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Travis Lazarczyk: Portland is a minor league city, in all the best ways

Area fans’ embrace of the city’s minor league professional teams has drawn deserved attention from a national publication.

Wyllum Deveaux, once a longshot to make Maine’s roster, recently earned a promotion to play with the Providence Bruins in the AHL.

The Mariners return 14 players from the team that reached the ECHL playoffs for the first time last season.

The ECHL club, in its third season, opens a best-of-seven series at Reading on Wednesday night.

Maine hosts Orlando for three games in three days this weekend, the Mariners’ first contests since Jan. 12.

With a new coach and a new NHL affiliation with the Boston Bruins, the Mariners are happy to be back after taking the 2020-21 ECHL season off.

The Maine Mariners of the ECHL team up with the Boston Bruins, joining the Sea Dogs and Celtics with parent clubs located close by in Boston.

Portland’s hockey team is making an affiliation announcement Wednesday, a day after news broke that the Rangers are out.

Unless the state budges on its indoor gathering limits, the puck will not be dropped at Cross Insurance Arena.

After four strong years at the University of Connecticut, Freeman joins life-long friend Ted Hart on the hockey team’s roster.