GLENS FALLS, NY – January 31, 2026 – The Maine Mariners, proud affiliates of the NHL's Boston Bruins and AHL's Providence Bruins, bounced back with a 6-3 win over the Adirondack Thunder on Saturday night at Harding Mazzotti Arena. Four Mariners registered multi-point games as Maine scored all six of their goals over the final 40 minutes.
Thunder captain Ryan Wheeler opened the scoring with a right circle wrister at 6:01, following a scrambly play in the Mariners defensive zone. Adirondack's Daniel Amesbury fought Maine's Colin Felix immediately after the goal in response to a Felix check on Friday night. The Thunder led 1-0 after 20 minutes.
The Mariners collected a trio of second period goals to build a 3-1 lead. Jacob Hudson scored the tying goal at 6:04, throwing a shot through traffic from the blue line, and giving him the team lead with 11 goals on the season. Maine then struck twice in a 37 second span about seven minutes later. Brooklyn Kalmikov got loose after a Thunder turnover and beat Tyler Brennan in tight at 13:05, before Xander Lamppa scooped up Michael Underwood's rebound off Brennan's pad at 13:42 to make it a 3-1 game.
Just 2:48 into the third, Antonio Venuto put the Mariners up three when he capped off Hudson's drive to net. Adirondack got one back at 4:04 when Brian Carrabes drove down the right side and beat Arvanitis to cut the lead back to two. An impressive individual effort by Zach Jordan made it a 5-2 game at 15:12, after he stripped a puck from the defense and beat Brennan on a backhand. Patrick Grasso again cut the deficit to two at 17:26, but Sebastian Vidmar's empty netter sealed the game.
Brad Arvanitis stopped 30 of 33 Adirondack shots for his eighth win, improving to 6-1 in his last seven starts.
The Mariners (20-12-5-2) have one more game at Adirondack on Sunday afternoon at 3 PM, before returning home next Friday and Saturday to take on the Orlando Solar Bears for "Winter Olympics Night" presented by LL Bean at 7:15 PM and "207 Night" presented by Live + Work in Maine at 6 PM. Single game tickets for all home games are available at MarinersOfMaine.com or at the Hammond Lumber Company Box Office inside the Cross Insurance Arena. Ticket packages including the 207 Club, half-season and 12-game plans, 12-ticket flex plans, and group discounts are also available by calling 833-GO-MAINE, filling out an inquiry form at MarinersOfMaine.com, or visiting the Mariners front office at 94 Free Street in Portland.
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