LEWISTON

Opening night of a season is often filled with nervous anxiety.

Both Lewiston/Oak Hill/Monmouth girls hockey coach Ron Dumont and Mt. Ararat/Morse leader Ron Hutchins were prepared for the nerves to play out.

What helped the host Blue Devils was a solid start in Friday’s opener at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee, as the hosts scored four goals in the opening 4:10 of the contest en route to an 11- 0 win.

Freshman Adri Roy scored the first two Blue Devil goals, and by the time sophomore Jessica Clavet and freshman Veda Leclerc each slipped a shot past Eagles starting goaltender Lily Schenk, the hosts had a comfortable advantage.

“When you look at the starting lineup, there are three freshmen in there,” said Dumont, who watched Eagles forward Kieley Hetherington fire the game’s first shot on Blue Devils goaltender Meagan Gosselin, who had 11 saves. “The first shift, you could tell the nerves were there. We were missing Katie (Lemieux) and the captain (Chloe Martin). They did a heck of a job all the way around. The key was getting out there quick those first few shifts.”

Lewiston kept coming in the opening frame, taking a 6-0 lead through 15 minutes on a pair of power-play goals. Jordan Mynahan scored the first goal with the man advantage, and Molly Chicoine finished off a strong opening frame, with the Blue Devils outshooting the Eagles, 24-2.

“The power play worked really well, and I wanted to see how well it was going to work,” said Dumont, whose Blue Devils were 2-for-4 on the power play.

“It was tough to keep the girls heads in the game and keep it positive,” said Hutchins, whose Eagles will visit Yarmouth/Freeport/ Gray-New Gloucester on Tuesday at 7 p.m. “Lewiston played fantastic. They were fast and disciplined, all the things that we strive to do.”

Mt. Ararat/Morse played a solid second period, keeping the score 6-0.

“We started to control the neutral zone a bit and that allowed us to generate some things,” said Hutchins, whose squad was outshot 12- 3 in the frame, with goaltender Sydney McLure making all 12 stops on her cage. “We gave the second and third line some more time. We just need to keep our heads high and push on.”

Lewiston again found its flow in the third frame. Mynahan, who led the Blue Devils with two goals and two assists, scored her team’s seventh goal, followed by Roy completing her hat trick, Clavet, Jaylin Cloutier and Dodge also scored in the frame to complete the scoring.

“We lost a couple key players from last year, so the good start tonight gave us a lot of confidence,” said Dodge, who picked up a goal and two assists. “The nerves went away pretty fast tonight. The start helped, then we started passing around and getting everyone into the game.”

Lewiston, which hosts Winslow/Erskine Academy on Wednesday at 7:25 p.m., finished with a 50-11 shot advantage.

Mt. Ararat/Morse failed to score on its four power-play chances.

Lewiston 11, Mt. Ararat/ Morse 0

Friday at Lewiston
Mt.Ararat— 000—0
Lewiston— 605—11
First period — 1. (L) Adri Roy (Jaylin Cloutier), 1:58; 2. (L) Adri Roy (Jordan Mynahan), 2:20; 3. (L) Jessica Clavet (Hanna Levesque), 3:32; 4. (L) Veda Leclerc, 4:10; 5.
(L) Jordan Mynahan (Anna Dodge), ppg, 9:29; 6. (L) Molly Chicoine (Jordan Mynahan), ppg, 12:49. Penalties — Casi Perow (MtA), body checking, 7:41; Isabela Burch
(MtA), tripping, 12:14; Isa Blessington (MtA), cross checking, 13:14.
Second period — No scoring. Penalties — Isabela Burch (MtA), hooking, :24; Molly
Chicoine (L), cross checking, 4:22; Jordan Mynahan (L), slashing, 9:25; Veda Leclerc
(L), body checking, 13:25.
Third period — 7. (L) Jordan Mynahan (Veda Leclerc), 1:45; 8. (L) Adri Roy, 5:54; 9.
(L) Jessica Clavet (Anna Dodge), sh, 8:01; 10. (L) Jaylin Cloutier, 10:29; 11. (L) Anna
Dodge, 13:16. Penalty — Jordan Mynahan (L), interference, 7:01.
Shots on goal — (MtA) 2-3-6-11; (L) 24-12-14-50.
Saves — (MtA) Lily Schenk 24, Sydney McLure 15; (L) Meagan Gosselin 11.
Power play — Mt. Ararat 0-for-4; Lewiston 2-for-4.
Records — Lewiston 1-0, Mt. Ararat 0-1.
Up next for the Eagles — Tuesday at Yarmouth/Freeport/Gray-New Gloucester, 7
p.m.