MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Middlebury scored four goals in the second period, three of which came on the power play, as the Panthers netted a 5-1 NESCAC victory over visiting Bowdoin on Saturday.

Middlebury collected its first win of the season to climb to 1-13-2 (1-9-0 NESCAC), while Bowdoin slides to 7-10-0 (4-8-0 NESCAC).

Game Highlights

• The teams skated through a scoreless opening 20 minutes, with Middlebury getting the first quality scoring chance. Brendan Dawson collected the puck behind his own net with seven minutes showing on the clock and went on a nice end-to-end rush. He backhanded a shot from the left circle that grazed the cross bar.
• The Polar Bears had a late chance when Camil Blanchet turned on a loose puck in the slot that Middlebury goalie Stephen Klein smothered.
• The Panthers struck for the first goal of the contest on the power play 1:27 into the second period. Danny Jacobs' centering pass went in off Vincent Gisonti and into the Bowdoin net to open the scoring.
• The hosts took advantage of another man-up opportunity 10 minutes later when Trevor Turnbull cut through the slot and tipped in a pass from Travis Stephens for a 2-0 lead.
• Bowdoin responded 1:34 later on a goal by Thomas Dunleavy. Dunleavy took a shot from the left post along the goal line that Klein stopped, but he lifted the rebound into the upper corner of the net at the 12:53 mark.
• The Panthers quickly got the goal back to make 3-1 when Kamil Tkaczuk buried a rebound from the bottom of the right circle 41 seconds later.
• Middlebury converted on a third power-play opportunity with 3:41 left in the period with Dawson wristing a shot from the point that found its way through traffic.
• Bowdoin came close to getting one of those goals back with 2:10 remaining on an odd-man rush, but Austin Ricci rang a shot off of the post to keep the score 4-1 at the end of the frame.
• The Panthers capped the scoring with a fifth goal with 21.4 seconds left when Gisonti picked up his second tally of the game and seventh of the season.

By the Numbers

• Nathan Colannino had 20 stops in net for the Polar Bears who held a 33-25 shot advantage.
• Klein made 32 saves for Middlebury.
• The Panthers went 3-for-5 on the power play while holding Bowdoin to 0-for-3.

Up Next

• The Polar Bears look to return to the win column with Tuesday night game at Southern Maine beginning at 7:00 p.m.