Special teams was the story for the second consecutive night as Wayne State scored three power-play goals while keeping the Bentley man-advantage silent. The Wayne State power play, which scored twice in four chances in last night’s 3-1 victory, finished the weekend 5-for-9 on the man advantage. Conversely, the Warriors held Bentley scoreless on six power-play chances in the two games.

“ Our power play executed well,” said Warriors head coach Bill Wilkinson.“ Last night we got a couple of deflections on the power play and tonight was the same thing.”

Bentley head coach Jim McAdam had much less to be pleased with.

“ Our power play was nowhere to be found all weekend,” said McAdam.“ This was the toughest weekend of my coaching career.”

One aspect that made things much tougher was the fact that Bentley is in the middle of final exams for the first semester.

“ We haven’t had a full squad at practice all week and that hurt us,” McAdam said.“ Guys can’t miss exams, so we had one day with 12 guys there, one with eight and another one with 13. That made it tough to get ready, I think.”

The weekend sweep was the first in four attempts for Wayne State in its inaugural season, something that worried Wilkinson entering the night.

“ One of the keys was we scored the first goal,” said Wilkinson.“ Anytime you have a two-game series, that second night is tough because the other team comes back with vengeance. We knew we had to come out and set a tone.”

Between the pipes for Wayne State was Marc Carlson (30 saves), a freshman from nearby Hingham, Mass. For him it was not only exciting to get the win, but also to play well in front of his hometown fans.

“ It’s great to be back in Boston,” said Carlson.“ It’s the first time I’ve played back in Boston since graduation from Hingham in 1997.

“ After last night [when Bentley only had 20 shots], I wasn’t expecting to see much action. But I was able to see the puck really well and that helped.”

On the other side, the Falcons’ Dan Notartomaso (18 saves) made his first start in his three seasons with the Falcons.

For the second consecutive night, the Warriors struck first blood. At 4:13 of the first period, Dustin Kingston set up David Peca in front, who made a move around goaltender Notartomaso and buried the puck for the 1-0 lead. Peca continued his torment of Bentley after scoring a goal and an assist in Friday night’s 3-1 win.

Bentley got its best chance to tie the contest at the 13 minutes mark of the first period. While shorthanded, senior captain Ryan Soderquist was stopped on a breakaway by Warriors netminder Marc Carlson.

And as so often happens, Wayne State was able to counter with a goal of its own on the same power play. John Brink fired a centering feed from Nick Shrader over the shoulder of Notartomaso at 14:12 for the 2-0 lead.

Early in the second, again on the power play, Wayne State extended its lead. Just 13 seconds into the frame, Jason Durbin deflected a blast from Brian Fish past Notartomaso for a 3-0 lead.

At 3:30 of the second, the Falcons again had a chance to get on the scoreboard when Mike Spengler and Soderquist walked in two-on-none, but Carlson moved across the crease perfectly to make the save.

Finally, at 12:35, the Falcons beat Carlson to pull within two. Notartomaso began the play with a long lead pass that Brian Gangemi deflected to Marcus Willy. He broke in two-on-one with Gangemi and pulled the trigger on Carlson. Carlson made the initial stop but Soderquist, trailing the play, blasted the puck into the open net to climb with two at 3-1.

Seconds later, Martin Baker nearly got the Falcons within one, but pulled his shot wide past a partially open net.

But in the third period, penalties again cost Bentley when Durbin scored his second of the game on the power play at 3:13. After Kingston’s shot from the point was deflected and blocked, Durbin caught Notartomaso out of position and pushed the puck into the open net for the 4-1 lead.

At 6:40, Nick Stodgell opened the gap further when his blast through a heavy screen found the top shelf for a 5-1 advantage.

Stodgell closed the scoring at 11:36 when he beat Notartomaso from just inside the blue line for the 6-1 final.

The win raises Wayne State’s record to 6-9-1, while Bentley falls to 4-10-0. Both teams enter their holiday break, and Wayne State returns to action on January 14, hosting Brockport. Bentley’s next game is January 7, when the Falcons host Fairfield in a MAAC league contest.