Captain Cutler won a coin toss and decided to extend the game by two additional 10-minute periods and the gamble paid off.
Cutler scored the only goal of the match in the third extra period and the defense held for the remainder of time to give the program its first ever win.
[3] Two days later, Cutler scored a pair of goal en route to the team's second win and first over local rival Bowdoin.
Wiggin, the regular goaltender for Bates, got a spell at wing and managed to score one of the team's goals.
[4] Bates suffered a setback in their next game and got swamped by the Portland Country Club and then lost the rematch with Berlin in overtime.