Brett Kujala scored three of his five goals in the final quarter and Clayton Wright had one of his two goals and both of his assist in the final period. On two occasions in the quarter, Bowdoin compounded one of its goals with another score seven seconds later, right after lightning-quick faceoff wins by first-year Sam Carlin. Their final three goals all came in a span of 29 seconds, between the 4:01 and 3:32 marks.
Bates (8-2, 4-2 NESCAC) outshot Bowdoin (8-1, 5-1) 14-9 in the period and 47-35 for the game, but
Bowdoin junior goalie Peter Mumford made six of his season-high 20 saves in the period as the Polar Bears pulled away.
Bates converted a season-low 10 percent (1-of-10) of its extra-man opportunities.
First-year Mitchell Drake made his second career start in goal for Bates, in place of injured senior Joe Faria, making eight saves.
Jack Allard scored the game's only man-up goal with 9:49 left in the fourth, and followed that with a score at 5:04 from a cross-zone pass by Kyle Weber, closing the gap to 11-9. But Kujala scored with 4:01 to go on a Wright assist, and the Polar Bears slammed the door on the Bobcats seconds later, as Carlin scooped the ground ball out of the faceoff, bolted upfield and passed to Matthis Wieczorek, who found Kujala open by the left post for a finish and a 13-9 lead.
Daniel Buckman's goal 22 seconds later made it 14-9. Bates got off several shots in a desperate comeback attempt, but only Jake Walsh's with 1:35 remaining connected.
Charlie Fay led Bates with three goals and two assists, while Allard tallied three scores. Fay's spectacular behind the back pass to Allard on the final score of the third quarter tied the game at 7-7.
Bates also tied the game going into the second half, at 5-5, when Clarke Jones finished an Andrew Melvin pass with 0.5 seconds left in the second quarter.
Sam Francis won 16 of 24 faceoffs for Bates, and Fred Ulbrick made three defensive takeaways.
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