The men's hockey team will play its final two league matches this weekend, looking for wins against St. Michaels and Norwich.
Last week the team enjoyed limited success last weekend as it defeated the Wesleyan Cardinals 5-3 before falling to the Trinity Bantams in a hard-fought 3-0 loss.
Wesleyan started the game with a bang, scoring after only 16 seconds into the first period.
Bowdoin however, settled down and responded at 7:53 in the first. Ryan Blossom '10 redirected a pass from Mike Corbelle '10 to bring the Polar Bears even.
Bowdoin slipped behind once more in the second period as the team was made to pay for drawing a penalty. Only seconds after Kyle Hanson '11 was sent to the box for hooking, Wesleyan scored with the man advantage.
Yet Bowdoin dominated the rest of the period, netting three goals to close out the frame. Jordan Lalor '12 led the charge with a one-time strike at 9:40 and Graham Sisson '12 banged home a rebound in front of net at 16:01 following a shot from Colin MacCormack '10.
At 16:58 Blossom did some hard work to pick the puck up at half ice, beat two defenders, and finish sweetly over the goalie's shoulder.
Although Wesleyan pulled a goal back in the third period, the Bears had the last word at 19:33. Brendan Reich '11 put home a rebound shot from Blossom into the empty net.
Junior goalie Chris Rossi stopped 23 shots in the victory.
Reich, enjoying a break-out year, thought the team had a strong showing.
"We played great," he said. "We did all the little things to perfection and out-worked them."
On Saturday evening, the Polar Bears had their first loss in the Sidney J. Watson Arena.
Despite taking 22 shots and hitting the post twice, the Bears were shut out for the second time this season.
The score remained deadlocked through the first period, but Trinity struck early in the second to pull ahead. Just as the Bears looked poised to pull level, the Bantams scored their second at 16:27 in the third period. Trinity iced the game with an empty-net goal with only four seconds remaining.
Netminder Richard Nerland '12 stopped 27 of 29 shots.
"One thing we've got to do a little bit better of is staying out of the penalty box," he added.
With only one weekend of regular season action left, Bowdoin sits sixth in the NESCAC standings. Still, Reich said he was optimistic about the playoffs.
"Our record doesn't show or isn't a good indicator of how well we're actually doing right now but I wouldn't want to be the team that has to play us in the first round," he said.
Tonight Bowdoin travels to St. Michael's in Vermont, and will face-off against Norwich on Saturday afternoon.