PORTLAND, ME – July 1, 2020 – The Mariners issued qualifying offers to seven players for the June 30th deadline, completing the ECHL rights protection process for 2020-21. The unrestricted free agency period begins today. The six players issued qualifying offers by the Mariners are: Forward (1): Ryan Ferrill Defensemen (5): Jonathan Racine, Gabriel […]
PORTLAND, ME – June 30, 2020 – The Maine Mariners announced on Tuesday that they have raised $3700 for local COVID-19 relief efforts, a dollar figure that will continue to be added to. So far, funds have been raised through a pair of exclusive jersey auctions and a t-shirt sale. “It’s so inspiring to see […]
PORTLAND, ME – June 29, 2020 – Last August, Ted Hart signed his first professional contract with his “hometown” team, hoping to become the first Maine-born player to suit up in a regular season game for the Mariners. Although he didn’t make his ECHL debut until November, the Cumberland native played in 48 of the […]
PORTLAND, ME – June 22, 2020 – The Mariners announced their first player signing for 2020-21 on Monday, bringing back forward Dillan Fox for his third season in Maine. Fox had a breakout season in 2019-20, tying for the team lead in goals and reaching the AHL for the first time in his career. “It’s […]
Q: Overall how do you feel the season went? A: I think it started off like it did the previous year. We didn’t start off too hot, however, we were building a lot throughout the year and when we had that eight [wins] in ten [games], that’s when things started to click. Our couple wins […]
PORTLAND, ME – June 16, 2020 – The Maine Mariners released their season-ending roster for 2019-20 on Tuesday, protecting the rights of 17 players between now and July 1st. The season-ending roster is the second phase in the three step process of protecting players’ rights, the first being the initial protected list, and the final […]
Q: Overall how do you feel the season went? A: I think we had a good season in general. We were getting real tight as a group there at the end, we were putting up some wins, and we were in a playoff spot. I think we would have made a good run in the playoffs […]
Q: Overall how do you feel the season went? A: It was good, it was exciting! I was very excited to see what we could do going into playoffs. I think we were one game above .500% and then went about 13-4-3, or something like that. I think we were playing real well up until the […]
PORTLAND, ME – June 2, 2020 – The Maine Mariners released their 2020 Protected List on Tuesday, containing 20 names of players of whom the Mariners retain ECHL rights. The Protected List is the first phase in a three step process of protecting players’ rights, followed by submitting a season ending roster and finally, issuing […]