Sunday, December 4, 2016

Conference Roundup 12/3/16

Colby held on in a wild 208th meeting with Bowdoin

Hamilton (5-0-1; 2-0-1 NESCAC)     2
Wesleyan (4-2-0; 2-2-0 NESCAC)      0
Box Score    Recap

Evan Buitenhuis made 28 saves for his first shutout of the season as Hamilton remained the only team in the NESCAC unbeaten overall (Tufts and Colby are also undefeated in conference). Rory Gagnon bounced a rebound in off his body in the first and Brandon Willett added another in the second for the only scoring on the afternoon. Dawson Sprigings made 26 saves in defeat. The Continentals, likely to enter the polls for the first time this season this week (if you care about such things), finish up the semester on the road at Middlebury/Williams. The Cardinals are done with NESCAC play for 2016 but hope to match their overall win total from the past two seasons combined this coming Saturday with the semester finale one the road at Stonehill.



Tufts (5-1-1; 3-0-1 NESCAC)                5
Middlebury (0-6-0; 0-4-0 NESCAC)       3
Box Score  Recap

Middlebury yielded ten power plays for Tufts, including three power play goals for the Jumbos to drop the Panthers to 0-6-0 for the first time since...perhaps ever. Tufts jumps out to their best start since a 7-0 start in 2000-01 when the Jumbos still played in the ECAC-Northeast. Seniors Sean Kavanagh and Greg Conrad had their first two goals of the season for Tufts and Middlebury, respectively, while two Jumbos had their first goals of the season (Tackasi-Nagy and Berger) and the Panthers Mitchell Allen scored his first collegiate tally.  Mason Pulde turned aside 28 saves in victory while rookie Brian Ketchabaw stopped 35 shots in his second college appearance for Middlebury.  The Jumbos return home to the municipal confines of the Malden Valley Forum to take on Mainers Bowdoin and Colby to close out the semester. The Panthers stay at home, still looking for their first win against Hamilton or Amherst.



Conn College (1-5-0; 1-3-0 NESCAC)      4
Williams (2-2-1; 2-1-1 NESCAC)            8
Box Score   Recap

The Ephs had their biggest offensive production since a 9-0 win over Tufts in 2014 as Williams rolled to their first home win of the season. Roberto Cellini and Tyler Young each scored twice and David Italiano added five points (1-4-5) for the Ephs, while Brian Belisle, whose grandfather was inducted into the USA Hockey Hall of Fame this week, scored twice for the vanquished Camels. Three Camels saw action in net, with Austin Essery giving up three goals, Tim Cooney two, and Avery Gobbo three. Michael Pinios made 18 saves for the victory. After the game, Williams had the trophy presentation for their 19th Directors Cup win in 21 years, an award given to overall athletic prowess for a school at the D-III level.  The Ephs stay home for Amherst/Hamilton while Conn College hosts undefeated Colby and then Bowdoin to close out the calendar year.





Amherst (3-2-1; 0-2-1 NESCAC)     3
Trinity (4-3-0; 2-2-0 NESCAC)      4
Box Score   Recap

 Trinity outshot their opponent for the seventh of seven times this season (average of 47.6 to 19, though that's skewed somewhat by the Post game) and Alex Morin made enough saves (15) to earn Trinity the rebound win after a loss to Hamilton on Friday. Arizona State transfer Charlie Zuccarini scored his first collegiate tally and the other Cole brother, Brandon, poked in the game winner in the third. Connor Girard made 37 saves but left one too many rebounds to drop the Purple and White to 0-2 on the weekend after a non-conference Thanksgiving week that saw Amherst vault into the polls on the strength of wins over two ranked opponents. Coach Arena's squad heads to bitter rival Williams on Friday (Middlebury on Saturday) and Trinity closes out the semester with non-conference matchups vs ninth ranked Hobart and Elmira.


Bowdoin (3=4=0; 1-3 NESCAC)  4
Colby (5-1-0; 4-0-0 NESCAC)     5
Box Score  Recap 

Colby took the lead for the first time in the third period, and survived a six-on-three in the final minute (too many men on the ice call, bench minor for Coach MacDonald arguing, goalie pulled) to sweep the 207th and 208th installments of Bowdoin/Colby's rivalry. A night after making 41 saves, Andrew Tucci made only 20 for the victory at home and Peter Cronin made 35 saves in the loss. Jack Burton scored twice for Colby while Cody Todesco had his team leading seventh tally for the Polar Bears. The Mainers both leave the state for the first time this season for a road trip to Tufts/Conn College next weekend. Bowdoin hosts Southern Maine on Tuesday before that road trip.



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