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BABSON PARK, Mass. - Junior Terry Woods (Duxbury,
Mass.) scored one goal and dished out three assists to
lead the Babson College men's ice hockey team to a 4-1 victory over
visiting St. Michael's College in an ECAC East matchup at the
Babson Skating Center on Friday night. With their fourth straight
win, the Beavers improved to 10-7-1 overall and 7-5-0 in the
conference, while the Purple Knights fell to 3-10-3 overall and
2-7-3 in league play.
Babson capitalized on a pair of St. Michael's penalties in the
opening period, netting two powerplay goals. The first came at
7:22, when first-year Ryan Smith (Lynnfield,
Mass.) tipped a one-timer from Woods inside the left post
just 17 seconds into the man-advantage. Babson then added another
powerplay score at 14:18, as sophomore Mike Hoban
(Medfield, Mass.) stuffed home a rebound of classmate
Dan Ahern's (Melrose, Mass.) shot from the right
circle at 14:18. It was Ahern's second assist of the night, while
Woods also picked up his second.
The Beavers pushed their advantage to 3-0 midway through the
second period, as Woods stole the puck behind the Purple Knights'
net and fed senior Chris Wood (Medford, Mass.) in
front for a short-handed goal at 9:39. St. Michael's got one goal
back just under four minutes later, as junior Glenn Belmore
(Cornwall, Ontario) took a feed from senior assistant captain Alex
Higgins (Phoenix, Ariz.) at the blue line and wristed a shot into
the upper right corner at 13:26.
Woods capped off his brilliant night with Babson's second
short-handed goal of the contest at 2:34 of the third, as he stole
the puck at his own blue line, went the length of the ice, and
scored on the breakaway to finish off the 4-1 Babson victory.
Sophomore Andrew Peabody (Marblehead, Mass.)
started and made eight saves before leaving with an injury at 18:42
of the first period. First-year Zeke Testa (Wellesley,
Mass.) came on in relief and made 16 saves on 17 shots the
rest of the way. Junior Brendan Rimmer (Newbury, Mass.) played the
entire game in net for St .Michael's, making 34 saves.
