Tufts Jumbos (7-15-2; 2-14-2) 2 Colby Mules (7-14-3; 5-11-2) 6
It was over when...: Matt Gelnaw (D, Jr.) scored 13:13 into the second period to put the Mules up 5-2. Shots in favor of Colby 30-26. Sam Parker (G, So.) made 22 saves and gets the win to improve to (6-3-0). He was replaced after the sixth goal was scored in the third so that senior Matt Delaney (G, Sr.) could get some playing time in his last game at Alfond Rink. Derek Metcalfe (G, Fr.) made the start for the Jumbos and made 12 saves and gave up 3 goals before he was replaced by Brian Phillips (G, Jr.) in the second. Metcalfe's older brother and Tufts captain Nick Metcalfe (D, Sr.) was kicked out of his final collegiate game in the first period for fighting.
Both teams were successful on the power play; Tufts went 2/3 and Colby went 2/5. With the win and Hamilton loss, Colby clinches seventh place in the NESCAC playoffs. They will play at second seed Williams next Saturday in the first round. In last place heading into play on February 1st, the Mules went (4-1-1) in their final six conference games, including three wins this week, to power their way into postseason play.
Player of the game: Cory Mcgrath (F, Sr.) The senior Mule and player to watch scored a goal and added a helper in his final game on Alfond Rink ice.
Box Score: Tufts 2/Colby 6 Tufts Recap Colby Recap
Williams Ephs (15-6-3; 12-4-2) 4 Hamilton Continentals (6-15-3; 4-12-2) 3 OT
It was over when...: Cody Skinner (F, Sr.) scored with 11.4 seconds remaining in OT. Williams was down 3-0 with 5:56 to go in the third, but scored three goals in four minutes to force OT. Sean Dougherty (G, So.) made 21 saves and gets the win, while Joe Quattrocchi (G, Jr.) made 32 saves in the loss.
With the win, Williams clinches the second seed in the conference playoffs and hosts Colby next weekend. Hamilton falls to eighth and faces off against top seed Bowdoin next week in Brunswick.
Player of the game: Paul Steinig (D, Jr.) scored the game tying goal and assisted on the game winner.
Box Score: Williams 4/Hamilton 3 Williams Recap Hamilton Recap
Middlebury Panthers (12-10-2; 11-5-2) 3 Amherst Lord Jeffs (11-5-2; 15-6-2) 5
It was over when...: Player to watch Johnny Van Siclen (F, Sr.) put in an empty netter less than three minutes after he put the Lord Jeffs up 4-3 in a see-saw game that had three lead changes. Mike Peters (G, So.) made 32 saves but gets his first career loss (2-1-0). A day after giving up four goals on just 16 shots, Nathan Corey (G, Sr.) earned the win with 26 saves.With the win, Amherst moves into a tie for second with Middlebury, whom the Lord Jeffs own the tiebreaker over by virute of the season sweep in head to head games. Neither team knows where they will end up in the first round of the playoffs until after the Nemo-postponed makeup between Bowdoin and Trinity on Monday night. For all the possible playoff matchup scenarios, sroll down or click here.
Player of the game: Johnny Van Siclen (F, Sr.) The name with the game had three points (2-1-3) on Senior Day, including the game winning goal on a Brian Safstrom (F, Jr.) feed with 3:12 remaining in the contest.
