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BABSON PARK, Mass. - Babson College erupted for a season-high
five goals and first-year goalie Andrew Peabody
(Marblehead, Mass.) made 14 saves to earn his first
collegiate shutout as the host Beavers defeated the visiting
University of Southern Maine, 5-0, in the consolation game of the
sixth annual Babson Invitational Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
presented by Irving Oil on Sunday afternoon. With the win, Babson
improved to 1-2-1 on the season, while the Huskies slipped to
2-3-0.
Babson wasted little time grabbing the lead, scoring just 13
seconds into the contest. First-year Mike Hoban (Medfield,
Mass.) took a pass from senior Pat McLaughlin
(Berlin, Mass.) and fired a shot from the right corner
that went in off the back of Southern Maine first-year goalie Koray
Celik (Ile-Bizzzard, Que.) at 0:13. The Beavers then made it 2-0
with a short-handed goal at 16:43 of the opening period, as junior
Chris Wood (Medford, Mass.) took a breakaway feed from sophomore
Terry Woods (Duxbury, Mass.) and beat Celik on the
stick side.
The hosts continued to press the attack in the second period,
mounting 15 shots to the Huskies' four as part of a 33-14 shot
advantage for the game. However, the Beavers were kept off the
board until the final three minutes of the session, when a flurry
of Southern Maine penalties led to a pair of powerplay goals. Wood
scored the first off a feed from junior Jason Schneider
(Littleton, Mass.) for his second goal of the game at
17:27, and junior Shane Farrell (West Warwick,
R.I.) netted the second with 8.3 seconds left in the
period off a pass from Woods. Junior Corey Griffin
(Hingham, Mass.) would tack on another powerplay score at
15:01 of the third as Babson skated away with the 5-0 victory.
It was the first career shutout for Peabody, who made six saves in
the first and four each in the second and third for a total of 14
stops. Celik went the distance in net for Southern Maine, finishing
with 28 saves.
