Nate Jewell tallied four goals to propel Bonny Eagle to a 7-1 win Monday over Massabesic at the Cumberland County Civic Center, giving the Scots the most hockey wins – seven – in school history.

Mustangs goalkeeper Brandon Nightingale was heroic in goal, facing 62 shots. He stopped the vast majority, but enough of them got through to give his opponents the victory.

“Bonny Eagle is a great team,” said Massabesic coach Ben Rocheleau. “They capitalized with their speed and generated a lot of shots.”

From the get-go it was evident what kind of game it would be, as the first several minutes were spent almost exclusively in the Mustang zone. Bonny Eagle ripped off shots with relative ease, and it seemed to be only a matter of time before they would score.

It was only the efforts of the Massabesic defense and their goaltender that kept this game from getting put away early. About six minutes into the first, the Scots finally got one past Nightingale. Jewell skated toward the net and flipped a backhander into the top shelf just out of the sprawling netminder.

Bonny Eagle picked up their second goal just about five minutes later when freshman Travis Dunn followed a rebound and slapped the puck between Nightingale’s pads. The biscuit squirted into the basket for what would prove to be the game-winner.

“We took a lot of shots and created traffic in front of the net,” said Scots coach David Petterson, “That’s going to benefit us in these last few games.”

Massabesic got on the board less than a minute later when senior Josh Briand fired a slapper toward the cage and junior Adam Rosenthal backhanded the rebound into the back of the mesh to pull his team within one.

The second period was a continuation of the first, with the Mustangs trying desperately to get something going. But excellent stick work by the Bonny Eagle defense prevented any clean shots at the net. The lone goal of the second frame came six minutes in when the Scots intercepted the puck and had a two-on-one rush toward the goal. Jewell passed across the ice to Dunn who wristed the puck into the net to give his squad a two-goal advantage.

“They had a lot of shots and a lot of odd-man rushes,” said Nightingale, who made 55 saves.

“Our goalie did the best he could,” said Rocheleau. “They just moved the puck really well.”

A scary incident followed the goal when Nightingale took a hard hit and lay on the ice for a few moments. He was able to get up under his own power to an ovation from the crowd, and he stayed in the game.

Bonny Eagle poured the pressure on down the stretch. Four minutes into the third period, Scots sophomore Kayle Hamilton got the puck out front and netted a wrist-shot from the slot pushing the lead to three.

Less than a minute later it was Jewell who was open in front of the net. He took a pass from behind the net and slapped a shot from the right circle to give the Scots a 5-1 lead.

Two minutes later Jewell finished off the hat trick when he gathered a rebound from a shot by Alyssa Dunn and shoved it into the goal. He would add a fourth just a few minutes later.

“It was a good team effort that got us the win,” said Jewell. “This is a big win for us because of the points.”

The win helps the Scots (7-6) in their quest to gather Heal points. They are currently in the 11th spot in Class A west, a position they need to hang on to the final post-season spot.

“We got a little momentum, which is important this time of year,” said Petterson. “Any win is huge because of the points, and we need them to get in the playoffs.”

Massabesic dropped to 1-9-1.

“We’ve got to take more pride and focus on the fundamentals,” said Rocheleau. “We’ve been working on that all year.”

“We’ve just got to get back at it.” said Nightingale.