BABSON PARK, Mass. The New England College men's ice hockey team falls to the Babson College Beavers 4-2 in New England Hockey Conference action Friday evening at the Babson Skating Center.

Following the game, the Pilgrims move to 11-6-1 and 8-4-0 in league play, while the Beavers go to 13-3-2 and 8-2-1 in NEHC action.

SCORING
Period 1 11:07 | BAB Mike Egan (Ryan Black)
Period 2 01:06 | NEC Connor Inger (Carlos Fornais and Patrick DeBlois)
Period 2 02:06 | BAB Ryan Black(Mike Egan and Brendan Casey)
Period 2 18:00 | BAB Mike Egan (Ryan Black and Nick Rosa)
Period 3 14:40 | BAB Matt Wiesner (Andrew Holland and Patrick Flynn)
Period 3 18:52 | NEC Patrick DeBlois (Carlos Fornaris and Nikita Pintusov)

HOW IT HAPPENED
Babson was able to get on the board with just under nine minutes remaining in the first period, as Mike Egan picked off the NEC pass and score on the two-on-one opportunity with Ryan Black. The Beavers controlled the majority of the play as they had two power-play opportunities and outshot the Pilgrims in the opening 20 minutes 17-3.

The Pilgrims were able to tie the game up a 1-1 early in the second period. Connor Inger scored on a one-time, beating the Babson goalie to the low glove side. Carlos Fornais and DeBlois were credited with the assist on the power-play goal. One minute later, the Beavers were able to regain the lead, as Egan found Black for the go-ahead goal. New England College nearly knotted the game up at 2-2 halfway through the second, as the trio of Jhuwon Davis, Hunter Hall, and Alex Laplante had the Babson netminder out of position, but the Beaver defense kept the puck out of the net. Ryan Black and Mike Egan would connect for the third time in the game with just two minutes remaining in the second period.

Babson expanded their lead with just over five minutes remaining in the third period, as Matt Wiesner scored off of a drop pass from Andrew Holland. New England College capitalized on the man-advantage with just over a minute left in regulation, as DeBlois one-timer from the point, beat Arvanitis. Despite a late flurry of shots by the Pilgrims, Babson was able to hold on to pick up the 4-2 win.

GOALTENDERS
Anthony Pupplo recorded 30 saves in net for the Pilgrims, while Brad Arvanitis picked up 22 for the hosting Beavers.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
-After scoring on the power play in tonight's game, the Pilgrims are now 6-4-0 on the year when scoring on the man-advantage.
-Babson has allowed six power-play goals all year, New England College has scored four of them.
-After tonight's game, Babson leads the all-time series 43-22-8.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Pilgrims have a quick turnaround, as they travel to Boston, as they take on UMass Boston for NEHC action at 4:00 pm.