Justin Tomberlin had three assists and two goals as the University of Maine Black Bears defeated the Merrimack College Warriors at Alfond Arena on the UMaine campus Saturday night. Teammate Wayne Conlan added a hat trick as the Black Bears won 8-3. Tomberlin had two assists in the first period and added one more along with two goals in the third. Conlan had a goal in each of the three periods. His third goal came at the 8:28 mark into the third period when he slapped an airborne puck away from a Merrimack defenseman at Merrimack's blue line and skated in alone to slide it past goalie Martin Legaultto make it 7-2 Maine. Maine forwards fired at will when entering the defensive zone, racking up 46 unofficial shots on goal to Merrimack's 19 shots on goal. Maine had about 19 shots on goal in the second period alone. The win for Maine puts its Hockey East record at 7-10-4 and overall record at 12-15-4, pending possible forfeits for the 30 games Patrice Tardif played in. Merrimack drops to 6-14-2 in HE play and 14-17-2 overall. SCORING SUMMARY Merrimack 1 1 1 - 3 Maine 3 1 4 - 8 FIRST PERIOD - 1. Maine, Wlasow (Ingraham?), 7:25; 2. Maine, Rodrigue (Ingraham, Tomberlin), 13:46; 3. Merrimack, Naylor (Hodge, Adams); 4. Maine, Conlan (Tomberlin, Cardinal), 18:51 SECOND PERIOD - 5. Merrimack, Gibson (Jakopin, Johnson), 13:01; 6. Maine, Conlan (Cardinal, Saunders), 14:55 THIRD PERIOD - 7. Maine, Tomberlin (MacIsaac), 4:29; 8. Maine, Tomberlin (Frenette, Rodrigue), 6:07; 9. Maine, Conlan, 8:28; 10. Maine, Ingraham (Tomberlin), 9:52; 11. Merrimack, Corn- forth (Naylor, Adams), 17:42 Shots On Goal Merrimack 9 6 4 - 19 Maine 15 19 12 - 46 Goaltenders: Merrimack, Legault; Maine, Marsh, Hirsch Ryan Robbins Stodder Hall University of Maine [log in to unmask]