HOCKEY Maine Mariners to host alumni game in February Danny Briere, the Maine Mariners vice president of hockey operations, will return to the ice this winter as part of an alumni game featuring former Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. Briere, who took part in a Town Hall-style fan forum Tuesday night at Cross Insurance Arena to answer questions about Portland’s new ECHL franchise, played six seasons for the Flyers as part of a 15-year NHL career. Rosters for the alumni game, scheduled for 3 p.m.