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Hockey Is Coming Back To Portland
According to WCSH, hockey will be returning to Portland. They are reporting that a former Portland Pirates player and GM, Brad Church and former owner, Godfrey Wood are planning to bring an ECHL team to Portland.
They will begin playing in the 2017-18 season and they will be keeping the Pirates name.
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