The visiting Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse boys hockey team fired on all cylinders on Wednesday afternoon, shutting out host Kennebunk/ Wells, 5-0 at the University of New England.

The Eagles came out aggressive early, and took a 1-0 lead in under two minutes on a goal by Noah Austin. From there they maintained control for much of the period on both ends, which carried the momentum into the final 30 minutes.

“Coming off a long break we hadn’t skated since really last week. I just stressed to the boys to come out flying and to score early. Although we only scored the one goal in the first period they did a good job of setting the tone,” said Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse coach A.J. Kavanaugh after the win.

Sam Alexander later scored in the first five minutes of the second, followed by a late goal from Nick Austin to give Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse the 3-0 lead heading into the third. Alexander and Noah Austin each scored in the third to secure the 5-0 shutout.

“They came out hard, they came out harder than us. They got a couple of good bounces that we didn’t get, we had a couple of opportunities that we just couldn’t finish on,” said Kennebunk/Wells coach Sean Smith. “They did a better job of finishing than we did … they definitely played more as a team. I see the potential that we have but we need to work harder to reach it.”

Kennebunk goalie Indigo Looper finished the day with 14 saves, while Eagles goalie Cade Charron racked up an impressive 25 stops.

“He played great — Cade Charron played really well. It’s his first career shutout. He’s been playing great the last couple of games and that last stretch of the third period he really stood on his head to keep the shutout,” said Kavanaugh.

Smith was also impressed by Charron’s performance, and disappointed in his offense’s showing.

“(Charron) played well, obviously he didn’t allow a goal in. He was perfect against us, but we tested him a couple of times. We need to do a better job as a team generating offense. Every time we tested him he answered the bell,” said Smith.

The Eagles improved to 2- 2, and Kavanaugh was excited to see his club piece together its best performance of the year.

“All three phases, offense did their job in terms of crashing the net, defense did their job keeping the puck out of the dangerous areas, and of course goaltending. It was the first complete win of the year that we can hopefully build off of,” said Kavanaugh, whose Eagles visits Bangor on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

The Rams fell to 0-3, but have had a touch draw out the gate this season, squaring off against three Class A opponents. Smith hopes to see his team come out with more intensity as the Rams look to get in the win column.

“You’ve got to go to the dirty areas, you’ve got to go to the front of the net, you’ve got to take the abuse. You can’t just sit around and shoot from the perimeter and expect plays to happen,” said Smith. “You have to be willing to go down in front of the net, take some hacks and work hard to finish. Hockey is a game where you have to work so hard to win, you need effort.”