Box Score: Middlebury 3/Amherst 5 Middlebury Recap Amherst Recap
Conn College/Bowdoin recap by Benet Pols
Conn College Camels (7-14-3; 3-12-3) 1 Bowdoin College Polar Bears (19-2-2; 13-2-2) 2 OT
It was over when...: Kyle Lockwood (D/F, Jr.) picked up a loose puck outside the Connecticut College blue line, partially pivoted and let the game winner go toward the empty Camels' net. But would it beat the buzzer? It did, with 1.8 seconds to spare. At the annual banquet honoring the Seniors after the game, Bowdoin Coach Terry Meagher observed that he'd never seen so many people on their feet cheering an open net goal. |
| (Photo Isabella Pols) |
Connecticut College looked strong for the first part of the overtime with Bowdoin appearing satisfied to play a sort of box and one in their own end and simply try to keep the puck near the boards. But Bowdoin's John McGinnis (F, So.) took the puck in transition and nearly ended the game. With 2:08 remaining in OT, McGinnis led a 2-1 break and ripped a shot that rang the far post. The puck went out of play and CC called a time-out. The next time the Camels carried the puck to the offensive end Conlin made for the bench. The action on the ice was frenzied but even more confusion reigned in the stands. The pure chutzpah of pulling the goalie while tied mystified most watching.
The winner was Lockwood's second of the night, and his sixth of the season; his first goal was a work of art. Senior Co-Captain Tim McGarry (D, Sr.) was sitting for a hit from behind that was so late that it might have warranted a greater penalty. McGarry's penance complete, he stepped from the box to find the puck at his feet and himself alone but for two Camel defenders pinching him toward the glass. McGarry crossed the blue line, waited, and found a streaking Jay Livermore (D, Jr.) coming across the blue line. Livermore took the puck deep across the zone, drew the defense and put the puck back across his body onto the stick of a following Lockwood, who buried a one timer.
The Camels tied the game with about six and half minutes to go in the game on a power play; Steve Servideo (F, Jr.) picked up a loose puck in scrum in front and beat Bowdoin's Max Fenkell (G, So.); assists went to Adam Patel (F, So.) and Tim Dipietro (F, Fr.).
There was nothing uninspiring or desultory about the Polar Bears play. They carried the action for most of the game, but Connecticut College was clearly prepared to scrap for every puck. Bowdoin outshot the Camels heavily in the first period, and carried a ten shot advantage for the game. In the second period particularly the Polar Bears placed a withering forecheck on the Camels.
Odds and ends: Junior goal scorer Ollie Koo (D/F, Jr.) started on defense for the second night in a row. With Bowdoin set to play Trinity on Monday (Coach Meagher: "We will play, the game means a lot to Trinity"), the season ending senior's banquet sponsored by the Captains and their families felt vaguely incomplete.
Player of the game: Kyle Lockwood (D/F, Jr.) for scoring the two Polar Bear goals in the contest (2-0-2). It was Lockwood's first career mutli-goal game in conference play (he scored twice against University of New England in November 2011).
Wesleyan Cardinals (10-10-4; 6-8-4) 2
Trinity Bantams (13-6-3; 10-4-3) 1
It was over when...: Ryan White (F, Sr.) scored a goal with 2:28 remaining to put the Cardinals up 2-1. The Bantams took the 1-0 lead in the first on a goal by Chris Menard (F, Sr.) (video of goal). After a scoreless second period, Joe Concannon semifinalist Keith Buehler (F, Jr.) tied it at 1 early in third when he put the puck through Nathaniel Heilbron(G, Fr.)'s five hole for his NESCAC leading 19th goal of the year.
On Senior Day in Hartford, two freshman made the start. Nolan Daley (G, Fr.) made 33 saves to pick up the win and move to (5-2-3) on the year. Heilbron had a hardfought loss, saving 40 of 42 shots to drop the first losing decision of his young career (2-1-0).
The Wesleyan win comes just a day after the Cardinals blew a 2-1 lead in the final minute of the first leg of the home and home with Trinity. A Trinity win would have assured the Bantams at least the three seed and given them a chance to earn the second seed with a win over Bowdoin on Monday. As it stands, a win on Monday would earn the Bantams the third seed and force another game against Wesleyan, who has the six seed locked up. A loss would put the Bantams on the road as the five seed and a tie would cause a third place three-way tie-breaking tizzy between Middlebury/Amherst/Trinity.
Player of the game: Nolan Daley (G, Fr.) The Freshman let in only one of 34 shots to ruin Senior Day for the Bantams.
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