Men's Ice Hockey at No. 1 Hobart
Friday, January 19 | 7 p.m.
The Cooler | Geneva, N.Y.

Men's Ice Hockey at No. 2 Elmira
Saturday, January 20 | 4 p.m.
Murray Athletic Center | Pine Valley, N.Y.

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Hobart
• Babson is 12-9-5 all-time against the Statesmen in a series that dates back to the 1987-88 season.
• The 3-1 win for the Beavers in November snapped a three-game skid against the Statesmen.
• The Green and White are 2-5-3 in 10 meetings inside The Cooler dating back to 2016.
vs. Elmira
• Babson is 9-6-0 all-time against the Soaring Eagles in a series that dates back to 1977-78.
• The Beavers have won four in a row and five of the last six against Elmira, covering the last three seasons.
• The Green and White have won their last two games in Pine Valley and are 2-2 at Elmira in the last 20 years.

LAST MEETING
vs. Hobart
• Junior Matt Cormier scored a pair of goals and sophomore goalie Nate Mueller made a career-high 46 saves as Babson upset No. 1 Hobart, 3-1, on November 11, 2023, inside the Babson Skating Center.
• First-year Joseph Kramer scored a goal for the second straight game for the Beavers, sophomore Cam Joslin collected two assists, and sophomores Charlie Andriole and Ryan Murphy tallied one assist apiece in the win.
• Hobart, which was coming off four straight shutouts while outscoring its opponents 27-0, including a 10-0 rout of Southern Maine, was held to one goal by the Beavers, a second-period PPG by Luke Aquaro with assists from senior Jared Patterson and junior Shane Shell. Sophomore goalie Mavrick Goyer made 10 saves in the setback.
vs. Elmira
• Sophomore Ian Driscoll scored a pair of goals as Babson handed No. 10 Elmira its first defeat of the season, 5-3, on November 10, 2023, inside the Babson Skating Center.
• Sophomore Brendan Kennedy scored once for the Beavers and first-years CJ Beals and Joseph Kramer registered their first career goals in the win. Andriole and Murphy collected two assists apiece and senior Thomas Kramer, junior Wyatt George, and sophomores Will Holland and Mike Stevens tallied one helper each. Mueller made 27 saves in goal in the win.
• Senior Shane Haviland scored a pair of goals for the Soaring Eagles and classmate Nicholas Domitrovic tallied one marker in the setback. Seniors Daniel Dimon, Bailey Krawczyk and Amadeo Mastrangeli produced one assist each. Graduate student goalie Jeffrey Zero made 14 saves in 30 minutes in his first appearance of the season in relief of sophomore Kyle Curtin, who finished with 10 saves in 27 minutes.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (9-6-2, 7-2-1 NEHC) has won three of its last four games following last Saturday's 4-3 come-from-behind overtime victory at Southern Maine at the USM Ice Arena.
• Senior defenseman Colby Bailey scored the tying goal at 17:24 of the third period and added the game winner 61 seconds into overtime. Bailey finished with two goals and an assist, while Murphy and Driscoll each tallied a goal and an assist. Kennedy recorded a pair of helpers, Andriole added one assist, and first-year Mason Rosado made 17 saves to earn the win in goal.
• Murphy (7-11-18) leads the team in scoring and plus/minus (+15) while George (7-6-13) is tied for second in goals and points and Kennedy (2-11-13) is tied for the team lead in assists. Schmitt (8-4-12) tops the team in goals and is tied with Bailey (3-9-12) in points, and Andriole (0-11-11) also shares the team lead in assists.
• Mueller (3.02 GAA, .903 Sv. Pct.) has started 11 games for the Beavers while Rosado (2.44 GAA, .899 Sv. Pct.) has gotten the nod in goal in six games.

