NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth hockey team scored three goals in the span of 81 seconds in the latter stages of the first period, and graduate student Parker Butler recorded a season-high 36 saves to backstop the Corsairs to a 5-0 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) victory over Framingham State University Thursday evening at Hetland Arena.

The Corsairs won for the fourth consecutive contest to improve to 4-1, including 2-0 in the conference circuit, while the Rams suffered their fourth straight defeat.

Graduate student Dillon Radin led the UMass Dartmouth offensive attack with two goals and an assist, while sophomore Michael Mania recorded the game-winning goal and dished out two helpers for three points. Junior Cade Hanley notched his first marker of the season and added an assist, while fifth-year senior Kai Kapossy also recorded multiple points with a pair of helpers. Junior Michael Perrone also found the back of the net for the hosts.

UMass Dartmouth seized control of the contest over the final four minutes of the opening period. Hanley sparked the scoring outburst with a power-play goal at 16:53, and Radin followed suit 31 seconds later. The hosts continued to apply the pressure, when Perrone completed the surge with his third marker of the campaign at 18:15 to send the Corsairs into the intermission with a 4-0 advantage.

The Corsairs opened the scoring at the 12:36 mark of the first period, when Mania gathered a rebound and deposited his third goal of the season into the vacant net. Radin and junior Jake Maynard were credited with assists on the play.

After a scoreless second stanza, UMass Dartmouth added an insurance marker on Radin's team-leading fifth goal of the campaign.

Parker continued his solid play between the pipes as the Summit, N.J. netminder earned his second straight shutout victory. He turned aside 16 shots in the second period and 14 over the final 20 minutes of regulation.

Sophomore Trevor Stenberg earned the start in net for the Rams and played 20 minutes before junior Blake Carlson came in relief for the final 40 minutes of regulation. Carlson stopped 17 of the 18 attempts he faced.

UMass Dartmouth will return to action at 6 p.m. on Saturday when the Corsairs face Plymouth State University (2-1-1, 0-0-1) at the Falmouth Ice Arena.