Men's Ice Hockey at No. 9 Skidmore
Friday, November 8 | 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 9 | 4 p.m.
Saratoga City Rink | Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 38-9-3 all-time against the Thoroughbreds in a series that dates back to 1999.
• The Beavers are 15-4-2 all-time in Saratoga Springs, including 8-1-1 in the last nine outings.
• The Thoroughbreds have captured the last three meeting between the two programs after suffering a 23-game winless streak (0-21-2) against Babson from 2013-22. 

LAST MEETING
• Nick Cozzi '24 tallied a goal and an assist, Everett Wardle '24 collected three assists and goaltender Tate Brandon '24 made 25 saves as No. 11 Skidmore defeated Babson, 5-1, on February 2, 2024, inside the Saratoga City Rink.
• Junior Ryan Murphy scored the lone goal on the power play for the Beavers with assists from Thomas Kramer '24 and Colby Bailey '24. Sophomore goalie Mason Rosado made a career-high 33 saves in the setback.
• Sophomore Cooper Rice and seniors Jaden York, Freddie Ilias, and Kaeden Patrick also scored for the Thoroughbreds, and senior Stephen Perez added a pair of helpers.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (1-0-0, 0-0-0 NEHC) opened the season with a dramatic 5-4 victory over No. 11 Plymouth State last Saturday at the Babson Skating Center.
• Senior Wyatt George scored two goals and junior Brendan Kennedy potted the game-winning goal with four seconds remaining in regulation play for the win. Junior Ian Driscoll tallied a goal and an assist for the Beavers and sophomore Sean Senier scored one goal. Murphy and junior Nolan Woudenberg collected two assists each, and junior Brett Cleaves earned the win in his first career start in goal with 38 saves.
• The Green and White return 24 veterans from last year's squad, including 10 of their top 12 scorers and all three goalies. Murphy (8-16-24) returns as the leading scorer from last season while George (10-8-18) and junior Egan Schmitt (10-5-15) topped the squad in goals.
• Junior Nate Mueller (3.10 GAA, .900 sv. pct.) and sophomore Mason Rosado (2.42 GAA, .912 sv. pct.) each started 13 games with one shutout in goal for the Beavers last season, Mueller finishing 7-6-0 and Rosado 7-4-2.

SCOUTING THE THOROUIGHBREDS
• No. 9 Skidmore (1-0-0, 0-0-0 NEHC) opened its season with a 3-0 victory over Wentworth on Saturday in Everett, Mass.
• First-year Evan Brown broke a scoreless game with a power play goal in the second period for the Thoroughbreds and senior Kevin Urquhart and sophomore Jacob Zwirecki (empty-netter) added third period goals in the win. Junior transfer Joshua Seeley earned the shutout with 22 saves.
• Skidmore has high hopes this season after advancing to the NEHC title game in two of the last three seasons. For the second consecutive year, the Thoroughbreds were eliminated by eventual national champion Hobart.
• The Thoroughbreds return 21 veterans from last year's team that went 19-7-2 overall. Senior defenseman Danny Magnuson (5-13-18) returns after becoming the first Skidmore First Team All-American last year, while classmate Kaeden Patrick (10-9-19) earned All-NEHC Second Team honors.

PRESEASON POLL
• The Beavers were picked to finish fourth when the NEHC preseason coaches' poll was released last month.
• Defending champion Hobart was a unanimous selection to repeat its title with Skidmore and Norwich rounding out the top three.
• The NEHC has a different look this year with the addition of Salve Regina and Albertus Magnus and the departure of Johnson & Wales.

A LOOK AT THE ROSTER
• The Green and White boast a roster of 24 skaters and three goaltenders, including four seniors, 15 juniors, five sophomores, one first-year, and two graduate student transfers.
• The junior class accounted for 49 of the team's 79 goals last season.
• The grad transfers include forward Johnny McElaney (Colby) and defenseman Kyle Gierman (Lawrence).

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• There were three lead changes and four tie scores in Babson's win over Plymouth State on Saturday.
• The Beavers went 10-3 last season when scoring the first goal of the game and finished 12-1-1 when scoring at least three goals.
• The Green and White were 8-2 when leading after both the first and second periods last season.
• Babson finished 8-0-1 when allowing two goals or less last year and is 84-3-8 since 2017-18 when allowing no more than two goals.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will return home to host their first NEHC home games against conference newcomer Salve Regina on November 15-16 at the Babson Skating Center.