Dougan assisted on five of the six Monroe goals, and added an empty-netter for his sixth point as the Mocs upended the Austin Ice Bats 6-3.

Dorian Anneck was the beneficiary of Dougan's passing as the Monroe right winger recorded his first hat trick of the season.

"That line was flying tonight," coach Brian Curran said. "When you get 12 points out of two players they were just clicking. That's about all you can say."

In the process, the Mocs improved to 8-2-1 overall and 2-0 on their three-game road trip. Monroe now has a five-point lead over Lake Charles and Alexandria in the Western Professional Hockey League's Eastern Division.

"We needed to get out of Monroe and let the guys hang out and come together more," Curran said. "We've had two wins and two good games and gotten closer doing it."

Marten Engren stopped 22 shots for his second consecutive win.

"Marten has been playing very well and the team played well in front of him," Curran said. "He played great against Fort Worth and is playing with a lot of confidence right now."

Monroe took a 2-1 lead after one period as Anneck tallied both scores for the Mocs. The teams' leading scorer increased his total to 24 with the performance. Anneck now has eight goals and 16 assists, both of which are team highs.

Austin took control in the second period with two goals midway through the period to take a 3-2 lead into after two periods.

But the Mocs came out with abandon in the third period and rattled off four goals on 18 shots.

Mocs' defenseman Jason Smith's blast early in the period tied the score with 2:23 elapsed in the period.

Anneck's third goal, coming on a Mocs' power play, gave Monroe the lead for good at the 5 minute mark of the period. The Mocs added two more goals, on by Kelvin solari and the empty netter by Dougan for the the win.

Monroe returns to action Friday at Tupelo in a 7:05p.m. game.

Former University of Massachussetts center David Graham should arrive in Monroe today and will likely play for the team this weekend.

Graham, 24, had previously been in camp for the Mississippi Sea Wolves of the East Coast Hockey League. Graham is from South Windsor, Conn.

Moccasins general manager Joe Domingos said Wednesday he was not sure yet if Graham would be given a five-game tryout contract or be signed as a regular member of the squad.

WPHL teams may sign players to five-game contract, but teams must either release them or put them on the squad after the five-game period is up.