Maine Mariners (ECHL)

The Maine Mariners are an American professional ice hockey team. They began playing in 2018. The team plays in the ECHL. They play their home games in Portland, Maine at the Cross Insurance Arena. They are the ECHL affiliate for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). They are also the affiliates for the Providence Bruins of the American Hockey League (AHL).

The team originally played in Anchorage, Alaska as the Alaska Aces from 2003 to 2017. The Aces would stop playing because of the low ticket sales and struggling Alaskan economy. On June 15, the rights to the team were sold to Comcast Spectacor. Comcast would move the team from Anchorage to Portland, Maine. The name Mariners was revealed on September 29. The team shares a name with a former AHL team called the Maine Mariners. They played from 1977 until 1987 and again from 1987 until 1992.

On October 13, 2018, the team would play their first game as the Maine Mariners. They would be defeated by the Adirondack Thunder 6–3.

On June 30, 2021, the Mariners and the Boston Bruins announced that they had formed an affiliation. The Bruins were also the AHL's Mariners affiliate. 

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