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NORTHFIELD, Vt. -- The Babson College men's ice hockey team picked up a big point on the road against one of the nation's top teams on Saturday, as the Beavers skated to a 4-4 overtime tie with nationally-ranked Norwich. As a result of the deadlock, Babson moved to 9-8-2 overall and 7-4-2 in the conference, while the Cadets, ranked third in the nation in the most recent USCHO poll, are now 12-5-2 overall and 10-1-2 in the ECAC East.

Babson led throughout much of the contest, beginning when junior Mike Hoban scored his fifth goal of the season to give his team a 1-0 lead at 10:25 of the first. First-year Ben Kravitz then tallied his third of the campaigh a minute and a half later to increase the Beavers' lead to 2-0.

Norwich got one goal back when Chad Anderson scored at 15:49 of the opening session, but sophomore Ryan Smith pushed the lead back to two when he netted his seventh of the season at 15:44 of the second. Senior captain Jason Schneider then added a powerplay strike at 4:10 of the third - his fourth goal of the weekend and ninth of the year - to give the Beavers a 4-1 advantage. The goal also represented Schneider's second point of the game, making him just the 20th player in the storied history of Babson hockey to reach the 100-point mark in his career.

The Cadets came storming back with a ferocious 70-second stretch later in the third, as they rattled off three unanswered goals to pull even at 4-4. Tory Allan scored the first at 7:28, Blake Forkey potted the second at 8:20, and Igor Martinez tallied the equalizer at 8:38. Babson also received a cross-checking penalty on the tying goal.

With the momentum squarely in the corner of the hosts, the Beavers dug in to keep the game even for the remainder of the period. Babson started by killing off the penalty, as the Beavers' defense held the Cadets without a shot on net during the two-minute man-advantage. Norwich then recorded a 7-0 shot advantage over the final 10 minutes of regulation, but sophomore goalie Zeke Testa stopped all seven attempts to send the game into overtime.

Both teams had chances in the extra session, but neither team would score as the contest ended in a 4-4 tie. Testa would make four more saves in overtime to give him 42 stops in the contest, while Parker Carroll turned away two shots in OT to give him 18 in the game.