TROIS-RIVIERES, QC – – The Maine Mariners, proud affiliates of the NHL’s Boston Bruins and AHL’s Providence Bruins, wrapped up the 2025-26 regular season with a 6-0 loss to the Trois-Rivieres Lions on Saturday afternoon at Colisee Videotron. The Mariners are set to begin the playoffs on Friday at home.
Cedric Desrussieaux opened the scoring at 14:50 of the first, finishing a flurry of Lions shots toward Luke Cavallin, and sweeping one into an open net. Trois-Rivieres led 1-0 after 20 minutes.
Issac Dufort added a pair of goals for the Lions late in the 2nd, scoring on a nice setup from Anthony Beauregard at 15:46, then stuffing home a power play goal at 19:09.
Trois-Rivieres’ Anthony Poulin made it a 4-0 game at 9:12 of the third, followed by Dufort’s hat trick goal on the power play less than a minute later. Mathias Laferriere wrapped up the scoring at 16:59.
The Mariners finished the regular season with a record of 42-21-6-3, tying their single-season team record for wins and setting a new best mark for points (93). The Lions, which won the Kelly Cup last season, become the first defending champion in 11 years to miss the playoffs.
