BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College men’s ice hockey team used a three-goal opening period to cruise to a 4-1 final over visiting University of Southern Maine on Tuesday evening.

The Polar Bears extended their winning streak to four and climbed to 8-7-3. The Huskies fell to 5-13-1.

Mitch Barrington started the scoring for Bowdoin 3:37 into the opening period, capitalizing on a 5-on-3 power play. Matthew Lison and Chris Wallace worked the puck with Barrington in a triangle on the left side, ending with a slapshot from above the face-off circle.

Matt Rubinoff doubled Bowdoin’s lead just under 10 minutes into the period, burying a top shelf shot off a Wallace rebound on the right. Lison scored 16 seconds later to extend Bowdoin’s lead to 3-0, shoveling the puck past Kyle Shapiro while both were sprawled on the ice.

USM cut into the Polar Bears’ lead just a minute later. Jimmy Currier skated down the right side boards and took a shot on goal that deflected off the glove of Peter Cronin towards the opposite post. Patrick Magliano tracked the loose puck and put it away. Parker Sanderson lined up a onetimer on the move from a crossing pass to the right side, only to see the Cronin absorb the shot late in the final period.

Lison tallied his second of the game with under a minute to play. The sophomore collected the puck off the left side boards and skated into Southern Maine territory and deposited the puck in an empty net to secure a 4-1 win for Bowdoin.

Shapiro ended the game with 24 saves in net for USM. Cronin collected his fourth consecutive win with 32 stops.

Bowdoin enters its bye weekend in conference play and returns to the ice on Feb. at Amherst.

Women’s basketball

Bowdoin scored a seasonhigh in points in a 94-49 win over Husson on Tuesday night at Morrell Gymnasium.

The Polar Bears never trailed en route to improving to 13-5. The Eagles fell to 12-4 and saw their sevengame winning streak come to an end.

Hot shooting gave the Polar Bears a lead they never relinquished. Bowdoin knocked down four early 3-pointers, including three from Lauren Petit, to sprint to a 16-5 lead after five minutes of play. The Polar Bears led 22-10 after the opening quarter and extended their lead to 48-25 at the break thanks to a 12-for-12 performance from the freethrow stripe in the second quarter.

Shannon Brady scored eight points in the third quarter to spark a 27-9 Bowdoin advantage in the period. Bowdoin’s 45-point margin at the buzzer was its largest lead of the game.

Bowdoin finished a perfect 18-of-18 from the freethrow line and connected on 12-of-25 from 3-point range. Brady scored a game-high 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds . Petit had 15 points, while Aly Silfen had 13 for the Polar Bears. Kate Kerrigan had a team-best eight assists and three steals.

Kenzie Worcester led Husson with 13 points and six rebounds.

Bowdoin visits rival Colby on Saturday at 3 p.m.