It was all business down in Estero, Florida for the University of Maine men’s ice hockey team (10-7-2) as they captured the Florida College Classic with the 3-2 victory over the nationally ranked Colorado College Tigers (12-5-3).

Tanner House had two goals while Gustav Nyquist and Josh Van Dyk each added two assists to extend the Black Bears unbeaten streak to eight.

Tanner House gave the Black Bears the 1-0 just past the half way mark of the first period. Nyquist and Van Dyk set the goal up.

Colorado College, ranked third in the county, fought back as they answered with two goals in the second period.

Only 1:07 into the period, David Civitarese recorded his first goal of the season. Assists went to Mike Testwuide and Gabe Guentzel.

Andrew Hamburg gave Colorado College their only lead of the night at the 9:07 mark.

After a timeout by Maine at the 8:54 mark of the final period, Brett Carriere tied the contest up 15 seconds later with Van Dyk tallying the helper.

The Black Bears had a 5-on-3 powerplay to work with as Ryan Lowery went off for tripping and Kris Fredheim sat for tripping at the 10:16 mark. House made sure the Black Bears took advantage as he lit the lamp with 8:06 to play in the game on the man advantage. Along with Nyquist, Jeff Dimmen was credited with the assists.

Scott Darling earned his tenth victory as he made 30 saves. Joe Howe made 22 saves in the loss.

Maine was 1-for-4 on the powerplay and Colorado College was 0-for-6.

Tanner House and Gustav Nyquist each earned a spot on the 2009 Florida College Classic All-Tournament team, while goalie Scott Darling was named the Shawn Walsh Most Valuable Player.

The announced attendance was 6,088 fans at Germain Arena.