BOSTON, Mass. – With a combined 57 shots on goal and two goals in each period, the third ranked men's hockey team cruised past intra-state rival UMass Dartmouth with a 6-0 win Saturday afternoon in the newly named Edward T. Barry Ice Rink.

THE BASICS

#3/3 UMass Boston 6, UMass Dartmouth 0

UMass Boston (2-0-0)
UMass Dartmouth (1-1-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

In their home debut, UMB wasted little time establishing a presence as they tacked on a power-play goal on their first man-up opportunity.  Colin Lark (Waterford, Mich.) collected the goal at the 4:25 mark with an assist from Albee Daley (Averill Park, N.Y.) and Derek Caruso (Port Washington, N.Y.).  Almost 10 minutes later, Drew Gannon (Plano, Texas), who also had a PP goal in the second made it a 2-0 contest in favor of the Beacons.

UMass Boston could have blown the game wide open in the first as they outshot the Corsairs 21-8 through the first 20 minutes. 

In the second Gannon quickly pushed their lead to three goals in the first two minutes of the new frame.  Dakota Keene (Poland, Maine) made it a four goal affair, with his first collegiate tally at the 15:06 mark, with Daniel Nachbaur (Richland, Wash.) assisting on the play.

The final frame, the Beacons were held scoreless for the first 11 minutes, but all but sealed the win when Caruso scored the shorthanded tally.  The final goal came from Bryan Carter (Hudson, Mass.) in the 17^th minute on an unassisted play.

Over the final the two periods UMB combined for 36 shots on goal, while the Beacons D-lines held the Corsairs to a mere nine shots over the final 40 minutes of play.

 BY THE NUMBERS

• On the night the Beacons finished 2-for-4 on the power-play, while the Beacons defense held the Corsairs to an 0-for-4 showing
• All-time UMass Boston is 11-6 against the Corsairs, and have won nine straight.
• UMass Boston has now outscored the Corsairs a lopsided 36-6 over the last four seasons
• Five of the six goals scored in the win were the first of the year for those players
• Jordan Bustard (Flanders, N.J.) recorded just 17 saves to earn his first collegiate shutout and improved to 2-0-0 on the year
• Dartmouth's Drew Michals made 51 saves in the non-conference loss
• Prior to the start of the contest UMass Boston officially announced the renaming of their ice rink to the Edward T. Barry Ice Rink in honor of the hall of fame coach Ed Barry, who coached at Boston State College.

WHO'S NEXT

The Beacons will host Castleton University on Friday at 7 p.m.