TROIS-RIVIERES, QC – The Maine Mariners, proud associates of the NHL’s Boston Bruins and AHL’s Windfall Bruins, edged out the Trois-Rivieres Lions 2-1 on Saturday afternoon at Colisee Videotron within the third consecutive one-goal sport between the 2 groups. Robert Cronin and Antonio Venuto scored within the second interval to flip the sport.
Repeating the opening interval of Friday evening, it was the Lions discovering the one aim of the opening interval. Proper off an offensive zone faceoff at 8:27, Joe Dunlap received free in entrance and lifted a backhander over Brad Arvanitis for the 1-0 Trois-Rivieres lead.
Because the second interval started 4-on-4, the Mariners rapidly tied it up on Robert Cronin’s sixteenth aim of the season. Coming into the zone and taking a feed from Jacob Perreault, Cronin’s wrister beat the glove of Hunter Jones to even the rating. The center body was filled with penalties, with every staff receiving three energy play probabilities, however the respective penalty kills held robust. Because the interval wound down, Maine grabbed their first lead at 17:28. After Jones stopped Max Andreev’s backhand in entrance, Antonio Venuto dribbled the rebound into the again of the online, giving the Mariners the 2-1 lead by way of 40 minutes.
Each groups had a aim disallowed within the third interval. Anthony Beauregard was deemed to have kicked a puck into the online early within the interval, preserving the Mariners’ one-goal lead. Later within the interval, Jacob Hudson’s shorthanded bid was washed out when Max Andreev was assessed a crosschecking penalty on the identical play. The Mariners killed two extra penalties within the third, extending their PK streak to 30 in a row, as they held on for the 2-1 win. Brad Arvanitis stopped 25 of 26 to earn his twenty first victory of the season.
