SACO — The Biddeford girls hockey team fell to Scarborough 6-0 in a onesided affair at the MHG Arena in Saco on Thursday night.

Scarborough’s goals came from junior Sami Shoebottom, sophomore Vanly Doiron, junior Cara Reynolds, sophomore Logan Bruns and two by Lucy Bogdanovich.

Scarborough goalie McKenzie Cormier had a relatively easy night, only needing to make eight saves for the shutout.

The Tigers came out fast in the first, winning the battle early on.

Biddeford had chances to put points on the board early, including a two-player breakaway that was stopped by Cormier at the net.

The tables turned at the 10:46 mark when Scarborough’s forwards crashed the Biddeford net and Shoebottom was able to slap the puck into the lower right side of the goal.

The heavy Scarborough attack continued as the Red Storm were able to force the Tigers in their own zone.

Three minutes later, as Scarborough players traded off shots at the net, Doiron was able to collect a rebound and fire it into the net, putting the Red Storm ahead 2-0 about midway through the first.

The Red Storm capped off the impressive first period with another goal with 1:56 remaining when Biddeford goalie Rebekah Guay made a kick save to the right, only to be rebounded and fired into the net by Reynolds, putting Scarborough ahead by three heading into the second.

The Tigers came out stronger in the second period and did a better job of protecting their net.

Although they enjoyed better results, Scarborough still applied heavy pressure and managed to keep the puck in the Biddeford zone for nearly the entire period.

The Biddeford defense made a handful of key stops, but the Red Storm were able to add another point thanks to a slapshot goal by Bogdanovich with five minutes remaining in the second.

Biddeford continued to fight against the Red Storm, but Scarborough continued to have success in the third period.

At the 13:29 mark, Scarborough’s Bogdanovich skated across the net and rifled in her second goal, putting the Red Storm up 5-0.

Later, at the 6:38 mark, Bruns took a rebound off of the glass behind the net and forced it in, putting the Red Storm up 6-0.

Biddeford coach Ashley Potvin was impressed by the Red Storm’s performance throughout the game.

“Scarborough has a much deeper bench than we do, they are also more experienced than we are. It was a challenge for us tonight … they are extremely good,” said Potvin. “But, I think our players did a good job adjusting tonight and did everything we asked them to.”

Heading into the game, Potvin knew that Scarborough would pose a challenge, but their goal was to play hard for 45 minutes.

“We talked about it before the game. They have a few players that can do a lot with the puck, so I told the girls that if they kept fighting, kept battling then we won’t lose,” said Potvin. “If we keep fighting we will be fine and we will get something out of this. I think we learned a lot. I was extremely impressed by the fight we showed tonight.”

Potvin’s message to her team was to play better team hockey moving forward.

“We just need to fire on all cylinders. Tonight, we strung together a few good drives where we had a few good passes and a few good chances, but they were often lone efforts because someone was not up enough or was not where they needed to be,” said Potvin. “We need to fire on all cylinders at all times. One person isn’t going to win us the game, it is going to take all five players.”

— Sports Staff Writer Alex Sponseller can be reached at sports@journaltribune.com or at 282-1535 ext. 323. Follow the Journal Tribune Sports Department on Twitter @JournalTsports.