Bridgewater-Raynham’s four-goal onslaught in the second period led to a 6-2 victory against Brockton at Asiaf Arena on Saturday afternoon.

BROCKTON - Good things typically happen when you keep throwing the puck at the net.

 Bridgewater-Raynham did just that on Saturday as a four-goal onslaught in the second period led to a 6-2 boys hockey victory over Brockton in a non-league game at Asiaf Arena.

 Already leading 1-0, the Trojans (5-8-1) started the second period by finding the back of the net twice in the span of 22 seconds, on goals by Danny Pyne and Blake Thorne (who had scored on a power play in the first period) to take a 3-0 lead.

 “When you give up goals quick like that, you give the other team a confidence boost and then they’re flying high, and we’re sort of left feeling sorry for ourselves,” Brockton head coach Chris Cunningham said. “We’ve got to just kind of fight through the adversity. … We’ve just got to find a way to score goals.”

 Bridgewater-Raynham  head coach Dave Patrick said Thorne (two goals) has continually provided a jump-start for the Trojans' offense.

 “He’s been a leader on this team all year long,” Patrick said. “He’s a senior, he’s a captain, and the kids feed off of him. He’s an intense player, he’s not afraid to get in the corners. … The rest of the team will generally feed right off of him.”

 The momentum shift started an avalanche of sorts, as Bridgewater-Raynham added two more tallies by Jake Pelland and Cole Brousseau in the period to go up 5-0 entering the final frame.

 "We got one, we fed off it, they did exactly what we told them, shoot the puck,” Patrick said. “That’s what works in high school hockey; you’ve got to really shoot the puck, never mind the fancy stuff. We got to the basics and it worked for us today.”

 Brockton (5-7-1) showed some pride in the third by getting goals from Zach Sylvia and Peyton Sylvia, but the damage was already done.

 “We put ourselves behind the eight-ball,” Cunningham said. “I thought our third period was the best period we played. We ended up winning the period, but too little too late. When you give up a lead like that, it’s going to be hard to come back.”

 A bright spot for the Boxers was freshman backup goalie Ryan Spano, who stopped a myriad of shots. The only goal he gave up was on a breakaway by B-R’s Alec Wonson in the third to give the Trojans a 6-2 edge.

 “I thought he made some good saves. They scored on a breakaway, so hard to fault him on that,” Cunningham said. “There were a couple saves he made that I thought were difficult saves. One he kind of made with his blocker and the glove; he had a lot of poise making that save. I really was impressed by that.”

 Patrick said Saturday's win could be just the confidence boost his team needs, as it faces its biggest game of the sason next week against Dartmouth, with the Old Colony League title on the line.

 "We’ve got the biggest game of the season coming up, we’re 2-0 in the Old Colony League play,” Patrick said. “We’ve got four practices this week and we’ve got a big game against Dartmouth next Saturday. If we win that, we’ll clinch a state tournament berth, and that’s what our goal is every year, make the state tournament.”