No. 11 Men's Ice Hockey vs. UMass Boston
Friday, February 13 | 4:00 p.m.
Babson Skating Center | Babson Park, Mass.

No. 11 Men's Ice Hockey vs. UMass Dartmouth
Saturday, February 14 | 4:00 p.m.
Babson Skating Center | Babson Park, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
vs. UMass Boston
• Babson is 54-22-6 all-time against UMass Boston in a series that dates back to the 1978-79 season.
• The Beavers have won six in a row and seven of the last eight against the Beacons, with three of the wins by at least three goals.
• The Green and White have won the last three and seven of the last eight against UMB inside the Babson Skating Center.
vs. UMass Dartmouth
• The Beavers are 11-6-3 all-time against UMD in a series that dates back to the 1979-80 season and are unbeaten over their last six games (5-0-1).
• The contest at UMass Dartmouth back in January was the first meeting between the two sides since 2016.
• The Green and White are 3-0-2 in the last five games vs. UMD inside the Babson Skating Center going back to 2008.

LAST MEETING
vs. UMass Boston
• Sophomore Evan Brown tallied a goal and two assists, including the game-winner with 49 seconds remaining in overtime, as No. 10 Babson got past UMass Boston, 5-4, on January 17, 2026, inside the Edward T. Barry Ice Rink.
• Seniors Charlie Andriole, Ian Driscoll and Egan Schmitt and junior Sean Senier all scored for the Beavers, and senior Brendan Kennedy recorded two assists. Senior Nate Mueller made 23 saves in goal in the victory.
• Junior Matt Sullivan and seniors Steven Spetz, Jack Ford and Jude Kurtas notched goals for the Beacons, and junior Chris Repmann collected a pair of helpers. Sophomore Connor McDonough finished with 34 saves in the loss.
vs. UMass Dartmouth
• Brown and senior Ryan Murphy scored back-to-back goals in the third period to break a 1-1 tie and No. 10 Babson went on to a 4-1 victory over UMass Dartmouth on January 16, 2026, inside Hetland Arena in New Bedford.
• Junior Joseph Kramer and senior Mike Stevens also potted goals for the Beavers, and Kennedy, Schmitt, Ian Driscoll, and classmate Cam Joslin, junior Jimmy Fallon, and sophomore Raphael Marcoux all collected assists. Mueller made 28 saves in goal in the victory.
• Senior Tyler Stewart tallied the lone goal for the Corsairs with assists from senior Vincent Nicosia and first-year Chris Cardillo. Senior Grahan Burke finished with 40 saves in the setback.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 11 Babson (16-3-2, 11-2-1 LEC) had a six-game winning streak snapped with a 3-1 loss at Norwich on Saturday in Northfield, Vt.
• Murphy scored the lone goal for the Green and White with assists from Driscoll and junior CJ Beals. Mueller finished with 13 saves for the Beavers, who outshot the Cadets 39-16.
• Fallon (14-13-27) and Brown (7-20-27) are tied for fifth in the LEC in scoring; Fallon is tied for third in the conference in goals and Brown tops the league in assists. Andriole (8-9-17) is second on the team in goals and leads the league and ranks fourth in Division III in goals by a defenseman. Andriole (+29) leads the LEC in plus/minus while senior Will Holland (+26) is second, Brown (+19) is fourth, Fallon (+17) is fifth, and Schmitt (+15) is tied for seventh.
• Mueller (1.84 GAA, .926 sv. pct.) is 12-2-2 in 16 starts in goal and tops the LEC in goals against average and ranks second in save percentage. Junior Mason Rosado (2.40 GAA, .900 sv. pct.) is 4-1 in five starts with one shutout.

SCOUTING THE BEACONS
• UMass Boston (13-7-1, 8-5-1 LEC) owns a three-game winning streak after sweeping Plymouth State (8-5) and New England College (3-1) last weekend in Boston.
• Senior Jazz Krivtsov and juniors Zander Lizotte and Jack Mortson scored in the win over NEC, and first-year Alex Koenig made 31 saves in goal. Kurtas and Krivtsov tallied two goals and two assists apiece in the victory over PSU, while Mortson added a goal and two helpers, junior Chris Merryman chipped in with a goal and an assist, and Repmann and junior Jakub Teply scored once each. McDonough finished with 41 saves in the victory.
• The Beacons boast a balanced scoring with Kurtas (11-17-28) and Krivtsov (11-13-24) with 11 goals each and Mortson (10-10-20) and Repmann (10-6-16) with 10 apiece. Merryman (+25) is third in the LEC in plus/minus while Krivstov (+15) is sixth and Kurtas (+14) and Mortson (+13) are both in the top 10.
• Koenig (7-1-1, 2.24 GAA, .929 sv. pct.) has 10 starts and leads the LEC in save percentage and ranks second in GAA while McDonough (6-6, 2.22 GAA, .925 sv. pct.) is third in save percentage and fourth in GAA.

