BABSON PARK, Mass.— Senior goalie
Mason Rosado (Weddington, N.C.) recorded his second shutout in as many nights and sophomore
Reid Pehrkon (Vienna, Va.) and first-year
Matt Lemay (Levis, Quebec) tallied a goal and an assist each as Babson College blanked Western Connecticut State University, 4-0, in Little East Conference men's ice hockey action Saturday afternoon inside the Babson Skating Center.
Babson, which shut out Keene State 5-0 on Friday evening, registered back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 2019 and improves to 2-0-1 overall and 2-0-0 in the LEC. Western Connecticut, which tied Southern Maine in its LEC season debut on Friday, dropped to 2-1-1 overall and 0-1-1 in the conference.
First-year
Nolan Russell (Arlington, Mass.) and
Griffin Bucci (North Andover, Mass.) also scored one goal apiece for the Beavers. Rosado finished with 21 saves in the victory, registering his fourth career shutout.
Sophomore Michael Burgos (Corinth, Texas) made 33 saves in goal for the Wolves in roughly 52 minutes between the pipes before giving way to classmate Dylan Dewachter (London, Ont.) for the final eight minutes.
The Beavers jumped on top midway through the first period as senior
Jimmy Fallon (Milton, Mass.) intercepted pass at the WestConn blue line and fed a pass to Russell in the goal mouth, and Russell poked it past Burgos at the 10:06 mark for his second goal of the season.
The Green and White doubled the lead early in the second period when junior
Evan Brown (Little Silver, N.J.) slid a pass from along the right boards to Pehrkon in the high slot, and Pehrkon ripped a one-timer past Burgos inside the left post for his first goal of the season.
Lemay scored his first collegiate goal midway through the middle frame on a Babson power play. Pehrkon picked up a loose puck behind the WestConn goal and sent it in front where Lemay buried it at 10:57, upping the Babson margin to 3-0.
Bucci rounded out the scoring in the third period, finishing off a feed from first-year
Declan Grenache (Sutton, Mass.) at the 11:45 mark to give the Beavers a comfortable 4-0 lead.
Babson finished with a 41-21 advantage in shots on goal and scored on one of its four power play attempts while killing off a pair of WestConn attempts with the man advantage.
The Beavers are back on the ice with a tough LEC matchup at No. 7 Norwich on Friday at 7 p.m. while WestConn returns to action on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Keene State.
GAME NOTES
• Babson has won all three games against the Wolves in the career series that started last season.
• The Beavers notched consecutive shutouts for the first time since blanking Johnson & Wales and Suffolk, both by 6-0 scores, on December 6 & 7, 2019, inside the Babson Skating Center.
• The Green and White have gotten their 14 goals this season from eight different players, including six first-years.
