Mariners derail Worcester

WORCESTER, ME – The Maine Mariners, proud affiliates of the NHL’s Boston Bruins and AHL’s Providence Bruins, collected their 13^th win in the last 15 games with an offensive outburst in a 6-2 win over the Worcester Railers on Friday night at DCU Center. Brooklyn Kalmikov posted two goals and an assist to lead the Mariners.

It was a fairly uneventful opening period, until the Mariners struck twice in a span of 53 seconds. Defenseman Jaxon Bellamy found the net first, gloving a puck along the blue line and stepping into a wrister from the top of the left circle. Soon after, it was Robert Cronin making a pretty spin-o-rama pass from that same circle to Antonio Venuto on the back door to quickly double the lead.

Brooklyn Kalmikov helped the Mariners extend the lead with a pair of goals in the first seven minutes of the second period. He unleashed a wrister past Thomas Gale from the high slot at 1:26 of the middle frame to make it 3-0, before adding a power play goal at 6:33, on a quick feed from Max Andreev. The Mariners added a shorthanded goal in the final minute of the period when Zach Jordan raced down to the corner and watched his attempted pass deflect in off a Railers defender and past William Lavalliere, who had relieved Gale following the fourth Maine goal.

Worcester got a pair of goals in the third from Lincoln Hatten and Anthony Callin to close the gap back to three, but Max Andreev’s goal at 9:40 restored the Mariners momentum. Luke Cavallin turned aside 24 of 26 to earn his 14^th win of the season. The Mariners improved to 13-1-1 in their last 15 games.