LEWISTON – Stefan Chaput sauntered over to Lewiston Maineiacs’ Assistant Coach Jeff Guay in the parking lot of the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, trying to look over his shoulder at a clipboard perched in his hands.

A stopwatch obscured the information for which Chaput was searching.

“Can I see that?” Chaput asked. “What was his time?”

Chaput, a three-year Lewiston veteran who will skate this season for the Carolina Hurricanes’ top affiliate in Albany, is back in camp this week for a little extra practice and to play a little hockey.

And to play big brother.

Stefan’s younger brother Michael is a Maineiacs’ first-round draft pick and, at 16, is looking to make the team out of his first training camp.

“I came here, I knew it was going to be hard, and I worked hard this summer to get ready,” Michael said.

Guay read Michael’s times in the 300-yard shuttle run to Stefan, who threw his head back and smiled.

They were among the day’s best.

“He’s big, he’s fast, he’s got a great shot,” Stefan said, “but you still need to work hard to get a spot on this team.”

Being a rookie in training camp is never easy, especially for the youngest of rookies.

“It can be intimidating as a 16-year-old to come here,” Stefan said. “He has me to ease up that rookie status a bit.”

But aside from dealing with the locker room and on-ice antics, there’s also the acclimation to your surroundings, in a new town, with new people, in a new culture.

But not so much for Michael, though.

“He knows the coaches, he knows the area, he knows the fans,” Stefan said. “Every veteran on this team knows him, so I’m sure he’ll adapt.”

“I was coming down four, five even six times a year to watch him play,” Michael said. “I kind of know all the people here already.”

As for impressing the coaching staff? Stefan insists he stays out of lobbying for his brother to make the team.

And from the sounds of it, the coaching staff has already formed its own opinion.

“We knew he was a good hockey player, and he’s in shape,” Maineiacs’ Head Coach and GM Ed Harding said. “He lights up a room. He has a great demeanor, he has a great work ethic and he’s one heck of a hockey player. With his frame and stature, he’s got the ability to step right in and be a contributor in major junior hockey this year.”

Not that Harding and his staff didn’t know what they were getting to begin with.

“I have a lot of respect for Stefan, the way he worked hard and came out and played his butt off every single game for us,” Harding said. “He worked hard in practice and he’s learned a lot here over the past few years.”

Playing for the same team in back-to-back seasons will inevitably draw comparisons, though. Not that the thought hasn’t already crossed their minds.

“He’s got the size, he’s got the strength, so I guess we’ll see in the next couple of years,” Stefan said. “We have to see what he does.