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BRUNSWICK, Maine - The third-ranked Norwich University men's ice hockey team remained unbeaten this season with a 4-2 win over Bowdoin at Sidney J. Watson Arena on Friday. The Cadets improve to 10-0-2 with the victory while the Polar Bears fall to 6-3-0 this season with the setback.

After Norwich controlled the pace of play for the opening few minutes, an odd-man rush for Bowdoin resulted in a close shot from Colin MacCormack that was saved by Ryan Klingensmith. MacCormack recovered the rebound behind the cage and found Leland Fidler between the circles, who slipped a low shot past Klingensmith to give Bowdoin a one-goal lead at 4:52. The Cadets evened the score late in the period when Emmond Bell beat a Bowdoin defender at the right circle, skated in on Richard Nerland and beat the Polar Bear netminder with a backhander inside the left post at 18:37.

A broken play in front resulted in Norwich's second goal of the game as Greg Eskedjian collected a loose puck between the circles and found DJ Fimiani waiting on the far post for a tap-in score at 11:45 of the second frame. Bowdoin evened the game on a 5x3 powerplay later in the period when Graham Sisson banged home a rebound in front with 4:28 left in the period. But a late penalty against the Polar Bears resulted in a powerplay goal for the Cadets as Steven Schroeder snapped a wrist shot from the left wing that trickled through the pads of Nerland to give the visitors a 3-2 advantage heading into the third.

Norwich added to their lead midway through the stanza, when a Norwich rush found Blake Forkey ahead of the pack. Forkey ripped a shot to the top-right corner with 10:10 remaining to seal the win.

Richard Nerland stopped 25 shots for the Polar Bears while Klingensmith made 21 saves for the Cadets. Bowdoin was 1-6 on the powerplay while Norwich went 1-3 on the evening.