BIDDEFORD — The Bowdoin College men’s ice hockey team erupted for five goals in the third period to dispatch the University of New England, 9-3, on Tuesday evening.

With the win, Bowdoin’s Terry Meagher becomes just the sixth coach in Division III history to reach 500 career wins. The winningest coach in Bowdoin Athletics history, Meagher is the 22nd collegiate coach, across all divisions, to reach the 500- win plateau. In NCAA hockey history, he is just the 12th coach to win all of his 500 games at a single institution. With a winning percentage of .675 in his career over 31 seasons, Meagher’s teams have qualified for the postseason 30 times, winning a pair of ECAC Championships, the 2013 NESCAC title and have made five NCAA Tournament appearances.

Tim Coffey led the way for Bowdoin with a hat trick in the milestone win. Coffey scored two of his goals on the power play and added a short-handed tally for his first three goals of the season. Bowdoin also received a strong performance from Colin Downey, who had a five-point evening with a goal and four assists.

UNE jumped out quickly when Jared Melman scored just 24 seconds into the contest. Bowdoin notched the next three goals — two in the first period and one to start the second — to grab a 3-1 advantage. Chris Fenwick, Alec Root and Connor Quinn did the damage during the Polar Bear spurt.

The Nor’easters evened things up quickly early in the second frame as Zeth Zielinski and Sam Vikich scored 19 seconds apart.

Coffey notched a shorthanded goal at 9:36 of the second to give Bowdoin the lead for good. He grabbed a loose puck in the Polar Bear defensive end and broke in alone to light the lamp and make the score 4-3 in favor of the visitors.

Bowdoin poured it on in the third, scoring five powerplay goals, including three on a UNE five-minute major penalty to win going away. Coffey had two of the extraskater markers, while Downey, Harry Matheson and John McGinnis each added one.

McGinnis finished with three points (goal, two assists) for the Polar Bears, who led 37-26 in shots on goal and were a tidy 6-for-7 on the power play.

Max Fenkell played the first two periods in goal to earn the victory. He was credited with 17 saves before giving way to Steve Messina, who stopped six shots in the third frame for the Polar Bears (2-2-1). Ian Edwards turned away 28 shots in goal for UNE.

Bowdoin hits the ice again Saturday, taking on Suffolk Universityina1p.m.start at Waterville.

Women’s hockey

Ariana Bourque scored two third-period goals, including the game-winner with 11 seconds remaining, to lift the Polar Bears to their first win of the season Tuesday, 2-1 over UMass Boston.

The Polar Bears (1-2-0) have won the last three meetings between the nonconference foes, each by a single goal. UMass Boston fell to 1-6-1 on the season with the setback.

After a scoreless first period, the Beacons took the lead just 1:45 into the second when Emily Howard found Tori Pizzuto for a one-timer to give the hosts the edge.

UMass Boston carried the lead later into the third period when Bourque found the back of the net off a feed from Jessica Bowen with just 4:27 left.

The game-winner came four minutes later with a final push down-ice for the Polar Bears. Chelsea Mac- Neil skated around three Beacon defenders and ripped a shot that was blocked by goaltender Casey Schaejbe. Bourque cleaned up the rebound to put Bowdoin into the win column.

The contest was evenlyplayed throughout, with the Polar Bears holding a slight 28-27 edge in shots. In her first career contest, Lan Crofton stopped 26 shots for Bowdoin, while Schaejbe also made 26 saves for UMass Boston.

The Polar Bears return to action Saturday afternoon at Holy Cross (4 p.m.).