WATERTOWN, Mass. – No. 16 Merrimack used a four goal surge at the start of the 3^rd period to take a 5-1 win over Bentley at Ryan Arena Wednesday night in non-conference action. Max French (West Kelowna, B.C./West Kelowna) had his fourth goal in three games for Bentley.

Almost the entire 1^st period was scoreless until Merrimack defenseman Matt Cronin blasted home a slap shot at the 18:44 mark to give the Warriors the lead heading into the 1^st intermission.

Merrimack held that lead for most of the 2^nd period until French tied it with just 33 seconds left after he took a pass from Andrew Gladiuk (White Rock, B.C./Nanaimo) from behind the net. The two goalies, Bentley's Jayson Argue (Swan River, Manitoba/Nanaimo) and Merrimack's Collin Delia were locked in a duel at that point, with Argue making 22 saves and Delia 14.

Bentley's momentum off of French's goal was short lived however, as Merrimack scored just 1:44 into the 3^rd on a goal center Hampus Gustafsson, and less than two minutes later they went up 3-1 on a goal by left wing Justin Hussar.

Cronin scored his 2^nd of the night a minute after Hussar's goal, and when center Michael Babcock found the back of the net at 6:27, Merrimack led 5-1.

The defeat snaps Bentley's four game unbeaten streak and drops its overall record to 3-3-1. Merrimack improves to 4-1-2 on the year.

Following this game Bentley is off for the weekend, and they return to the ice on Nov. 13 at RIT for the start of a weekend series.