HENNIKER, N.H.-The New England College men's ice hockey team suffered a 3-1 loss to the Beavers of Babson College on Friday evening in New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) action.

Babson improves to 2-2 overall and 2-1 in the NEHC, while NEC falls to 2-3 overall and 1-2 in league play.

SCORING
2^nd 08:04 | BAB - Christian Faggas (Matt McMorrow, Matt Holtshouser)
3^rd 04:55 | NEC Joe Osaka (Adam Zollner, Bryce Nielsen)
3^rd 16:39 | BAB Ryan Gouveia (Rob Devaney)
3^rd 19:52 | BAB Rob Devaney (empty net)

HOW IT HAPPENED
After 28 minutes of scoreless hockey, the Beavers put a point on the scoreboard 8:04 into the second period. Matt Holtshouer (Manchester, N.H.) took a shot from the right side that rebounded off Kyle Shapiro's (Ocean Township, N.J.)pads to the left of the net, allowing Matt McMorrow (Pearl River, N.Y.) to tip a shot off of Christian Faggas (Norwood, Mass.) for the score.

Just under five minutes into the third period NEC tied the score at 1-1 on a power play goal by Joe Osaka (Tokyo, Japan), who redirected Bryce Nielsen's (Laguna Hills, Calif.) shot from the point.

With just under three-and-a-half minutes left in the game, Ryan Gouveia scored as Shapiro struggled to get back to his feet after being taken out on the prior play.

The Pilgrims pulled Shapiro for the extra skater with 1:13 to play put two shots on net before taking a timeout with 55 seconds to go. With Shapiro still out, Mike Whitehair (Victor, N.Y.) put another shot on net and the Beavers sailed two attempts wide of the net for icing calls before Rob Devaney (Reading, Mass.) bested Carlos Fornaris (Miami, Fla.) to the puck and tapped in the empty-netter goal.

GOALTENDERS
Shapiro stopped 40 of the 42 shots he faced in the game. NEC put just 27 shots on net and Babson netminder Matt Pompa (Palm City, Fla.) stopped 26 of them.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Pilgrims return to action tomorrow when they host UMass Boston in a 4:00 p.m. NEHC game. It will me the first of three games between the two teams this season.