

10:30 AM Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland is the scene for the 97th Annual Portland-Deering Turkey Day Game! If you are in Southern Maine, do not miss it!

The under manned Portland Pirates dropped their 3rd straight game, a 4 – 3 loss to the Worcester Sharks.

The Lewiston MAINEiacs blast the Shawinigan Cataractes 9 – 3.

The Bruins 4 game winning streak comes to an end, losing to the Buffalo Sabres at Buffalo, 3 – 2.

Seems as though, so goes Rondo, so goes the Celtics. Rajon Rondo scored 22 points in the Celtics comeback win over the Golden State Warriors 119 – 111 at the Garden.

Monday Morning Quick Hitters

So I think we said that Matt Cassel wasn’t Tom Brady. I guess we were right. Matt Cassel just did something that only 4 others in NFL history have done and NEVER in Patriots history, thrown for 400 yards in 2 consecutive games. The Patriots shot themselves in the foot in the 1st half, all the while moving the ball up and down the field on offense. They obviously fixed it in the 2nd half, blowing out the Miami Dolphins 48 – 28.

The Boston Celtics cruised to their 5th straight win, blasting the Toronto Raptors 118 – 103.

In case you missed it, the Black Bears Football team was selected into the FCS playoffs, they face University of Northern Iowa Saturday in Iowa at 5PM.

Lewiston had another tough loss to the Gatineau Olympiques 6 – 2 Saturday Night.

Saturday Morning Quick Hitters

The MAINEiacs drop one to Shawinigan 7 – 4

The Portland Pirates lose to the Providence Bruins in a shootout.

The UMaine Black Bears Hockey team beat Merrimack in the 1st of two at Alfond this weekend, 2 – 1.

The Minnesota Timberwolves shot a dismal 31% from the floor as the Celtics slam the Wolves 95 -78.

The Bruins beat up on the Florida Panthers at home for a 4 – 2 win. The win moves them into a 1st Place tie with the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference and 3 points back for the NHL Points lead.

Friday Morning Quick Hitters

UMaine Women’s Basketball dropped a hard fought game to Central Connecticut State 65 – 57. Kristin Baker led the Black Bears with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the loss. The Black Bears are 0 – 2 early in the season.

The Boston Celtics slammed the Detroit Pistons, as the Pistons are still looking for offense’s comfort level with Allen Iverson. The Celtics won 98 – 80.

Here are the Match-ups for Tonight and this weekend to keep an eye on.

Friday November 21

The MAINEiacs face the Shawinigan Cataractes at Shawinigan. (Tonight at 7:30 pm, can be heard on 1470 AM out of Auburn)

The Pirates are facing rival Providence Bruins at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence. (7:00 pm on AM 1400, 1490 out of Portland, 1240 AM IN L-A, 780 AM in Rumford, and 1450 AM in South Paris)

The Maine Men’s Hockey Team gets ready for the first game of a 2 game series against the Merrimack Warriors at the Alfond. (7 pm Friday and Saturday nights, listen online at http://www.goblackbears.com)

The Celtics face the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minnesota. (TV-CSNNE , Radio 96.3 FM WJAB 8:00 pm)

The Bruins take on the Florida Panthers at The Garden (7:00 pm NESN HD)

Saturday November 22

MPAA Football Championships
Fitzpatrick Stadium, Portland Maine

Class A – Bonny Eagle Scots vs Skowhegan Indians (6 PM)

Class B – Morse Ship Builders vs Mountain Valley Falcons (11 AM)

Class C – Winthrop Ramblers vs John Bapst Memorial Crusaders (2:30 PM)

The Portland Pirates take on the Hartford Wolfpack at the Cumberland County Civic Center. (7:00 pm on AM 1400, 1490 out of Portland, 1240 AM IN L-A, 780 AM in Rumford, and 1450 AM in South Paris, Tix available at http://www.portlandpirates.com)

The MAINEiacs take on the Gatineau Olympiques in Gatineau, Quebec (Tonight at 7:30 pm, can be heard on 1470 AM out of Auburn)

The Black Bears Football team takes on rival UNH Widcats for CAA North Division supremacy at Morse Field at Noon. Don’t forget the Central Maine Sports Blog will be Blogging LIVE from Morse Field.

The Men’s Hockey Team take on Merrimack in the 2nd in 2 nights at the Alfond. (7 pm, listen online at http://www.goblackbears.com

The Men’s Basketball team takes on Providence at Providence Saturday afternoon. (listen online at http://www.goblackbears.com)

Army football travels to Rutgers. Game is at 12:05 est on SNY

The Bruins go to Montreal for an Original Six match-up with the Canadiens. (7:00 pm NESN HD)

A New Direction For the Central Maine Sports Blog

First off, I want to say the Central Maine Sports Blog has gone a lot farther than I thought it would. We have cultivated some great relationships in the media world and professional sports. As the Editor in Chief of the Central Maine Sports Blog, I want to announce to you, the readers, a change that is coming to the blog. No it’s not going anywhere, and no I’m not quitting (sorry to disappoint some of you with that news). What we are going to do is concentrate more on Maine sports, specifically the Portland Pirates, the Lewiston Maineiacs, the University of Maine Black Bears, and the Portland Sea Dogs. Obviously the pro teams in the area will still get coverage (as will the Pirates parent club, the Sabres), and we will also continue our coverage of the Big East and of Army Sports, as I feel it is very important that Army’s student athletes get coverage. We on the staff feel this is going to be a better way to serve you, and also give us on the staff an easier game plan from day-to-day. We have other exciting ideas as well, and we will continue our Maine Guides rememberance. The morning links will be done with a distinctively Maine feel to them, highlighting the local teams, Maine athletes in the news and the like. We welcome any suggestions any of you may have, and if there is anything you would like to see us do, shoot us an email at editor@centralmainesportsblog.com.
Oh, and this change does not affect the radio show at all, it remains the same hijinks’s and hilarity.