Box Score 

BRUNSWICK, Maine - Sophomore F Emmond Bell scored a goal and added an assist, and junior D Greg Eskedjian dished out three assists to lead the No. 3-ranked Norwich University men's hockey team to a  4-2 victory over Bowdoin College in an ECAC East-NESCAC Interlock contest Friday evening at Sidney J. Watson Arena.

Bowdoin (6-3-0, 4-2-0 NESCAC) opened the scoring at 4:52 of the first period when Leland Fidler scored off assists from Graham Sisson and Colin MacCormack. Norwich (10-0-2, 6-0-0 ECAC East) knotted the score at 1-1 late in the first period when Bell scored his fourth goal of the season off assists from sophomore D Pasha Kozhokin and Eskedjian.

The Cadets took their first lead of the night midway through the second period when senior F D.J. Fimiani scored his third marker of the year off a feed from Eskedjian at the 11:45 mark. Bowdoin tied it up at 2-2 less than four minutes later when Sisson scored a power play goal off of passes from MacCormack and Mike Corbelle at the 15:32 mark.

NU then scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in the closing minute of the second period when freshman F Steven Schroeder potted his fifth goal of the season off a feed from Eskedjian at the 19:32 mark.

Freshman F Blake Forkey added an insurance goal at 9:50 of the third period. The tally, which was Forkey's ninth of the year, was assisted by Bell and junior F Chad Anderson.

Norwich senior G Ryan Klingensmith made 21 saves to earn the victory for the Cadets between the pipes. NU held a 29-23 edge in shots en route to the victory.

Norwich will wrap up its weekend road trip to the state of Maine on Saturday, Jan. 9, with a game against NESCAC rival Colby. Faceoff from Waterville, Maine, is set for 3 p.m. Live audio coverage will be available on WDEV (AM 550/FM 96.1) and on Cadets Radio (www.cadetsradio.com).