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BABSON PARK, Mass. - The Babson College men's ice hockey team
capped off an incredible offensive weekend with six more goals as
the Beavers notched one of their biggest wins of the season, 6-0,
over visiting New England College in an ECAC East matchup at the
Babson Skating Center on Saturday afternoon. With the victory,
Babson improved to 9-10-1 overall and 8-7-0 in ECAC East play,
while the loss knocked the Pilgrims' record down to 13-7-1 overall
and 8-6-2 in the conference.
Coming off a 10-goal performance against Saint Anselm on Friday
night, the Beavers picked up where they left off by scoring five
unanswered goals in the first period. Senior JT Balben
(Wayland, Mass.) netted the first on a beautiful
give-and-go from junior Jason Schneider (Littleton,
Mass.) just 3:31 into the game. Senior Pat
McLaughlin (Berlin, Mass.) then scored two straight goals
to make it 3-0 - the first coming off a Cody Carlson
(Peterborough, N.H.) pass at 8:50 and the second off feeds
from both Carlson and junior Shane Farrell (West Warwick,
R.I.) at 15:06. Farrell later added an unassisted goal at
18:20, and senior Alex DiPietro (Winthrop, Mass.)
capped off the Beavers' brilliant opening session with a goal from
Farrell at 19:12.
After netting five even-strength goals in the first period,
Babson scored on its first powerplay of the afternoon midway
through the second, as junior Corey Griffin (Hingham,
Mass.) converted consecutive passes from junior
Casey Fazekas (Montreal, Quebec) and sophomore
Terry Woods (Duxbury, Mass.) at 11:57. That would
finish off the scoring for both squads as Babson held on for the
eventual 6-0 win.
First-year Andrew Peabody (Marblehead, Mass.)
went the distance in net for Babson, making 21 saves to earn his
third shutout of the season. Sophomore Aaron Harvey (Milford, Nova
Scotia) started and made 11 saves in goal for NEC before giving way
to first-year Connor Sampson (Whitby, Ontario), who made 12 stops
in relief.
