ODENTON, Md. – The Maryland Black Bears tallied two goals each in the first and third periods to begin a two-game series with a 4-1 victory over the Johnstown Tomahawks Friday night in NAHL East Division play.
Johnstown’s five-game winning streak ended to put it at 12-10-2. The Tomahawks swept Maryland Nov. 15 and 16 at home.
Maryland (15-8-1) received one goal each from Kareem El Bashir, Josh Frenette, Thomas Holtby and Tyler Stern.
Frenette and Holtby scored in the first period to lead 2-0.
Johnstown’s Cullen Emery tallied a power-play marker off a feed from Lukas Klemm to cut the deficit down to 2-1 at the end of the first.
There was no scoring in the second period.
In the third, El Bashir and Stern scored within 59 seconds to set the final.
Maryland outshot Johnstown 43-17, which included edges of 16-6, 13-5 and 14-6 in the first, second and third periods, respectively.
Johnstown was 1-for-4 on the power play. Maryland was 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Zack Ferris made 39 saves for the Tomahawks.
Benji Motew stopped 16 shots.
The teams meet again at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
