Tufts (7-4-3; 5-2-1 NESCAC) 3
Hamilton (11-1-2; 6-1-2) 1
Box Score
...and then there were none. Tufts rode a 39 save effort from Top Seed Killer (TM pending) Mason Pulde to hand Hamilton their first loss of the year and to officially remove the title of "unbeaten" from any NCAA hockey team of any level or gender.
Special teams played a role in the game with Hamilton's goal coming on the man-advantage (Conor Lamberti) to take a short lived lead in the first (Hamilton was 1/7 on the afternoon) and two of the Jumbos goals coming short-handed. Neither was a traditional short-handed tally, however, as one of the goalies had vacated his respective crease when either goal was scored. The first came with the Jumbos down one in both the skater and score categories when the Conts' Brandon Willett tripped a Tufts skater. With the refs arm in the air and Pulde to the bench for the extra attacker, the Jumbos rushed down the ice and freshman Clay Berger jammed home a loss puck before the Conts could touch up. Berger scored another in the second to give Tufts the lead before Tyler Scroggins sealed it with an empty net, short handed tally.
The Continentals are still in first at the half-way mark of the NESCAC conference schedule with Tufts and Williams right at their heels. Next Friday they'll head to Amherst, a place they have not won at for several years. The Jumbos head to the Nutmeg state for showdowns with Trinity and Wesleyan.
Conn College (3-9-1; 1-6-1 NESCAC) 1
Amherst (9-3-1; 5-3-1 NESCAC) 4
Box Score
David White scored a power play goal in the third for the Purple and White, who never looked back, adding a short handed empty netter to finalize their sixth straight. Amherst added a +2 on special teams to end the game with the best special teams net (+6) in the conference. Conn College frosh Avery Gobbo made 26 saves in defeat while Connor Girard turned aside 22 Camel shots for the victory. Conn College stays on the road against Wesleyan and Trinity next weekend, while Amherst looks for six straight against Hamilton, a team they have owned in recent history at Orr Rink.
Wesleyan (8-4-1; 4-3-1 NESCAC) 4
Colby (6-4-2; 5-3-2 NESCAC) 4
Box Score
Tyler Kobryn put home a rebound off a James Kline shot with 1:42 left in regulation, less than a minute after Colby had taken their fourth lead of the game. Eight different skaters scored on the afternoon, including sophomore Thomas Stahlhuth's first collegiate tally on a beautiful splitting of two Cardinal blueliners on the aforementioned fourth Mules goal.
Dawson Sprigings stopped 29 shots for the Cardinals while frosh Andrew Tucci stopped 22 of the 25 Wesleyan shots he faced. A quick look at the box score shows 26 shots as Friday night hero Sean Lawerence was actually in net for the third Wesleyan goal in the only shot he saw. Tucci left for a few minutes for equipment issues, a problem that hampered Tucci on the road against Conn College in December as well.
The Mules hit the road in state for a matchup with non-conference foes Soutehrn Maine on Tuesday before leaving the Pine Tree State next weekend for games at Middlebury and Williams. Wesleyan returns home to face Conn College and Tufts.
Trinity (8-5-1; 4-4-0 NESCAC) 1
Bowdoin (7-8-0; 4-6-0 NESCAC) 5
Box Score
Peter Cronin made 37 saves and five different Polar Bears scored (including Cody Todesco's team lading 12th) as Bowdoin stopped a four game losing streak and handed Trinity their fourth loss in conference of the season. The Bantams lost four games in conference all of last year, and lost four games in the CAC combined in the two seasons before that. Alex Morin stopped 27 of 32 shots and ended the game with a very pedestrian .897 save percentage in conference games. The Polar Bears head to Williams and Middlebury next weekend while the Bantams lick their wounds from an 0fer in Maine this weekend to take on Tufts and Conn College.
We've reached the halfway point of the NESCAC season (all teams are between 8-10 conference games). Things will only get more heated from here on out as teams jockey for position and we inch closer to the playoffs. Here's DC based classical pianist Jennifer Warren-Baker with "Intensity"
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