Men's Ice Hockey at UMass Boston
Friday, February 7 | 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 8 | 4 p.m.
Edward T. Barry Ice Rink | Boston, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• Babson is 51-22-6 all-time against UMass Boston in a series that dates back to the 1978-79 season.
• The Beavers have won three in a row and four of the last five against the Beacons, with three of the wins by at least three goals.
• Over the past decade, the Green and White are 5-6-0 on the road at UMB.

LAST MEETING
• Thomas Kramer '24 tallied a goal and an assist and sophomore goalie Mason Rosado made 30 saves as Babson defeated UMass Boston, 2-1, on January 26, 2024, inside the Babson Skating Center.
• Colby Bailey '24 also scored for the Beavers and senior Wyatt George and juniors Nolan Dion and Ryan Murphy registered assists in the win.
• Conor Foley M'24 scored the lone goal for the Beacons with assists from senior Evan Googins and junior Jude Kurtas. Sophomore Antonio Tarantino finished with 33 saves in the setback.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (11-9-1, 9-7-0 NEHC) is coming off a series split against Norwich last weekend at the Babson Skating Center, winning 2-1 on Friday night before a 3-1 loss on Saturday.
• Junior Cam Joslin potted the go-ahead goal at 13:19 of the third period, classmate Ian Driscoll also scored, and junior Nate Mueller made 29 saves to earn the win on Friday. Sophomore Jimmy Fallon scored the lone Beaver goal on Saturday and Rosado made 22 saves in goal in the setback.
• Junior Brendan Kennedy (12-4-16) leads the NEHC in goals after a six-game goal streak last month. George (7-9-16) is second on the team in goals and leads the squad in assists. Driscoll (6-6-12) has goals in two of his last three outings and sophomore Joseph Kramer (5-6-11), Murphy (3-8-11) and graduate student Johnny McElaney (3-7-10) have reached double digits in points.
• Mueller (2.31 GAA, .923 sv. pct.) is 6-3-0 in nine starts between the pipes while Rosado (3.59 GAA, .872 sv. pct.) is 4-5-1 in 10 starts.

SCOUTING THE BEACONS
• UMass Boston (7-11-1, 5-8-1 NEHC) is coming off a 5-5 tie and a 5-4 victory over Vermont State Castleton last weekend in Vermont.
• Sophomores Chris Repmann and Jack Ford tallied two goals and one assist each, first-year Jacob Roberson added a goal, and senior Michael Krupinski chipped in with four assists in Friday's deadlock. Repmann, Ford, senior Kolye Bankauskas, sophomore Jack Mortson and Krupinski potted goals in Saturday's win, with Krupinski scoring the game-winner with 10 seconds remaining. Senior Tyler Bost made 61 saves in the two games on the weekend.
• Junior Jazz Krivtsov (9-9-18) has three multi-goal games and leads the team in scoring, and Mortson (8-8-16) is second on the squad. Bankauskas (7-6-13) is coming off a four-point weekend, Kurtas (3-10-13) tops the Beacons in assists, and Krupinski (1-9-10) had a six-point weekend at Castleton.
• Bost (3.15 GAA, .908 sv. pct) has started 18 of the Beacons' 19 games and leads the NEHC with 522 saves.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Mueller became the first Babson player to earn NEHC weekly honors when he was named Goaltender of the Week on Monday.
• The junior netminder turned away the final 24 shots he faced against Norwich after allowing a first-period goal, which included nine saves in the third period.

THREE WEEKS TO GO
• With three weeks remaining in the regular season, Babson (9-7-0, 29 pts) holds down second place in the NEHC, three points clear of third-place Norwich (8-4-2, 26 pts).
• UMass Boston (5-8-1, 16 pts) is trailing eighth-place New England College (6-7-1, 20 pts) for eighth place and the final post-season playoff berth.
• No. 1 Hobart (13-1-0, 40 pts), seeking its third consecutive league title, is on the verge of clinching the regular season title.

BABSON VS. THE BEACONS
• Ryan Murphy (5 gms, 0-5-5) is the active career scoring leader for Babson against UMass Boston, while junior Egan Schmitt (5 gms, 2-2-4) and George (5 gms, 0-4-4) are tied for second and junior Nolan Woudenberg (5 gms, 0-3-3) is fourth.
• Both Mueller and Rosado won their only start against the Beacons last year while allowing just one goal; Mueller made 38 saves in a 6-1 triumph and Rosado made 30 stops in a 2-1 victory.

BEAVER NUGGETS
• Graduate student Kyle Gierman leads the team with a +11 plus/minus ranking, with sophomore CJ Beals (+8) and Kennedy (+6) rounding out the top three.
• Junior Will Holland has a team-high 20 blocked shots while Dion has 18, Gierman has 17, and senior Brendan Murphy and first-year Raphael Marcoux have 16 each.
• The Green and White are ranked 19th in Division III in power play percentage (0.240).
• The Beavers are third in the NEHC with 64 goals scored.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Green and White are 7-4-1 this season in contests that were decided by one goal or ended in a tie, despite going 0-3-1 in overtime games.
• The Beavers are 6-3-1 when scoring the first goal of the game, and Babson 5-0-1 when leading after the second period.
• Babson is 8-2-1 this season when scoring at least three goals.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will have a bye week next week and will wrap up the regular season at home against No. 1 Hobart on February 21-22.