Boston.com · Oct 23, 2021
Bruins ECHL team in Maine a ‘perfect’ situation
The Maine Mariners played their first game as an affiliate of the Boston Bruins on Friday. Zachary Roy / Maine Mariners / Getty Images PORTLAND, Maine — The players looked the part, Todd Angilly’s golden pipes delivered in peak form and the 4,541 hockey-starved fans arrived well before puck drop Friday night, ushering in a new era of this city’s storied minor league hockey history.
If the black, gold, and white sweaters worn by the Maine Mariners weren’t enough to tell you Portland is a Bruins city, the thunderous ovation for the Bruins boisterous National Anthem singer, Angilly, from the Cross Insurance Arena faithful gave it away.