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| Liam Moorfield-Yee |
2015-16 Reccord
6-5-7 (5th in NESCAC)
8-11-7 Overall
Stats:
Overall (Conf. Rank) Conference Games (Conf. Ranks)
Offense - 2.46 G/GM (7th) Offense - 2.56 G/GM (4th)
Defense - 2.50 G/GM (5th) Defense - 2.28 G/GM (5th)
Power Play - 9/62 14.5% (7th) Power Play - 7/42 16.7% (5th)
Penalty Kill - 56/70 80% (8th) Penalty Kill - 41/50 82% (8th)
Penalty Minutes - 7.7/Gm (8th) Penalty Minutes - 8.2 /Gm (7th)
Season Review
Middlebury not only saw their first losing season under Bill Beaney since the 1980s in 2014-15, they also find out after the season that Beaney - one of the winningest coaches in collegiate history - would be stepping down as coach. In stepped Neil Sinclair, Skidmore coach and former Panther player and then Middlebury interim coach when Beaney went on sabbatical in 2002-03.
Sinclair did not immediately return the program to its glory days of eight national titles and a first or second finish in the NESCAC regular season standings from 2000-2010. A quick glance at the stats and record shows a rather pedestrian season. The Panthers did have high hopes heading into 2016 as they ended the first semester 3-0-3 in conference, the only undefeated team in conference play. Things wouldn't go as well in 2016, especially with a tough Out of Conference schedule (1-5-0), and Sinclair's skaters needed a regular season finale win over Amherst at home to get the fifth spot.
The Panthers won an OT thriller at fourth seed Hamilton in the NESCAC Quarterfinals before losing to Amherst inn the semis to end the season.
High Point
Middlebury skated to a 1-1 tie at home with Hamilton in the closing weekend of the regular season thanks to 37 saves from senior netminder Liam Moorfield-Yee. The next weekend they traveled to upstate New York where they again would end regulation tied at one with the Continentals. Seven minutes into overtime, however, senior Jake Charles knocked home a rebound to punch the Panthers 'pass to championship weekend. It was a bit of redemption for Charles, who had his junior season end on the same ice when he got a game DQ in the regular season finale against Hamilton.
Low Point
A home-and-home loss to travel partner Williams in February capped off a 1-4-2 stretch in conference with the only win coming over last place and winless in conference Conn College.
MVP
Evan Neugold (F, '16) On a team that had no double -digit goal scorers, the senior led the Panthers in points (6-14-20) and followed up his collegiate career with a spot on the SPHL's Columbus Cottonmouth's 2016-17 roster. His first pro goal came on a short handed effort last week against the Pensacola Ice Flyers, the employer of Neugold's old Panther teammate, Louis Belise.
— SPHL GameNight (@SPHLGameNight) November 13, 2016
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