LEWISTON — Might as well start calling the Androscoggin Bank Colisee “Brooklyn North.”

The Aviators wouldn’t mind playing a few more here, either.

In their second appearance of the season at the Colisee, the Federal Hockey League’s Brooklyn Aviators gathered a second victory, outskating the 1,000 Islands Privateers 5-2 on Thursday in front of an announced crowd of 1,094.

“We are back to where we want a little bit,” Brooklyn coach Rob Miller said. “We have teams … that are right in the middle of the pack coming up, and it’s going to come down to the wire as far as who’s jockeying for position, so wins like this one are important.”

The Aviators have now won four games in a row, and are starting to build momentum as the teams start the second half of the season and the push toward the playoffs. Prior to Thursday’s contest, Brooklyn was a couple of games under .500, while 1,000 Islands had 27 wins in 35 games and sat in second position. While the outcome of the contest did nothing to change the standings, it was an important one for Brooklyn going forward.

“That’s our fourth win in a row. We’re working hard,” Miller said. “We’ve made a lot of changes since the last time we were up here, that’s for sure. With injuries and call-ups, and just trying to get the right personnel in, it’s been a challenge.”

The Privateers, meanwhile, were skating shorthanded due to injury and call-ups. They dressed only 12 skaters and a pair of goalies, and Matt Anthony did well to stop 37 of 42 in the defeat between the pipes.

“We’re outworking teams,” Miller said. “They had a bit of a short bench, but you’ve got to outwork teams in this league. We got a big win against (league-leading) New Jersey last week, too. Work ethic and good goaltending, and you can win any game.”

Brooklyn dominated most of the first period, and got a pair of goals to show for it. Joe Dabkowski slid the puck through the five hole at 9:34, and Steve Kolch added another on the same backhand deke move at 12:09 on a shorthanded breakaway to put Brooklyn on top 2-0.

The Privateers got one back in the waning seconds of the first as Brad Townsend beat Brooklyn keeper Josselin St. Pierre.

“I told the guys they played a good period, but that kills me,” Miller said. “Goals in the last minute, I’m not a big fan of that. Even though they’re shorthanded and we’re outworking them, they still have skilled players who can score.”

Brooklyn came out strong again in the second, getting two more, one each from Casey Mignone and Matt Atsoff to build a 4-1 advantage. A bizarre turn of events later in the middle frame could have turned the game around for 1,000 Islands. After a near-breakaway goal for the Aviators on which the bench felt there should have been a penalty called, the Privateers quickly turned back up the ice and scored on a breakaway of their own on a Michael Byrd bid.

“If that play happens anywhere else on the ice, it’s probably not a penalty,” Miller said, “but you negate a scoring chance, how do you not call a penalty? And then, they go down and score. If they have their full squad, that’s a game-changing goal. That’s a call that has to be made.”

Brooklyn calmed things down after that, though, and tacked on the final tally of the contest with less than three minutes to play in regulation off the stick of Brendan Baumgartner to cap the victory.