SCOUTING THE CORSAIRS
• UMass Dartmouth (10-11-0, 5-9-0 LEC), which will play at Southern Maine on Friday, has dropped its last four games after home losses to New England College (5-2) and Plymouth State (6-3) last weekend.
• First-year Kailen Chen and junior Alex Walker scored goals against NEC to tie the game in the third period and Burke made 40 saves in the setback. Stewart tallied his third hat trick of the season to account for the scoring in the setback to PSU while senior Marshall McKallip finished with 44 saves.
• Stewart (15-19-34) is tied for third in Division III in scoring and leads the LEC in points and ranks second in both goals and assists. Chen (8-13-21) is second in the LEC in scoring by a freshman and sophomore Hunter Scanlon (6-13-19), Walker (8-10-18) and Cardillo (7-8-15) and also solid offensive contributors.
• Burke (3.32 GAA, .919 sv. pct.) is fourth in the LEC in save percentage and sixth in goals against average while McKallip (3.83 GAA, .911 sv. pct.) is sixth in save percentage.

HOME ICE SUCCESS
• The Beavers are 7-2-2 at the Babson Skating Center this season, including 5-1-1 in conference games.
• After opening the home game slate with three one-goal victories, the last four home wins have been by a combined 12 goals.
• The Green and White are 15-6-3 at home since the start of last season and 32-11-6 on home ice over the past four years.

LOOKING AT THE LITTLE EAST
• With two weekends to go in the inaugural LEC regular season, Norwich (11-2-2, 38 pts) has a solid lead over second-place Babson (11-2-1, 33 pts).
• The next four schools are all within three points of each other, with Plymouth State (9-5-1, 27 pts), UMass Boston (8-5-1, 26 pts), Southern Maine (8-5-1, 25 pts), and Vermont State Castleton (8-7-0, 24 pts) all in good position for an LEC playoff berth, while New England College (6-9-0, 17 pts) and UMass Dartmouth (5-9-0, 15 pts) need help to earn a post-season bid..
• Teams are awarded three points for a win in regulation, two points for an overtime or shootout win, and one point for an overtime or shootout loss.
• The top six teams received LEC Tournament playoff berths, with the top two earning first-round byes.

CHECKING THE DIVISION III POLLS
• Babson has been in the USCHO.com Division III poll most of the season, reaching as high as No. 7 and ranking 11th this week, while Norwich has been climbing up and receiving votes the last four weeks.
• Babson is ranked 10th in the NCAA Percentage Index (NPI), a system used to select and seed teams for the NCAA Tournament. Norwich is 16th, followed by UMass Boston (26th), Plymouth State (39th), VTSU Castleton (46th), Southern Maine (56th), and UMass Dartmouth (60th).

DEFENSE ON THE OFFENSE
• The Beavers have received 15 of their 81 goals this season from defensemen.
• Among all Babson blue-liners going back to the 2001-02 season, three of this year's defensemen rank among the top 15 in career points – Andriole (12-31-43), Holland (9-30-39) and senior Nolan Dion (3-31-34).

NCAA RANKINGS
• Babson is ranked ninth in Division III in scoring defense (2.10 goals allowed per game) and 16th in scoring offense (3.86 goals per game).
• The Beavers are 12th in Division III with a 25.8 power play percentage and 61st in penalty kill percentage at 78.8.
• Mueller is ranked ninth in Division III with a 1.84 goals against average, 10th in goalie winning percentage (.813) and 26th in save percentage (.926).
• Brown ranks ninth in Division III in assists per game (0.95) and Fallon ranks 14th in Division III in goals per game (0.67).

BEAVER BITES
• Babson head coach Jamie Rice '90 earned his 350th career victory last Friday against Castleton and now ranks 10th among active coaches in Division III in wins with a career mark of 350-178-51.
• Brown had his 10-game point streak broken last Saturday at Norwich.
• Fallon, who opened the season with a seven-game point streak, had a six-game point streak snapped last Saturday at Norwich.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
• The Beavers have outshot their opponents in 15 straight games and 19 of 21 outings this season.
• Babson is 10-0-1 this season when leading after the first period and 11-0-1 when taking a lead into the third period.
• The Green and White are 16-0-1 this season when scoring at least three goals.
• Babson is 11-0 this season when scoring the first goal of the game.
• The Beavers are 11-1 when scoring at least once on the power play and 8-1-2 when not allowing a PPG.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers will wrap up the regular season next weekend in New Hampshire, facing New England College on Friday and Plymouth State on Saturday.