Pineau's late goal earns the Blues a 2–2 tie with Lewisville in the league opener
Lukas Pineau scored both Riverview goals, the second with 1:36 to play, as the Blues opened the league season with a 2–2 tie against the Lewisville Lightning in a penalty-filled game at home.
The Riverview Blues opened their league season on Monday night the hard way: down two goals, in a game that was stopped again and again by the referee's whistle. Lukas Pineau brought them back. He scored both Riverview goals, the second with 1:36 left in the third period, as the Blues and the Lewisville Lightning finished 2–2 in Riverview.
Whistles from the start
Nine minor penalties were called, five against the Blues and four against Lewisville, and five of the nine were for head contact. Three times, a player from each side went to the box together, the last of them a pair of roughing minors late in the third period. Neither team scored on the power play.
The Blues were short-handed twice early in the first period and killed off both penalties, and the opening period ended scoreless.
Two goals in 42 seconds
Lewisville broke through in the second period, scoring with 10:14 left and again 42 seconds later to go up 2–0.
Riverview answered at four-on-four. With a player from each team serving a minor, Pineau scored with 6:12 left in the period, four seconds before the penalties expired, from captain Sheamus Gillespie and Lennon Lamkey. That cut the lead to 2–1.
The equalizer
The third period stayed scoreless until the final two minutes. Not long after the matching roughing minors ran out, Pineau struck again, this time from Grayden Price, to tie the game with 1:36 to play. Loik Kinnear was in goal for the Blues.
Pineau also scored in the Blues' first game of the season, the pre-season opener in Cap-Pelé on October 10.
The tie is the first league result for both teams, who had not played a league game when the season opened on the weekend. The Blues and the Lightning leave the opener unbeaten.
Riverview scoring
- Second period: Lukas Pineau (Sheamus Gillespie, Lennon Lamkey)
- Third period: Lukas Pineau (Grayden Price)
Penalties
- Riverview: five minors, 10 minutes
- Lewisville: four minors, 8 minutes
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