— Hockey in the 'Cac (@hockeyinthecac) February 5, 2017
In Maine, Colby (10-5-4; 8-3-3) scored three third period goals (Rudolf, Schulen, MacDonald) to down Amherst (11-5-3; 6-5-3) 5-2 (Box) and move into a tie for first thanks to a Williams loss to Wesleyan. A traditionally disciplined Jack Arena team gave up eight special teams opportunities for the Mules, who went 2-for-8 on the man advantage. Amherst is now third in the conference in penalty minutes at 12.4 per game. It is only the second time in his collegiate career that Conor Girard has given up more than four goals, as the junior turned aside 27 of 32 Colby shots. On the other end, frosh Andrew Tucci, the Saturday goalie of the Mules netminding duo, stopped 29 shots for the win.
Before the game, we made a haha on the twitter machine @ Colby alum and SB Nation writer Charlotte Wilder, who is in Houston covering the Super Bowl. Later in the day, Colby College's official twitter handle laid down the smack snark on where the Mules are now in the standing.
@hockeyinthecac @TheWilderThings We're in first place now, bub.— Colby College (@ColbyCollege) February 5, 2017
Down the road in Brunswick, Hamilton (13-3-4; 7-3-4) rode two third period goals (Neil Conway on a nice feed from Brandon Willett and Richard Court tipping in a Jon Carkeek shot) to earn a 3-1 win (Box) over Bowdoin (8-12-0;5-9-0) and stop a five game winless slide in the NESCAC. Neither of the two worst power plays in the 'Cac converted with Hamilton going 0/5 and Bowdoin going 0/4. The Conts peppered Peter Cronin with 42 shots while Evan Buitenhuis stopped 29 of the 30 pucks the Polar Bears hurled at him.
Switching over to Massachusetts, Wesleyan (11-5-4; 6-4-4) had the aforementioned 3-2 (Box) upset of Williams (11-6-3; 8-3-3) despite the Ephs outshooting the Cardinals 35-17. Michael Pinios, reigning NESCAC Co-Rookie of the Year and 2nd Team All-NESCAC goalie now has the worst save percentage in conference games (.875) of any qualifying goalie. For the Cards, sophomore George Blinick appears to have earned a rotational spot with Dawson Sprigings down the stretch. The Cards scored the game tying (Tydingco) and winning (White) goals just 24 seconds apart in the third partly from uncharacteristically sloppy defensive zone play from the Ephs.
Up the road in Vermont, Middlebury (3-15-2; 3-11-0)'s redemption tour hit a major road block with an 11-3 trouncing (Box) by Trinity (11-6-3; 7-5-2). Andrew Klein, coming off back-to-back shutouts, gave up seven goals, and sophomore Henry Cutting gave up four goals in relief in hist first collegiate action. Freshman Barclay Gammill led the way with five points (4-1-5) for the Bantams, who are the hardest team to figure out in the NESCAC.
Tufts (9-8-3; 7-6-1) swept the home-and-home with Conn College (4-13-2; 2-10-2) 2-1 (Box) with all scoring occurring in the first period. Nik Nugnes earned his second straight win stopping 27 of the 28 shots he faced. For the weekend, Nugnes stopped 77 of the Camels 78 shots. Across the ice, Connor Roddericks made 30 saves in defeat. The travel partners both wrap up their home schedules next weekend with Hamilton and Amherst visiting the Camels and Jumbos.
The NESCAC is tight and competitive, we were just born that way. Here's tonight's Super Bowl halftime performer Lady Gaga "Born This Way".
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