No. 11 Men's Ice Hockey at Southern Maine
Saturday, January 7 | 4 p.m.
USM Ice Arena | Gorham, Maine

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 34-9-1 all-time against Southern Maine in a series that dates back to 1995.
• The Beavers have won 20 of their last 21 games against the Huskies over the last decade with the lone loss coming in the 2020 NEHC Tournament quarterfinals
• The Green and White has won nine straight games inside the USM Ice Arena since 2013.

LAST MEETING
• Paul Boutoussov M'22 and Matt Wiesner '22 both scored twice and finished with three points apiece to help Babson defeat Southern Maine, 6-2, on February 12, 2022, in Gorham, Maine.
• Graduate student Max Torrez and senior Chris Rooney also contributed goals for the Beavers, who broke a 1-1 deadlock with four goals in the span of 11 minutes in the second period.
• Jonathan Bartuccio-Pereira recorded a goal and an assist and Brendan Dowler scored 43 seconds into the second period for the Huskies, who got 39 saves from first-year netminder Kyle Penton.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 11 Babson (9-4-2, 4-2-2 NEHC) defeated Salem State, 4-1, for its second consecutive win on Tuesday night.
• Rooney scored twice, senior James Perullo notched the go-ahead goal 17 seconds into the third period and first-year Ian Driscoll tacked on a late power play tally for the Beavers, who got 17 saves from senior Nolan Hildebrand.
• Junior Thomas Kramer (5-10-15) is tied for second in the conference in assists and is third in points, senior Andrew Holland (5-5-10) has scored twice on the power play, and first-year Ryan Murphy (4-6-10) has four points over the last two games.
• Hildebrand has gone 7-1-2 in 10 starts this winter and ranks 13th in Division in save percentage (.940) and 14th nationally with a 1.77 goals against average.

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
• Southern Maine (2-10-1, 1-7-0 NEHC) suffered a 5-1 loss to Bowdoin in its return from the holiday break last Sunday.
• Dylan Hullaby scored 15:37 into the third period and Penton made 35 saves for the Huskies, who trailed 3-0 after the first period.
• Curtis Judd (7-6-13) is tied for fourth in the NEHC in points, Mathieu Sabourin (3-5-8) has scored once on the power play, and Austin Marini (2-6-8) has at least one point in four of his last five outings.
• Penton (2-4-1) has posted a 2.84 goals against average and a .918 save percentage to go along with one shutout in eight starts between the pipes this season.

RICE RECORDS WIN NO. 299
• Head coach Jamie Rice '90, now in his 19th year behind the Babson bench, picked up his 299th career win against Salem State on Tuesday night.
• He is now one victory shy of becoming the 13th active Division III coach with 300 wins.
MILESTONE VICTORIES
1      Nov. 19, 2004 vs. Hamilton (5-1)
100  Nov. 19, 2010 vs. Colby (5-4)
200  Nov. 12, 2016 vs. Castleton (4-1)
247  Nov. 23, 2019 vs. Castleton (3-2) to become the program's all-time wins leader

STREAKING INTO THE WEEKEND
• Rooney (4-2-6) has scored in three straight games and is riding a four-game points streak, while sophomore Matt Cormier (1-3-4) and first-year Cam Joslin (1-2-3) have combined for seven points over the last three contests.
• Kramer, Driscoll and first-years Ryan Murphy, Nolan Dion and Brendan Kennedy all have produced points in back-to-back outings.

NEHC RESET
• As conference play resumes following a month-long break, the Beavers enter the weekend in fourth place with 14 points behind unbeaten Hobart (18), Norwich (16) and Elmira (15).
• Southern Maine is currently in ninth place with three points.

POLL POSITION
• The NEHC has three teams ranked in the latest USCHO.com Division III poll – No. 1 and undefeated Hobart (13-0-0), No. 10 Norwich (9-3-1) and No. 11 Babson.
• The SUNYAC (No. 6 Geneseo, No. 8 Oswego, No. 15 Plattsburgh) and the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (No. 3 Adrian, No. 5 St. Norbert, No.12 Aurora) also have three ranked teams each, and the Commonwealth Coast Conference (No. 7 Endicott, No. 14 Univ. of New England) has two.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers have killed off 18 of their last 19 penalties while allowing just one power play over the last eight games.
• Babson is 7-2-1 on the year when scoring the opening goal of the game.
• The Green and White is 8-1-1 this winter when allowing two goals or fewer.
• The Beavers have scored at least three goals in each of their last 12 wins going back to last February.

UP NEXT
• Babson returns home to face Elmira next Friday and Hobart next Saturday inside the Babson Skating Center.