LAUREL, MD (Friday, November 17, 2006) -- Navy's ice hockey team spotted the University of Maryland a 2-0 lead in the game's first eight minutes, then outscored the Terrapins 6-1 the rest of the way to post a 6-3 win Friday night at Gardens Ice House. With the victory, the Midshipmen improved their overall season record to 8-4-1, while Maryland dropped to 4-9-0. The Terps took a 2-0 first period lead on even strength goals from Tom D'Addio at 6:07 and D.B. Ryan at 7:40. In the second stanza, Navy bounced back from a lackluster first period with some aggressive play, hard hits, and numerous scoring chances. The Mids pulled within 2-1 when Nolan Anliker fired a hard wrist shot past Maryland netminder Bryan Barr at 7:41 while Navy was on a power play, the lone assist going to linemate Patrick Sullivan. The Midshipmen tied the score at 2-2, thanks to a power play goal from Nick Hinkley at rhe 12:16 mark, assists going to Anliker and Matt Swezey. Navy then took its first lead of the night at 15:30, when Donnie Horner fired a rebound of a Sullivan shot past Barr, with Jeff Martin also assisting. The Mids increased their lead to 4-2 early in the third period on a power play goal from Anliker at 1:45, assisted by Sullivan (his third feed of the night) and Jim Doherty. Maryland got back in the game when Nick Torre was pulled down from behind on a breakaway, then subsequently beat Navy netminder Eric Anderson on a penalty shot at 12:02 to pull within 4-3. But Navy put the game away for good with a pair of late tallies. Nick Schwob got the first at 18:22, after taking a beautiful cross ice pass from Kevin Krmpotich. Senior captain Jay Alspach also picked up an assist. Sullivan then got an unassisted empty net goal at 19:24 to give the Mids the final 6-3 margin of victory. Anderson finished with 18 saves for Navy, while his Maryland counterpart had 42 stops, as the Mids totally dominated Maryland in the shot count, 47-21. Navy plays again this Sunday when the Midshipmen face the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC) at Piney Orchard Ice Rink at 11:00 a.m. BRIEF POINTS: Navy was once again without Brian Gleason, who watched the game from the seats while nursing a broken collarbone suffered at Washington & Jefferson....all of the seniors on Navy's team found out Wednesday night they got their first choice for service selection: Jay Alspach (Marine Air), Jim Doherty (Naval Aviation), Kevin Krmpotich (Surface Warfare), Joe Liles (Naval Flight Officer), Alex Sandroni (Naval Flight Officer), Adam Sheppard (Naval Aviation), and Patrick Sullivan (Naval Aviation)....Aaron Erzinger (#21) was the extra forward in the lineup Friday night and played well in limited action....with coaches Rick Randazzo and Mike Fox both away on travel, coaches Pat Eliason and Brendan Curley shuffled the forward lines a bit, pairing Charlie Daniel with Alspach and Krmpotich on the first line, and Schwob with Jon Westerman and Keegan Kincade on a third line....Hinkley was teamed with Andrew Stoner and Derek Johnson on the fourth line....Anliker, Sullivan, and Martin made up the second unit....the Mids were 3-for-8 on the power play Friday night, while the Terps were 0-for-2....Navy's foe this Sunday, UMBC, defeated Maryland twice in back-to-back games in October, defeating the Terps 3-2 and 4-3.