Marlborough, Mass. — Rob Flick scored twice and Rob Schremp dished out a pair of assists to lead the Portland Pirates past the Providence Bruins 4-2 in a preseason game Wednesday night at New England Sports Center.

Flick’s first goal of the night came 7:11 into the first period as he drove the net and received a pass from Wade Megan to beat Providence starting goalie Zane McIntyre, giving the Pirates a 2-1 lead. They would not relinquish that lead for the rest of the night. Vinny Saponari also assisted on the goal.

Flick’s capper iced the game for Portland at the 13:56 mark of the third period. He drove hard to the front of the net and was able to gather the rebound of a Jonathan Racine shot from the left point, beating Matt Ginn, who replaced McIntyre at the start of the third period. That goal gave the Pirates their final margin of victory and came just 32 seconds after Bruins defenseman Max Iafrate had cut Portland’s lead to one goal on assists from Peter McIntyre and Max Everson.

The Bruins jumped out to an early lead just 1:38 into the game, as Colton Hargrove slid the rebound of a Colby Cave shot past Pirates netminder Mike McKenna. Eric Neiley also assisted on the goal.

The Pirates were quick to respond, as Rob Schremp broke into the Providence zone up the middle and cut to the right circle to take a shot. McIntyre stopped the initial chance, but Chase Balisy was uncovered in front of the net to bang home the rebound at 3:42 of the first period. Wayne Simpson also had an assist on the play.

On Portland’s only power play of the night, defenseman Brad Richard fired a hard wrist shot from the top of the right circle on a rush that glanced off of McIntyre’s right arm and into the net with just 1:24 left in the second period with assists from Schremp and McKenna.

McKenna picked up the win in net, stopping 28 of 30 Providence shots. McIntyre took the loss with 16 saves on 19 shots. Ginn made five saves on six shots in the third period for the Bruins.

Portland went 1-for-1 on the power play, while Providence was 0-for-4 on the man advantage.

The Pirates’ preseason continues tonight, as they host Pirates Youth Hockey Night at the OA Sports Center in Saco, taking on the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds at 7 p.m. Admission to the game will be free, but limited to the first 500 fans because of seating capacity.