16 Facts About Portland Pirates

Portland Pirates were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League.

Portland Pirates were affiliated with the Washington Capitals, the Anaheim Ducks, the Buffalo Sabres, Arizona Coyotes, and the Florida Panthers.

The Portland Pirates filled the void made by the Maine Mariners who had departed to become the Providence Bruins a year earlier.

Under general manager and CEO Wood, who invested in management and creative marketing, the Portland Pirates led the AHL in tickets sold, sponsorships, and sellouts for their first 3 years.

Since then, the Portland Pirates had mixed success, routinely making the playoffs and being eliminated early on.

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In 2005, the Portland Pirates announced a five-year lease extension at the Cross Insurance Arena, ending speculation that the team might relocate.

The Portland Pirates signed a three-year affiliation agreement with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

On March 17,2010, the Portland Pirates signed a two-year lease extension with the Cross Insurance Arena.

The Portland Pirates had to sign off on the agreement, since their agreement with the Sabres ran through 2014.

The Pirates promised refunds to those who had bought tickets for the game in Lewiston, and stated that all ticket proceeds from the Saco game would go to the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital in Portland.

In 2013, the Portland Pirates negotiated a new lease agreement with arena trustees, but refused to sign it after they determined that the percentage of food sales they were to receive under the lease would not result in the same amount of money as previously agreed terms calling for the Portland Pirates to get a percentage of food and alcohol sales, which was ruled illegal by the State.

The Portland Pirates responded by filing a lawsuit against the arena seeking enforcement of the original unsigned agreement outline and an injunction to prevent the arena from reassigning dates for Portland Pirates home games to other events.

The Chairman of the Cross Insurance Arena Board of Trustees criticized the Portland Pirates for demanding more of a "subsidy" for themselves and stated their desired lease agreement would cost county taxpayers money.

The Portland Pirates stated they would continue their lawsuit against the arena with the hopes of playing there in the future.

Maine Senate President Justin Alfond, who is from Portland, announced that he submitted emergency legislation to the Maine Legislature to allow the Pirates to receive a share of alcohol revenue, as the original agreement had called for.

However, progress to attain a franchise by the Portland Pirates group stalled until four groups, none of which involved Wood, submitted their own proposals at the end of February 2017.