Three members of the Hobart College hockey team earned ECAC West recognition this week as announced late yesterday by the conference office. Junior Ryan Michel (Camillus, N.Y.) was named the ECAC West Player of the Week and first-year Nick Bingaman (Bedford, N.Y.) was tabbed the Rookie of the Week. In addition sophomore goalie Lino Chimienti (Montreal, Quebec) garnered a spot on the league’s weekly honor roll.
Michel led the Statesmen with five points, all assists, in the Statesmen’s two victories over the weekend.In a 7-4 win at Cortland on Friday, Michel posted a game-high three assists, setting up all of Hobart’s second period goals. On Saturday in a 6-1 victory over Potsdam, Michel earned two assists. He has a team-high 10 assists, accounting for all of his points this season.. He is tied for second in the ECAC West in defensemen scoring and tied for fifth in assists.
Bingaman earned an assist in Hobart’s victory at Cortland. On Saturday, he logged three points on two goals and an assist. Bingaman started the scoring for the Statesmen 4:38 into the game. He then assisted on Hobart’s second goal with 2:16 left in the opening period and scored a power-play goal 6:02 into the second period to put the Statesmen up 3-0. Bingaman has posted four goals and four assists for eight points this season. He is tied for seventh in the ECAC West in first-year scoring.
Chimienti made a total of 51 saves and posted a .911 save percentage and a 2.50 goals against average over the weekend. He made 25 saves against the Red Dragons. Against the Bears, he stopped 26 of the 27 shots he faced. Chimienti improved to 8-3-3 in goal this year. He has posted a 2.33 GAA and a .914 save percentage. He ranks third in the ECAC West in goals against average.
The Statesmen (8-4-4) will be back in action on Friday, Jan. 24 and Saturday, Jan. 25, when they travel to take on Manhattanville in two ECAC West games. Both are slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. Fans can follow the action online with Live Stats and pay-per-view video.
