BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin men's ice hockey team clinched the number two seed in the NESCAC with a 4-1 win over Connecticut College to conclude the regular season.
 
The Polar Bears wrap up the regular season with a 14-6-4 record and 10-4-4 mark in conference play. The Camels also earned a spot in the playoffs with a 9-13-2 (7-11-0 NESCAC) record.
 
Game Highlights

• The Polar Bears found their scoring capacity early in the first. Just 3:21 into the game, Bryce Bollman passed to Jack Gilligan at the top of the zone. Gilligan fired a shot from the right poin that missed wide right but bounced off the back boards and up to Bollman on the opposite post. Bollman put away the ricocheted shot.
• With 5:36 left in the period, Bowdoin made it 2-0 as Will Killoran started the play from the top of the zone. Killoran's shot came off the pads and was backhanded with a tap by Justin Wright. Mattie Wierl polished off the play at the edge of the crease.
• The Polar Bears found a shorthanded goal in the third to make it 3-0. Jesse Lycan fed Luke Wheeler who took the puck into Camels territory and passed left back to Lycan for one-timer.
• Connecticut College spoiled the shutout with a power play goal late in the third. Alex Kozic gloved down Kei Yasuda's initial bid, but the resulting wraparound found net.
• Bowdoin iced the game with an empty-netter off the skate of Jesse Lycan from in front of the Polar Bear bench.

 
By the Numbers

• Bowdoin went 0-for-2 on the power play.
• The Camels were 1-for-3 on the power play.
• Kozic stopped 14 shots for Bowdoin.
• Sean Dynan made 27 saves for Connecticut.
• The Camels held a slight 29-27 edge in faceoffs.

 
Up Next

• The Polar Bears host Middlebury in a NESCAC Quarterfinal game on Saturday at 4:00 p.m.