SCOUTING THE STATESMEN
• Defending national champion and No. 1 Hobart (14-2-1, 8-1-1 NEHC) is unbeaten since its loss at Babson (10-0-1), including a 1-1 tie at No. 13 Norwich last Saturday.
• Junior Shane Shell scored a second-period goal for the Statesmen, assisted by senior Jonah Alexander. Sophomore Damon Beaver made a career-high 37 saves in the tie, including 24 in the third period and overtime to preserve the draw.
• Sophomore Tanner Hartman (12-14-26) is second in the NEHC in scoring and classmate Ignat Belov (9-9-18) is second on the team. Senior Artem Buzoverya (3-12-15) is second on the squad in assists and third in points and first-year Chris Duclair (10-4-14) is second in goals. The Statesmen lead the nation in scoring offense (5.12 goals/gm), scoring defense (0.82 goals/gm), and penalty kill percentage (46 of 46) and rank second in power play percentage (.349).
• Beaver (0.99 GAA, .961 sv. pct) is second in Division III in GAA and save pct. in 11 starts, trailing only Goyer (0.50 GAA, .968 sv. pct), who leads the nation in both categories in six starts.

SCOUTING THE SOARING EAGLES
• No. 2 Elmira (14-3-0, 7-3-0 NEHC) goes into Friday's game vs. Southern Maine with wins in 10 of its last 11 games, including a 3-1 loss to No. 13 Norwich on Friday and a 5-2 victory over New England College on Saturday.
• Seniors Ryan Reifler and Shawn Kennedy tallied a goal and an assist in the win, and classmates Nicholas Domitrovic and Amedeo Mastrangeli and sophomore Kerfalla Toure scored once each. Sophomore Brody Haynes made 24 saves in the victory. Senior Jordan Gonzalez scored the lone goal against Norwich, and Curtin turned away 34 shots in the setback.
• Domitrovic (14-14-28) and Kennedy (11-16-27) are two of the top four scorers in Division III, and Janis Vizbelis (9-13-22) is fourth in the league in scoring. Mastrangeli (2-13-15) tops the NEHC in assists by a defenseman, and senior Chance Gorman (7-7-14) and Reifler (6-8-14) are strong offensive threats for the Soaring Eagles, who lead the nation in power play percentage (.370) and rank third in scoring offense (4.82 goals/gm).
• Curtin (2.00 GAA, .942 sv. pct) has started 14 of Elmira's 17 games and leads the NEHC in saves (426) and ranks second in wins (11).

BAILEY EARNS NEHC HONOR
• Bailey was recognized as NEHC Player of the Week on Monday after his clutch performance in the win over Southern Maine.
• The senior blueliner recorded just the second multi-goal game of his career and finished with three points in all. He is tied for sixth in the NEHC in scoring by a defenseman and tied for fifth in assists by a D-man.

RANKED OPPONENTS
• The Beavers are 2-3-0 this season against teams in the US College Hockey Online (USCHO) top 15 Division III rankings.
• Babson produced victories over No. 1 Hobart and No. 10 Elmira while taking losses to No. 8 Plymouth State in overtime, No. 13 Skidmore and No. 11 Norwich.

BABSON VS. THE OPPONENTS
• Thomas Kramer is the current active scoring leader against Hobart with four assists and four points in six games. Cormier has two goals in six games, Kennedy has a pair of goals in two outings, George has a goal and an assist in six appearances, and Joslin has two assists in one game against the Statesmen.
• Ryan Murphy has collected five assists and five points in three games against Elmira, while Kramer has put up a goal and three assists for four points in five outings. Andriole and Holland have produced three assists each in three games, and Driscoll, Stevens and Kennedy all have one goal and one assist in three contests.
• Mueller has played two games against Hobart in his young career, posting a 1-1 record with a 2.51 goals against average and a .942 save percentage.

BEAVER BITES
• The Babson sophomores have accounted for 32 of the team's 58 goals while the juniors have tallied 12 goals, the seniors have eight and first-years have tallied six.
• Driscoll is heating up with two goals and four assists for six points in his last four contest, while Murphy has a goal and four assists in his last four.
• Kennedy has three multi-point games in his last four games, totaling a goal and five assists. He also has at least one point in six of his last eight games.
• Bailey has accumulated two goals and three assists in his last four games, and Andriole has an assist in four out his last six outings.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White are 9-1-1 this season when scoring at least three goals.
• Babson is 6-1 when leading after the first period and are 16-2-1 over the past two seasons when taking a lead into the second period.
• The Beavers are 6-2 this season when scoring the first goal of the game and 21-4-1 since last season when drawing first blood.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will play their first home games since December 2 next weekend, hosting UMass Boston on Friday and Johnson & Wales on Saturday at the Babson Skating Center.