LEWISTON — The fact that Falmouth is a young, eager team is perhaps the scariest fact about the team’s early-season success.

That young team is beginning to grow and mature, finding ways to overcome in-game obstacles that may otherwise have derailed it — like forgetting to show up for the second period, for instance, while weathering one of the best onslaughts the Yachtsmen had seen all season.

Brandon Tuttle provided the early offense with a pair of goals in the first period and then four different Falmouth skaters added single goals each in the third period to lift the Yachtsmen to a 6-1 victory over Lewiston at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee on Wednesday.

“We worked ourselves into a little bit of a hole in the second period there and gave up the tempo,” Falmouth coach Deron Barton said. “Third period, the players decided they wanted to win the game, so that’s what they went out and did.”

For Lewiston, which dominated the second period but laid down in the other two, it’s the second consecutive game in which they’ve exhibited flashes of being an elite team for a period at a time.

“We’ve had glimpses of doing that this year,” Lewiston coach Jamie Belleau said. “We did it in the third period against St. Dom’s and we did it in the second period (Wednesday). Call it what you will, whether it’s lack of experience at the varsity level, or just purely a lack of motivation. Whatever it is, it’s got to change. We’re very good when we’re working hard. When we’re not working hard, we’re susceptible to letting in two or three goals and changing the whole dynamic of the game.”

A tight, 2-1 contest to begin the final frame, Lewiston attempted to seize even more momentum as officials whistled Falmouth for too many men on the ice. On the ensuing Blue Devils’ power play, though, it was Falmouth that found the back of the net as Ben Freeman snapped a shorthanded shot over Lewiston keeper Evan Bourassa to extend the Falmouth advantage to 3-1. Forty-nine seconds later, Mitch Tapley made it 4-1 on a feed from Tuttle, chasing Bourassa from the cage.

Kris Samaras added his own goal after assisting on Freeman’s at 6:24 of the third, and Hugh Grygiel added the final tally in the latter stages of the frame to cap the scoring.

The Devils had the early numbers advantage, earning an opening-minute power play, but it was Falmouth that did the early damage. After forcing a turnover behind the Lewiston cage, Cam Bell gathered the puck and quickly spun it in front, where Tuttle was waiting all alone, and didn’t miss, punching it past Bourassa for a 1-0 advantage.

Falmouth caused all kinds of problems in the Blue Devils’ zone for much of the remainder of the first frame, forcing more than a dozen turnovers while pinning Lewiston deep.

The Yachtsmen made the Devils pay in the final minute of the frame, and again it was Tuttle. This time, the all-state forward snapped a perfect wrister — in stride — over the left shoulder of Bourassa from the right circle.

“The first period, we’re down 2-0 because we didn’t show up,” Belleau said. “That changes the whole dynamic of the game. Take your hat off to Falmouth. They came into our building ready to play and our kids weren’t.”

The Blue Devils turned things around in a hurry for the second period, controlling every aspect of play in all three zones.

Lewiston got only one goal for its efforts, despite a 19-5 advantage in shots, and it came from Lemelin. Devon Beland controlled the puck behind the cage and slipped a pass to Lemelin at the left side of the slot. Lemelin snapped a shot that beat goalie Dane Pauls low glove, just over his outstretched left pad. It was the only goal Pauls allowed in an otherwise stellar period.

“He kept us in the game,” Barton said. “He gave us an opportunity to come back.”