NHL parent Phoenix Coyotes have agreed to contract extensions with Portland Pirates head coach Ray Edwards and assistant coaches John Slaney and Mike Minard.

No matter what happens with the impending change in ownership or location of the NHL parent Phoenix Coyotes, it will be business as usual for the Portland Pirates.The NHL, which has operated the Coyotes since buying the team out of U.S. Bankruptcy Court in 2009, has approved the sale of the team to Renaissance Sports and Entertainment, but the deal hinges on whether the prospective buyers can reach a lease agreement with the financially-strapped city of Glendale for Jobing.Com Arena, home of the Coyotes.

The Milwaukee Brewers pulled pitcher Mark Rogers from his rehab assignment with the Huntsville Stars on Thursday and sent him back to Arizona for medical evaluation.

  The parent Phoenix Coyotes called up forwards Chris Brown and Chris Conner from the Portland Pirates following the trade Wednesday of three veteran forwards. Brown, a rookie from Flower Mound, Texas, has scored a team-high 25 goals and had 15 assists in 63 games with the Pirates. Conner, a veteran who has already appeared […]

LEWISTON — Parker Sanderson, a forward from Bangor High School, became the 18th recipient of the Travis Roy Award on Sunday afternoon.