The bus arrived late Friday, but the Lewiston Maineiacs offense certainly didn’t.
Lewiston scored four goals in the opening period, including three straight, to lift the Maineiacs to a 4-2 win over Baie-Comeau.
Mathieu Aubin had two goals and an assist for Lewiston while Alex Bourret had a goal and two assists. Alexandre Picard added a goal, and Chad Denny had a pair of assists.
Lewiston coach Clement Jodoin and assistant Ed Harding were unavailable for comment Friday night.
Lewiston’s bus arrived at the rink late, delaying the game for 45 minutes Friday night. Still, the Maineiacs managed to avenge their 4-3 loss to the Drakkar last weekend. Lewiston’s only two losses since Christmas have come against Baie-Comeau.
The Maineiacs got on the board just 35 seconds into the game when Denny set up Aubin.
Baie-Comeau tied the game on the power play at 4:18 on a tally by Alexandre Picard-Hooper.
The rest of the period, however, was all Maineiacs. Aubin scored his 12th of the year on the power play at 5:38. Bourret followed with his 24th of the season at 8:20. Picard scored his 29th with just 2:58 left in the opening period.
Baie-Comeau got a power-play goal from Alexandre Dulac-Lemelin midway through the final period, but could score on Jaroslav Halak again. Halak (18-9-3) had 30 saves.
The Maineiacs play at Chicoutimi for a 4 p.m. game this afternoon.
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