ORONO — Chase Pearson and Blaine Byron each scored a pair of goals as the University of Maine men’s hockey team beat American International 7-2 on Saturday after Alfond Arena.

Maine (6-9-3) trailed 2-1 in the first period before scoring six straight goals.

Mark Hamilton gave the Black Bears a 1-0 lead, and Pearson scored later in the period to start Maine’s surge.

Pearson scored again in the second period, followed by a pair of goals by Byron. Nolan Vesey and Patrick Shea also scored for the Black Bears.

Shawn McBride and Hugo Reinhardt scored for AIC (3-7-6).

Rob McGovern stopped 22 shots to earn the win.

Maine also beat American International on Friday night, 5-3.

BOWDOIN 4, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE 3: The Polar Bears (6-4, 3-3 NESCAC) scored three times in a span of four minutes in the first period, then held on to beat the Camels (1-6-1, 1-4-1) in New London, Connecticut.

Cody Todesco scored twice in the first period and Jason Nawrocki added a goal.

Connecticut College cut it to 3-2 with goals from Brian Belisle and Jeff Thompson in the second period.

Bowdoin rebounded in the third when Todesco scored again. Belisle scored his second goal in the final minute for Connecticut College.

NICHOLS 3, UNE 1: The Bison (8-3-2, 6-1-2 Commonwealth Coast) scored in each period to beat the Nor’easters (5-5-1, 4-4-1) in Harrisville, Rhode Island.

Matthew Menta, Michael Parnell and Sean Swansen scored for Nichols. Dylan Bengtson scored in the third period for UNE.

TUFTS 3, COLBY 1: Brian Brown and Oliver Takaci-Nagy scored third-period goals to lift the Jumbos (5-2-1, 3-1-1 NESCAC) over the Mules (5-1-1, 4-0-1) in Malden, Massachusetts.

Nick O’Connor scored in the second period to give Colby a 1-0 lead, but Tyler Scroggins tied it later in the period.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

MAINE 73, DARTMOUTH 68: Wes Myers scored 27 of his career-high 31 points in the second half as the Black Bears (4-6) beat the Big Green (0-8) in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Myers is the first Maine player to score 30 points since Justin Edwards in 2012. He finished 9 for 14 from the field and 10 of 12 from the free-throw line.

Austin Howard added 23 points for Maine, which also got 23 points from its bench.

WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE 102, SOUTHERN MAINE 98: Jauch Green knocked down three free throws in the final minute of overtime as the Colonials (6-2, 1-1 Little East) held on to beat the Huskies (4-5, 0-2) in Gorham.

Green scored six of his 19 points in OT.

Christian McCue scored 28 points for Southern Maine, while James Starks III scored 26 and grabbed 17 rebounds. Zach Leal finished with 20.

NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE 87, HUSSON 76: Raheem Anderson scored 31 points for Husson, but the Eagles (5-2) lost to the Pilgrims (7-2) in Henniker, New Hampshire.

BOWDOIN 85, UMAINE-FARMINGTON 63: Jack Simonds scored 30 points and the Polar Bears (5-3) cruised to a win over the Beavers (2-5) in Farmington.

Blake Gordon chipped in 14 points.

SOUTHERN MAINE C.C. 78, ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES 76: John Morgan hit a jumper with 25 seconds left and the Seawolves (5-4) beat the Panthers (2-7) in Albany, New York.

Chase Soares scored 21 points for SMCC, while Ryan Cloutier added 18 and Dylan Silvestri had 11.

ST. JOSEPH’S 60, ST. JOSEPH’S (L.I.) 54: Marc Corey had 12 points and seven rebounds as the Monks (4-4, 2-1 GNAC) beat the Golden Eagles (1-7, 1-1) in Patchogue, New York.

Aaron Hall added 10 points for the Monks, who went on a 32-16 run in the first half to take control.

COLBY 55, BATES 54: Patrick Stewart completed a three-point play with one second left to give the Mules (5-4) a win over the Bobcats (5-3) in Lewiston.

Stewart finished with 15 points for Colby.

Marcus Delpeche scored 15 points and Jerome Darling had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Bates.