Men's Ice Hockey vs. Keene State
Friday, November 6 | 7 p.m.
Babson Skating Center | Babson Park, Mass.

Men's Ice Hockey vs. Western Connecticut
Saturday, November 7 | 4 p.m.
Babson Skating Center | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Keene State
• Babson leads the Owls 2-0-0 in a series that started last season.
• Keene State, in its third season as a varsity program, will be making its second appearance at the Babson Skating Center.
vs. Western Connecticut
• Babson leads WestConn 2-0-0 in a series that started back started last season.
• The Wolves, in their second season as a varsity program, will be making their second appearance at the Babson Skating Center.

LAST MEETING
vs. Keene State
• Nolan Dion '26 and Brendan Kennedy '26 registered two points apiece and Nate Mueller '26 made 25 saves in goal as No. 9 Babson knocked off Keene State, 3-1, on January 24, 2026 inside the Babson Skating Center.
• Dion tallied a goal and an assist and Kennedy chipped in with a pair of assists for the Beavers. Cam Joslin '26 and senior Jimmy Fallon also scored for the Green and White, and Ryan Murphy '26 and Ian Driscoll '26 and junior Evan Brown produced one assist each in the victory.
• Junior Peter Unger scored the lone goal for the Owls with assists from senior Marcus Chrisafideis and junior Thor Hansen. Junior Ben Skelton made 25 saves in goal in the setback.
vs. Western Connecticut
• Danny Cavanagh '26 (2g, 2a) tallied a career-high four points, senior Sean Senier (1g, 2a) added a career-high three points, and 11 different players notched at least one point as No. 9 Babson defeated Western Connecticut, 7-2, on January 23, 2026, inside the Babson Skating Center.
• Egan Schmitt '26 and Mike Stevens '26, Fallon and sophomore Luke Corrigan scored goals for the Beavers. Will Holland '26 and Charlie Andriole '26 and Brown contributed two assists apiece, and Kennedy and senior CJ Beals chipped in with one assist each. Senior Mason Rosado finished with 18 saves in goal to record the victory.
• Junior Phil Parker led the Wolves with a goal and an assist and sophomore Scott McNulty scored once in the setback, while juniors Victor-Antoine Fortier and Jack Graham and sophomore Francis Rose each had assists. Sophomore Liam Lane made 31 saves in goal in the first 40 minutes and classmate Malte Hedlund made 10 saves in the third period.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (0-0-1, 0-0-0 LEC) is coming off a 5-5 non-conference overtime tie against Saint Michael's in the season opener last Saturday inside the Babson Skating Center.
• Fourteen different skaters tallied one point for the Beavers, including goals by Fallon and four first-years, Nico Pasquale, Nolan Russell, Declan Grenache, and Hayden Hutner. Rosado finished with 29 saves in the Beaver goal, including 12 in the third period and four more in overtime.
• Fallon (19-15-34) leads the group of returning forwards after earning several post-season honors last year, including All-America East third team, All-New England, LEC Player of the Year, and All-LEC first team. Brown (9-23-32) was an All-Conference second team pick after finishing second in the league in assists.
• Rosado (5-1-0, 2.17 GAA, .914 sv. pct.) is a veteran goalie (30 games) with a 16-9-4 career record, a 2.84 goals against average and an .897 save percentage.

SCOUTING THE OWLS
• Keene State (0-1-0, 0-0-0 LEC) dropped its season opener to future LEC member Saint Anselm, 3-2 in overtime, on Saturday in Keene.
• Hansen and Chrisafideis scored first- and second-period power play goals for the Owls, who outshot the Hawks 46-22 in the game. Unger, senior Josh Steele and sophomores Payton Kender and Zack Chouinard tallied assists, and Skelton finished with 19 saves in goal in the setback.  
• Hansen (10-13-23) and Chrisafideis (8-12-20) are the top returning scorers from last year's team that finished 7-17-1 overall and 3-14-1 in the Little East. Junior Chase Carney (9-9-18) was second on the team in goals and led the squad with three power play goals, and Unger (5-12-17) tied for second on the squad in assists.
• Skelton (5-10-1, 3.57 GAA, .911 sv. pct.) started 17 games between the pipes last season and sophomore Cameron Reardon (1-3-0, 5.61 GAA, .864 sv. pct.) got the starting nod in four games.

SCOUTING THE WOLVES
• WestConn (2-0-0, 0-0-0 LEC) got its season off to a good start with back-to-back victories over Albertus Magnus, 3-1, Friday in New Haven, and Post in the home opener, 4-2, Saturday in Danbury.
• Fortier tallied a goal and an assist in the win over Post while sophomores Drew Coady and Martin Brusoe and senior Matteo Orme-Lynch scored once each while sophomore Erik Danilchev collected three assists and McNulty had a pair of helpers. Lane finished with 24 saves in goal in the victory.
• Sophomore Francis Rose (2-16-18) is the top returning scorer returning from last year's team that finished its inaugural varsity season 2-23-0 overall and 1-17-0 in the LEC. McNulty (10-6-16) was the leading goal scorer and sophomore Tyler Gobel (6-9-15) and Parker (5-5-10) were offensive contributors as well.
• Lane (2-15-0, 4.03 GAA, .893 sv. pct.) started in goal in 17 games last season and Hedlund (0-5-0, 6.34 GAA, .855 sv. pct.) got the start in six of his 11 appearances.

HOME ICE ADVANTAGE
• The Beavers are 10-2-3 at the Babson Skating Center since the start of last season and 26-8-6 on home ice over the past three-plus seasons.
• Babson is 43-11-7 at home since 2021-22 and 119-25-16 in Babson Park since February of 2013.

PRESEASON POLL
• The Beavers were picked to finish runner-up when the LEC preseason coaches' poll was released last week.
• Norwich, which captured the inaugural Little East title last March, received eight of the 10 first-place votes and finished atop the poll, while Babson got the remaining two top votes and finished second.
• Plymouth State, which was the preseason favorite last year, finished third in the voting while UMass Boston and Southern Maine rounded out the top half of the poll.

BEAVER BITES
• The Green and White suited up 15 first-years in last Saturday's season opener, 13 skaters and two goalies.
• Fallon has six goals and two assists in his last eight games dating back to last season.
• Brown has two goals and four assists in his last six outings going back to last season.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers went 13-0 last season when scoring the first goal of the game and finished 19-0-1 when scoring at least three goals.
• The Green and White were 12-0-1 when leading after the first period and 15-5-1 when ahead after two frames.
• Babson finished 15-1-1 when allowing two goals or less last year and is 105-7-10 since 2017-18 when allowing no more than two goals.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will make their first road trip of the season next weekend, visiting No. 7 Norwich on Friday at 7 p.m. and Vermont State Castleton on Saturday at 4 p.m.