MALDEN, Mass. -- First-year Ryan Corcoran scored twice Friday night to help the Amherst College men's hockey team rally past host Tufts University at the Malden Valley Forum. 

The league-leading Mammoths scored two power-play goals 36 seconds apart in the third period to come from behind for the win, which improved their mark to 8-3-2 overall and 7-1-0 in conference action. The Jumbos slipped to 5-7-1 overall, 2-4-0 n NESCAC play. Amherst is at Connecticut College for a 3 p.m. game Saturday. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS: 

* Following a scoreless first period, Amherst struck barely one minute into the second. Bobby Luca broke up a Tufts clearing attempt and Corcoran kept it in the Jumbo zone at the line. He sent the puck to Joshua Burke in front of the goal, whose shot was wide. Luca retrieved it behind the net and fed Corcoran who jammed it home.

* Tufts would score twice in the final six minutes of the middle stanza to take a lead.

* Amherst tied the game 2-2 on a power-play when Tyler Bourque kept the puck in at the left point and sent it across the blue line to Andrew Carmody. His shot on net was saved by Tufts' Gus Bylin, but Murray was able to poke in the rebound at 6:20 of the third.

* Tufts was penalized again 20 seconds later and the Mammoths capitalized. Moving the puck well on the power-play, Joey Verkerke at the left point slid a pass over to Connor McGinnis. He then shoved it in to Corcoran at the right face-off dot and his shot beat Bylin at 6:56 for the eventual game-winner.

BY THE NUMBERS:

* Alex Wisco finished with 32 saves for Amherst, including 14 in the first period,

* Tufts out-shot the Mammoths 34-28 in the game.

* The Mammoths won 34 of 64 face-offs in the contest as Bourque led way by winning 11 of the 15 he drew.