New Hampshire Fighting Spirit
| Lewiston/Auburn Nordiques | |
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| City | Lewiston, Maine |
| League | NA3HL |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Home arena | Androscoggin Bank Colisee |
| Colors | Sky Blue, Midnight Blue, Vegas Gold, and White |
| Owner(s) | Jim Cain |
| Head coach | Cam Robichaud |
| Franchise history | |
| 2012–2013 | Lake George Fighting Spirit |
| 2013–2014 | AHI Fighting Spirit |
| 2014–2015 | New Hampshire Fighting Spirit |
| 2015–2017 | L/A Fighting Spirit |
| 2017–present | Lewiston/Auburn Nordiques |
The Lewiston/Auburn Nordiques are a Tier III Junior "A" ice hockey team from Lewiston, Maine. The team is a member of the North American 3 Hockey League (NA3HL) and plays home games at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee.
The team was founded in 2012 as the Lake George Fighting Spirit playing out of Lake George, New York. The Fighting Spirit joined the Northern States Hockey League (NSHL) as one of the seven inaugural teams.
The Fighting Spirit won the inaugural NSHL regular season championship with a record of 37-4-1. With the title, the Fighting Spirit received an automatic bid, with the second place Syracuse Stampede, to the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) United Hockey Union tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament included the top teams from the three AAU-sanctioned leagues; the NSHL, Western States Hockey League, and the Midwest Junior Hockey League.
Prior to the 2013–14 season, the team moved to Waterville Valley, New Hampshire and were known as the AHI Fighting Spirit to reflect a partnership with the American Hockey Institute. The Fighting Spirit captured the team's second straight NSHL regular season title with a record of 31-4-3-2. After falling in the playoffs and participating in the second UHU National Championship in Las Vegas, the team announced a move to Laconia, New Hampshire and would change their name to the New Hampshire Fighting Spirit for the 2014–15 season. During the 2014–15 season, the NSHL changed its name to the North American 3 Eastern Hockey League (NA3EHL) when operations were taken over by the Tier II North American Hockey League. During this time the organization left the AAU and petitioned for approval into USA Hockey sanctioning which was given prior to the 2015–16 season.
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