Hockey

The Maine Mariners have a total of 35 home games at the Cross Insurance Arena this season, not including play off games.

Mark down Saturday, October 13 on your calendar. That's the historic day when professional hockey returns to Portland with the first home game evah for the Maine Mariners. They'll take on the Adirondack Thunder that night at the Cross Insurance Arena.

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The Maine Mariners have officially unveiled their new logo that the franchise will use when the new team hits the ice... and let us be the first to say that it looks WICKED cool!

Portland's new ECHL Hockey Team will have the same name as the AHL team that played in Portland back in the '70s through the '90s.

OK, it's down to the Final Five names for the new hockey team coming to Portland next year. The final five finalists are Mariners, Watchmen, Wild Blueberries, Lumberjacks and Puffins.

Cue a ton of inappropriate suggestions...

So this week, we got the exciting news, Portland will once again be home to professional hockey. The City will be the home for an ECHL franchise starting play in the 2018-2019 season. But beyond that great news, the question needs to be asked, what will this new team be called...

NESN's Tom Caron joined us today on the Blimp today and we didn't talk Red Sox!

It's been a long time coming, but YES, pro hockey will return to the Cross Insurance Arena for the 2018-2019 season!