LEWISTON — It’s hard being a hockey mom.

“I can’t just sit here and be still,” Amanda Winslow said Saturday, decked out in winter gear — complete with wool hat. “My hands are all clammy.

“But I just have to let go.”

Winslow was in a more precarious predicament than most hockey moms: Her daughter, Payton, is a goalie.

“I just have to let it go,” Amanda Winslow said again, the rhythm of her voice serving to calm her nerves. “She’s done all the work, they’ve all done all they have to do. Now, it’s up to them.”

“Them,” in this case, was St. Dominic Academy. Payton Winslow is the backstop of a young, talented Saints squad with a chance Saturday to capture a state title after busting through the regular season with only two losses — two losses avenged in the regional final.

That didn’t make it any easier for her family, nor for the hundreds of other family members of the rest of the 14 players dressed for the game.

Down at ice level — in complete contrast to the frenetic pacers, nail biters and those sitting on their hands — the players, led by the veteran sophomore goalie, are calm and collected.

After a first period in which the Saints dominated but were losing by a goal, they remained calm.

“Payton had a great game,” St. Dom’s coach Paul Gosselin said. “She stayed calm. It’s all good.”

Payton wasn’t fazed by what her coach called a “zinger” from Sami Shoebottom to give the Red Storm a 1-0 edge. But she was ready the next time the shift Scarborough sniper tried the same move.

“When she got the first one, I was like, “OK, shake it off,” Payton said. “Then she did the same thing again.”

Midway through the third period, Shoebottom, who had drawn the best defense the Saints had to offer all night, slipped free to the left circle, and tried to beat Payton again high blocker.

No dice.

Later in the third, the Saints now even with the Storm at a goal each, Winslow again stared down a point-blank shot, this time after a Shoebottom feed across the goalmouth.

No dice. Again.

Not bad for a goalie who, a year ago helped usher in the second era of varsity hockey at St. Dom’s backstopping an inexperienced team as a freshman.

“It’s amazing how far we’ve come since last year,” Payton said. “We all mesh really well together and we can finish when we need to.”

Through all of her calm, Payton said, she knows somewhere in the crowd, somewhere among the sea of black-and-white clad supporters, is Amanda. And the rest of her family, both immediate and extended. They’re hockey moms. And dads. And bothers and sisters and cousins.

It’s hard being in their shoes, but all of the clammy hands and chilly mornings and afternoons are well worth it when they get to experience what the Saints’ extended family did Saturday: Their players — cooly, calmly — hoisting a state championship trophy.