Colorado College senior Bill Sweatt and freshman linemate Andrew Hamburg made sure there would be no dramatic finish.

The two forwards accounted for all three goals in the first period to spark the No. 7 Tigers past Robert Morris, 4-1, a day after CC needed a late power-play goal to pull out a nonconference win. Saturday’s victory secured a sweep in the first series between the schools.

Hamburg scored his first college goal only 40 seconds into the game before 4,881 fans at World Arena off a pass from Sweatt.

“Unreal,” Hamburg said. “It was a great play by Bill. Bang-bang; just instinct. I don’t think the goalie even saw it.”

Sweatt made it 2-0 when he took a pass from Hamburg near the Colonials’ blue line, skating in alone for a breakaway and the eventual game-winner with 9:55 left. He made it 3-0 less than four minutes later.

Hamburg now has three points after going pointless in his first three games. His performance Saturday followed a strong Friday outing when his line that night (Nick Dineen and Brian McMillin) were on the ice for both even-strength goals.

“He played well Friday so we bumped him up bit,” coach Scott Owens said. “He’s a big guy who skates well for his size and plays with enthusiasm.”

That enthusiasm was evident throughout the 9-2-1 Tigers lineup.

“We played a lot better as a team,” Sweatt said. “We kept on them and never let them back in the game.”

The nation’s second-best power play (32.3 percent after Friday) recorded a goal for the ninth game in a row when senior Mike Testwuide made it 4-0 with 13:56 left in the second.

CC goalie Tyler O’Brien made 19 saves for his first win as a Tiger. It was the fifth win in a row for CC (6-1-1 league), which is now tied with Minnesota-Duluth (9-4-1, 6-3-1) and Denver (8-3-1, 6-1-1) for first in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association after the Bulldogs and Pioneers both won 3-2.

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