MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - The Bowdoin College men's ice hockey team scored four goals in the third period to pull away from Wesleyan in a 6-2 win on Friday evening.

Six different players found the back of the net and sophomore netminder Steve Messina recorded 33 saves as Bowdoin improved to 8-4-1 and 6-2-1 in NESCAC play with its fifth straight conference victory. Wesleyan fell to 8-5 on the year and 3-4 in conference action.
    
Sophomore Jay Livermore netted the game-winner for Bowdoin at the 3:20 mark in the third. Just five seconds into a Bowdoin power play, Livermore sent a shot from the left point that deflected off the right post and in for his third goal. Bowdoin added another power-play marker at 11:33 off the stick of senior Graham Sisson. Sisson flipped the puck over the right shoulder of Wesleyan junior goaltender Glenn Stowell for his second goal of the season before Ollie Koo made it 5-2 at 16:05, putting home a rebound from the right circle for his third tally. Sophomore Colin Downey sealed the win with a goal at at 18:25.

After a scoreless first period, Wesleyan had jumped on the board first courtesy of senior Tom Salah at 2:02 of the second frame. Bowdoin tied the game moments later when senior Jordan Lalor poked in a rebound following a shot by freshman Tim Coffey at 3:16. First-year John McGinnis gave Bowdoin a 2-1 lead at 4:36 with his sixth goal, but Wesleyan answered at 11:44 when sophomore Nik Tasiopoulos netted his team-high 11th goal to knot the score at 2-2.

Stowell finished with 42 saves in the Wesleyan net as Bowdoin held a 48-35 edge in shots, including 38-21 through the first two periods.