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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Babson College senior captain Jason Schneider (Littleton, Mass./Lawrence Academy) had a hat trick and two assists for a career-high five points to lead the visiting Beavers to a 9-4 blowout win over St. Michael's College in an ECAC East ice hockey matchup on Friday night.

The Purple Knights stayed alive through two periods, trailing 3-2, but Babson put the game away with four unanswered goals in the final period of play.

For the Beavers, Schneider scored two of his goals in the second period, including the eventual game-winner, before completing the hat trick in the third. Sophomore Matt Leer (Edina, Minn./North Iowa Outlaws) added a pair of scores in the victory - both of which came in the opening period, while classmate Jay Haseley (Rochester, N.Y./Milton Academy) added three assists.

For Saint Michael's, junior Reave MacKinnon (Winnipeg, Manitoba/Winnipeg Saints) had a goal and an assist, and freshmen Ryan MacDonald (Darien, Conn./Berkshire School) and Sam Torney (Shelburne, Vt./Berkshire School) tallied their first collegiate goals.

The Beavers took an early lead with Leer flicking in a rebound past Saint Michael's sophomore goalie Mike Dizgun (Kirkland, Quebec/OCN Blizzard), who had his head on a swivel but couldn't find the loose puck. The Purple Knights answered back in the 12th minute when MacKinnon flushed a wrister off of senior Nick Sheehan's (Potsdam, N.Y./Cornwall Colts) rebound for his team-best 12th goal of the year. Leer had one more in him before the period ended, however, and beat Saint Michael's junior Brady Earle (Columbia, Md./The Gunnery School) to the puck just in time to score a sly goal and put Babson up 2-1 after one period.

Senior Fran Briand (South Burlington, Vt./Loomis Chaffee School) got the Purple Knights off on the right foot in the second period, finishing a well-executed 2-on-1 breakaway with sophomore Michael Jangro (Reading, Mass./Valley Warriors). Schneider and sophomore Ryan Smith (Lynnfield, Mass./Boston Bulldogs) kept the Babson lead alive with back-to-back goals just over a minute apart. Saint Michael's would not go quietly, however, thanks to MacDonald's devastating slapshot that split the defenders and found its way past Babson junior goalie Andrew Peabody (Marblehead, Mass./St. Paul's School) at the 15-minute mark.

The Beavers would then catch fire, rattling off five unanswered goals in a span of 14 minutes. Schneider picked up goals two and three, while fellow senior captain Terry Woods (Duxbury, Mass./Andover Academy) netted his first goal of the year during the decisive run.

Dizgun made 33 saves while facing the Babson assault, and Peabody stopped 24-of-28 shots faced.

NOTE: Portions of this story taken from a St. Michael's College press release.