BABSON PARK, Mass.-The 12th ranked Hobart College ice hockey team defeated Babson 6-3 in a New England Hockey Conference contest this afternoon. The Statesmen scored three goals in the first period and three in the third period as they improved to 6-3-0 overall and 4-2-0 in conference play.
Six different players scored in the win for Hobart. Junior Julien Denicourt (1g, 1a) and sophomore Travis Schneider (1g, 1a) led the way with two points each. First-year Liam Lascelle played all 60 minutes in goal for the Statesmen and made 20 saves as he improved to 3-0-0 on the season. Nick Rosa led the way for Babson (8-3-1, 6-1-1) with a goal and an assist. Matt Pompa made 42 saves in just over 42 minutes in goal for the Beavers. Aidan Murphy made three saves in relief.
The Statesmen broke the game open with three goals in a span of four minutes in the first period. First-year Zach Tyson gave the Statesmen a 1-0 lead at 6:11. He threw a shot on net from along the goal line that trickled its way past Pompa and into the net. Tyson’s second goal of the season was assisted by Schneider. Two minutes later, Denicourt put away a centering pass from sophomore Ryan Lynch for his third goal of the season. Just past the midway point of the opening period, sophomore Kyle Lynch redirected a TJ Schultz slap shot from the point past Pompa. Sophomore Andrew Longo was also credited with an assist on the power-play goal.
Babson scored the lone goal of the second period just over four minutes in. Matt Brazel pocketed his first goal of the season off assists from Christian Fraggas and Zach Richterman.
Hobart extended its lead to 5-1 with two goals in the first two and a half minutes of the third period. Schneider’s sixth goal of the season at the 1:03 mark would prove to be the game winner. Denicourt and senior Jack MaCnee were credited with assists on the goal. Seventy-four seconds later, first-year Aaron Maguyon blocked a shot at his own blue line and raced down the ice to score his first collegiate goal. Junior Zach Sternbach was credited with an assist on the goal.
Nick Rosa and Mike Egan scored to cut the Beaver’s deficit to 5-3 but they could not get any closer. Rosa’s ninth goal of the season was assisted by Connor Dahlman while Egan’s fourth goal of the season was assisted by Rosa and Tommy Munichiello.
Senior Jonas Toupal sealed the victory with an empty-net goal with 44 seconds remaining in regulation. It was his team-leading ninth goal of the season.
Hobart finished the game with a 33-23 edge in shots on goal. The Statesmen were 1-for-5 on the power play while Babson was 0-for-6 with the man advantage.
Hobart will be back in action next weekend, Dec. 7-8, for a pair of NEHC games. The Statesmen will be back in Boston on Friday when they take on Suffolk at 7 p.m. Hobart will then head to Providence, R.I., to face Johnson & Wales at 4 p.m.
