- Several Mainers taken in QMJHL draft
- AHL approves sale and relocation of Portland Pirates to Springfield Hockey, LLC
- Dumont named Bowdoin head coach
- ECHL coming to Portland?
- Pirates leaving town with little warning
- Pirates leaving Maine for Springfield, Mass.
- Several UMaine recruits selected in USHL draft
- Pirates eliminated from AHL postseason
- Peters shuts out Pirates as Bears even series, 2-2
- Pirates take series lead on Flick’s 3OT winner
Eric Bonawitz signs with Lewiston, Coulombe traded to Quebec
- Updated: August 24, 2009
Lewiston, ME – Dany Coulombe will be reacquainted with four teammates from last year’s Maineiacs squad as the team sent the 18-year old to the Quebec Remparts for a 2010 fifth-round draft pick late Sunday night.
He will be teammates again with Danick Paquette, Patrick Cusack, Dominic Savoie, and Peter Delmas.
Lewiston now has eight defensemen on the current roster.
“When (Eric) Bonawitz wanted to play here, we thought we had enough room in our roster to move Dany,” said Maineiacs’ President and Head Coach Don MacAdam.
“Dany was fine in camp. Dany is a good steady contributor.”
Last season in 48 games, he had three assists and 64 penalty minutes.
Bonawitz, 18, is from Lewiston and has decided to play for the hometown team.
“He committed yesterday before the game,” said MacAdam.
“I met with them (Don MacAdam and Roger Shannon) yesterday before the game and told them I wanted to play here,” said Bonawitz.
There are only three defensemen with QMJHL experiences on the current Maineiacs’ roster. According to Don MacAdam, the team doesn’t think there will be any problems.
“We aren’t nervous about our defense,” said MacAdam. “We have a number of young players that can play and contribute here. We are comfortable where we are at.”
Bonawitz is hoping he can be apart of this team for the next two seasons.
“I am hoping to play here for two years,” said Bonawitz. “I hoping to take charge, be a leader, and swee what I can do in the next two years.”
Bonawitz also said Coulombe is a good guy.
“It was real tough to see Coulombe go. He was a nice kid, a real friendly guy. He was really energetic on the ice.”
Expect Bonawitz to play in one of the two games against the Shawinigan Cataractes this weekend.
Mooseheads release Jonathan Connelly
The Halifax Mooseheads released former Lewiston Maineiacs goaltender Jonathan Connelly from his conditional try-out.
It’s unclear if he will remain property of the Lewiston Maineiacs.
“I think we still retain his rights, but I have to check the rules on that,” said MacAdam.
Connelly, 18, was 2-3 with a 4.62 goals-against average and a .818 save percentage with the Maineiacs last season.
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