BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin men's hockey team scored three unanswered goals to take a 4-2 NESCAC win over visiting Middlebury on Friday evening.
The Polar Bears climb to 9-6-1 (5-4-1 NESCAC). The Panthers drop their fifth straight game, falling to 7-8-0 (5-4-0 NESCAC).
Game Highlights
- The Polar Bears took a 1-0 lead midway through the first. Bradley Ingersoll intercepted a Middlebury pass in the top of the defensive zone and flipped the puck up and over for Cam Berube behind a Panthers defender. Berube remained on sides as the puck remained in the air and tumbled into the Middlebury zone, eventually burying a shot on net.
- A minute later, Middlebury nearly tied the game as Bret Pastor fired a one-timer on the cross at the right post. Alex Zafonte made the sliding point-blank save.
- The Panthers quickly evened the score 1:21 into the second. Following a scramble in front of Bowdoin's net the puck found its way out to Billy Dobensky who fired a shot from the right point.
- Just 20 seconds later, Middlebury took the lead. Cole Joslin took the puck off the back boards and wrapped around to the left post. Joslin backhanded a pass to the far post for an open look goal by Danny Tighe.
- Bowdoin tied the game at 2-2 with 12:16 off the clock. Albert Washco fed Ingersoll from the right corner to the same side point. Ingersoll put a shot on pads that squirted to the far post where Thomas Dunleavy made a diving play to tie the game.
- Michael Brown broke the deadlock with 9:04 remaining in the game. Bobby Pearl made a long breakout pass from the left corner of the Bowdoin zone to Brown in front of the Bowdoin bench. Brown skated in and took a soft wrister from the right dot to same side post.
- On a late period power play, Middlebury nearly tied the game as Owen Powers deflected a shot from the left point that rang off the post.
- Brown iced the game with an empty-net goal from in front of the Middlebury bench with 52 seconds left off a banked pass from Pearl.
By the Numbers
- The Polar Bears went 1-for-2 on the power play.
- Middlebury went 0-for-2 on the power play.
- Zafonte made 29 stops for Bowdoin.
- Jake Horoho had 22 stops.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears host Williams at 4:00 p.m.
- The Panthers travel to Colby for a 3:00 p.m. game.