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KEELEY: MARINERS ADD FREE AGENT DEFENSEMAN CREVIER-MORIN

Quebec native played previous two seasons in Wichita BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – July 17, 2019 – The Mariners and free-agent defenseman Marc-Olivier Crevier-Morin have agreed to a contract, the team announced on Wednesday. Crevier-Morin had spent the first two seasons of his professional career with the Wichita Thunder. Crevier-Morin (6’2, 200 lbs) is 23-years-old and is a native of Chateauguay, Quebec. Prior to turning pro, he played for four seasons with the QMJHL’s Gatineau Olympiques. For part of one season (2014-15), he was a teammate of goaltender Francois Brassard. Crevier-Morin was very productive offensively in his final two QMJHL seasons, with 40 points (11 goals, 29 assists) between his 2015-16 and 16-17 campaigns. He served as Captain in 2016-17 and led the team in penalty minutes (110). As a rookie for Wichita in 2017-18, Crevier-Morin found the net in his first professional game, scoring the Thunder’s first goal of the season on October 14th, 2017 against Indy. He finished his first ECHL season with two goals and 17 assists in 68 games. This past season, he scored one goal, adding eight assists in 56 games. “With two years pro under his belt, he will be a big part in our locker room and also on the ice,” said Mariners head coach Riley Armstrong. “He will also help with our penalty kill.” Although strong at points during the season, the Mariners penalty kill finished 25th out of 27 teams in 2018-19. Crevier-Morin makes it six Mariners defensemen under contract for 2019-20, joining Josh Couturier, Derek Pratt, Richie Boyd, Garrett Cecere, and Gabriel Sylvestre. To see the full 2019-20 roster so far, click here. The second season of Maine Mariners ECHL hockey kicks off October 11th at home when the Adirondack Thunder visit the Cross Insurance Arena for a 7:15 PM faceoff. Full and half-season plans along with 12-game mini-plans and group tickets are on sale now by calling 833-GO-MAINE or visiting the Mariners front office at 94 Free St. in Portland. Single-game tickets will go on sale on September 16th. Read the full article

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KEELEY: MARINERS OVERPOWERED IN NEWFOUNDLAND

Maine allows a season-high eight goals in a rough loss BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners ST. JOHN’S, NFL – January 8, 2019 – In shades of their last Tuesday trip to St. John’s, a rough second period did the Mariners in as they fell to the Growlers by an 8-4 final at the Mile One Center in the first of a two-game series. The Mariners made a valiant attempt to climb back from a four-goal deficit, but came up short, falling to 0-3-0-0 in Newfoundland this season The Mariners got off to a flying start with an early 7-2 shot advantage and the first goal of the game at 3:49 when Jason Salvaggio scored for the second game in a row. Louie Rowe caused a turnover and received the only assist for the first point of his professional career. Josh Kestner tied the game at 12:41 of the period after Brycen Martin dove to keep his first chance out of an empty net. With 49 seconds left in the period, James Melindy hit Garrett Cecere in the face with a blue line shot and Derian cleaned up the rebound to give Newfoundland its first lead. Terrence Wallin, in his first game since being returned on loan from AHL Hartford, tied the game at two with a beautiful wrist shot at 4:05 of the second. Just 2:10 later, Adam Pardy would open the floodgates for his first of two goals in a row. Pardy scored again at 10:33, forcing Riley Armstrong to call his time out. The Growlers kept coming as Marcus Power scored a highlight reel goal at 14:20 and Alex Gudbranson added another 29 seconds after to make it a 6-2 game. A poor Growlers change led to a 2-on-0 break that led to Greg Chase feeling Ty Ronning at 15:39 to stop the bleeding. With under a second remaining in the period, Drew Melanson tipped Ryan Culkin’s shot to bring the deficit back to two with a power play goal. In an aggressive coaching move, Armstrong pulled Hannu Toivonen with seven minutes remaining in the third and the Mariners did well to keep possession and generate changes, but finally, at 17:27, Scott Pooley found the empty net. A Brady Ferguson power play goal at 18:50 brought the game to its ugly 8-4 final. Eric Levine was the winning goaltender, making 23 saves on 27 shots. Toivonen stopped 25/32. The Mariners look to salvage their final regular season game at Mile One Center tomorrow with another 5:30 PM ET faceoff. They’ll head to Brampton on Saturday (7:15 PM) and Sunday (2:00 PM) before returning home on Wednesday, January 16th to host Newfoundland at 7:00 PM. Tickets to all home games can be purchased at MarinersOfMaine.com or by calling 207-775-3458. Read the full article

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KEELEY: MARINERS ADD FOUR MORE AS ROSTER TAKES SHAPE

   Two forwards, two defencemen added to the inaugural roster BY: Michael Keeley, Maine Mariners PORTLAND, ME – July 24, 2018 – The Maine Mariners continue to add to their roster for 2018-19, announcing the signings of four more players on Tuesday. Forwards Jesse Schwartz and Dwyer Tschantz have agreed to deals, along with defenseman Mitch Jones and Garrett Cecere.

Jesse Schwartz (6’0, 194) just finished his college career at the University of Connecticut, where he scored ten goals and added five assists in his Senior season. A native of Toronto, Schwartz played his junior hockey in Canada, finishing with a big season in the BCHL (57 points in 48 games) with the Victoria Grizzlies in 2013-14. “He’s a guy that likes to go into the hard areas, loves the net-front,” said Mariners head coach Riley Armstrong. “We’re looking for him to be an energy guy for the team and also chip in offensively.”

Dwyer Tschantz (6’5, 209) is a former NHL draft pick and played four games with the Worcester Railers last season, scoring one goal. The Wilmington, Delaware native played his college hockey at Cornell University after being drafted in the 7th round, 202nd overall by the St. Louis Blues in 2014. “ is going to bring some size to the team,” said Armstrong. “Hopefully he’ll create a bunch of grind game and puck possession in the offensive zone. He’s going to come to us with a lot of structure after spending four years at Cornell.”

Mitch Jones (5’11, 198) brings three previous seasons to ECHL experience to the Mariners. Appearing in 58 games for the Utah Grizzlies last season, Jones scored two goals and added 12 assists. He was also a member of the Alaska Aces from 2015-17, the ECHL membership that was purchased and relocated to Portland to become the Mariners. His father, Brad, played in the NHL for Winnipeg, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Jones is from Rochester, MI. “He’s going to add some veteran leadership to the defensive core,” Armstrong said about Jones. “He’ll bring some toughness and he can play both styles of the game whether the other team needs some push back if it’s an offensive skilled game. It allows him to do both with his game.”

Garrett Cecere (5’8, 165) is a blue-liner from West Des Moines, IA who split his college career between Colorado College and Northeastern University. He contributed nine assists during his Senior campaign at Northeastern this past season. In juniors, Cecere played for three different USHL teams (Dubuque, Tri-City, and Sioux Falls) as well as the Janesville Jets of the NAHL. “I watched Garrett play at the end of last season - he is an entertaining player to watch,” said Armstrong. “Garrett understands the big picture in his development process. We are very excited to have him.” The Mariners inaugural roster now includes seventeen players (nine forwards, seven defensemen, and one goaltender). The full roster can be found HERE. The Mariners, proud affiliate of the New York Rangers, will start to play in the inaugural season October 13, 2018, as members of the ECHL. The ECHL is the premier AA hockey league in the United States. Season tickets for the Mariners inaugural season are on sale now by visiting marinersofmaine.com or call toll-free 833-GO-MAINE. Read the full article