FALMOUTH — Kennebunk high school boys hockey moved above .500 on the young season Thursday night, with a 2-0 win against Greely at the Falmouth Ice Arena.

Two early first period goals sealed the Rams’ second victory, with junior goalie Spencer Desrochers picking up his first career shutout.

“We got a couple early in that first period, that was good,” Desrochers said. “It gives you a little confidence. I’m not concerned with the shutout, I’m looking at the win.”

Kennebunk moves to 2-1-0 on the season, while Greely sits at 0-1-0.

The Rams were the offensive aggressors from the get go, pressing the Rangers and keeping the puck deep in Greely’s defensive zone.

Kennebunk’s first shot came two minutes in from senior forward Boden Beveridge, but was blocked by Greely junior goalie Joe MacDonald.

MacDonald couldn’t get in front of one of the Rams’ next shots, as a Rangers’ turnover in its own defensive end resulted in an easy tap in for junior forward Brenden Whitten. Rams senior forward James Ross retrieved the turnover before centering the puck to Whitten for the game’s first goal just over two minutes into the first period.

“We got the puck deep and Gavin (Baumler) worked hard to get the turnover and (Whitten) was in the right place at the right time,” said Ross, who leads the team with three goals and three assists. “It’s not on me. My line mates have played very good, given me plenty of space.”

Ross almost made it 2-0 after winning a face-off six minutes into the period and firing the puck toward MacDonald, who made the stop.

With eight minutes remaining in the first period, the Rams doubled their lead when senior forward Patrick Gassman slotted the puck past MacDonald, who initially stymied a two-on-one break but couldn’t control the follow-up. Senior defenseman Donovan Connor assisted on Gassman’s goal. It was Connor’s teamleading fourth assist in three games.

Kennebunk outshot Greely 13-4 in the opening period.

“We always want to come out flying,” said Sean Smith, Kennebunk head coach. “We got off to a good start.”

The second period was more evenly matched, as Greely did a better job of staying organized defensively and working through the Rams’ offensive pressure.

Early in the second period, Greely junior defenseman Ryan Sullivan upended Rams senior forward William O’Neil, preventing a break the other way.

Four minutes in to the second period, Greely got a nice look at net when junior forward Ryan Megathlin sent a wrist shot toward Desrochers, who kicked it away.

The game’s first penalty occurred in with 9:24 remaining in the second period, when Ross was penalized for interference. The Rams penalty kill responded, blocking several Rangers’ shots during the two-minute power play. The Rangers’ best chance in the period came late in the power play, when junior defenseman Colby Robinson fired a quick one-timer toward Desrochers, who reacted and redirected the puck with an outstretched leg. Two other Greely scoring chances were stymied by Desrochers.

A scary moment interrupted the fluid second period when with about two minutes left, Greely junior forward Ian Grant slid into the boards on his back, with the back of his head slamming against the boards. Grant remained on the ice for several minutes before being assisted into the locker room.

Shots were more evenly distributed in the middle period, with Kennebunk putting six toward the net and Greely with five.

There was little action in the final period, with the best chances coming on two Kennebunk power plays, but both were controlled well by Greely.

Connor almost added a goal to his assist earlier in the contest with a shot from the blue line during the power play, but MacDonald gobbled it up. Greely forced most of the power-play opportunities from outside the crease.

The Rangers played the last minute or so with an empty net, applying added pressure to the Rams, who almost added an empty-net goal, but missed just wide.

Desrocher stopped all of the dozen shots he saw for his first shutout.

“Spencer was great, he hasn’t had many career starts,” Smith said. “The shutout should give him some more confidence.”

The Rams return to the ice Saturday for a matinee against Yarmouth, the only team to beat them during the regular season last year.