Sailors use power play to cage lions | Pro Hockey News

PORTLAND, ME – The Maine Mariners, proud members of the NHL’s Boston Bruins and the AHL’s Providence Bruins, used four power-play goals to defeat the Trois-Rivieres Lions 5-2 on Sunday afternoon at Cross Insurance Arena. Jacob Perreault led the Maine offense with two goals and an assist as all four power play goals came within the 2:58 span of the opening period.

Maine’s Jaxon Bellamy and Trois-Rivieres’ Ladon Fuller dropped the gloves just 19 seconds into the match, setting the tone for a physical bout. Fuller later took a five-minute major penalty for cross-checking, setting up an extended Mariners power play. Brooklyn Kalmikov scored the opening goal for the second straight game, firing a shot from the right circle past a shielded Hunter Jones at 11:14. A Lions delay of game then gave them a two-man lead and Jacob Perreault raced in from the bench with a new stick to bury a loose puck in an open net at 12:22. Back at 5-on-4 as the big penalty continued, Jacob Hudson drilled a Max Andreev feed into the slot at 13:46 to make it a 3-0 game, before Perreault got his second of the period, finishing an Andrew Nielsen net drive at 14:12. Trois-Rivieres’ Joel Teasdale scored in the final minute of the period to make it a 4-1 game after 20 minutes.

The score remained 4-1 after two periods, and the Lions moved one step closer with a goal from Charles Martin just 2:26 into the third, skating from coast to coast to defeat Arvanitis. The Mariners scored three consecutive penalties to maintain their two-goal lead before Sebastian Vidmar scored an empty net goal at 18:54. Arvanitis, starting his third game in as many days, stopped 32 of 34 Lions shots for his seventh win of the season.

The Mariners improved to 7-1-2 in their last ten games and moved into a tie for third place in the North Division with the Adirondack Thunder, just one point out of second place.