EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton hockey team’s huge third-period comeback led the Eagles past Turners Falls, 6-3 on Wednesday night at Lossone Rink.

The Eagles (6-10-1, 4-10-1 Fay-Wright) erased their two-goal deficit by scoring five unanswered goals in the third period.

“We started kind of slow,” said Eagles coach Bill Grise. “We really picked it back up in the third period and turned it around.”

After a scoreless first period, Turners Falls (0-16, 0-13 Fay Wright) scored first 3 minutes, 38 seconds into the second period, followed by another goal at 7:03.

The Eagles cut the deficit to one, with freshman forward Garren Fugiel scoring at 11:46. Turners Falls scored on the power play at 12:55 to bring its lead back to two.

The Eagles committed three penalties in the second.

“The first couple power plays in the first couple periods were a little off,” said Grise. “We’ve been missing a few guys. In the third, we put a good power play together. There were a lot of shots. It worked out pretty well.”

Things took a scary turn in the second period after Turners Falls forward Christopher Urgiel boarded Easthampton defenseman Nick Kosuda, resulting in a four-minute power play for the Eagles at 7:10. Kosuda was able to skate to the bench unassisted.

Trailing 3-1, Fugiel hit the ground running in the third period, scoring three consecutive goals at 1:42, 3:50 and 5:12. Fugiel has nine points (seven goals, two assists) in his last three games.

“We had to come out and get a goal quick,” said Grise. “We really knew we really needed to come out and start working this team. Guys knew that going in.”

Ely Boyle and Jake Delisle also scored in the third to solidify the win for the Eagles.

“We were all really pumped,” said Fugiel. “We wanted to get this win because it’s our second to last game. We really wanted the win.”

As its lead slowly disintegrated, Turners Falls physicality took over, resulting in three penalties in the third period, including a high hit on Easthampton forward Matt Grimaldi, resulting in an interference call.

“I just tried to get in their head,” said Fugiel. “Don’t react to what they do, so they get the penalty and not me.”

Keeping his team’s emotions in check was the defining factor for Grise.

“We’ve really been trying to turn the whole program around,” said Grise. “One of our mindsets this year is being a classy team, is the way we’re going to present ourselves. I told the guys I was pretty proud of them with the way they handed themselves.”