HENNIKER, NH. – The New England College men's ice hockey team dropped their second straight game to the Babson College Beavers 6-2, after a four-goal second period for the Beavers, on Saturday afternoon.

Following the game, the Pilgrims move to 3-5-0, while the Beavers go to 8-0-0.

SCORING

Period 1 10:14 | NEC TJ Dougan (Linus Udd Hellgren and Connor Inger)

Period 1 19:24 PP | BAB Matt Wiesner (James Perullo)

Period 2 08:05 | BAB James Perullo (Brendan Casey and Ryan Black)

Period 2 12:23 | BAB Patrick Flynn (James Perullo and Matt Weisner)

Period 2 17:01 | BAB Andrew Holland (Patrick Flynn)

Period 2 17:25 | BAB Christian Faggas (Brendan Casey and Cooper Norton)

Period 3 10:59 | NEC Connor Inger (Anthony Cinato)

Period 3 12:58 PP | BAB Nick Rosa (Mike Egan and Ryan Black)

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first period saw very even play from both teams with neither able to gain a definitive edge despite opportunities both ways. The Pilgrims got on the board first as TJ Dougan scored his first collegiate goal for a 1-0 lead. Linus Udd Hellgren and Connor Inger picked up assists on the goal. Play evened out from there until the Beavers picked up a five-on-three opportunity with one minute left in the period. Babson capitalized on the opportunity as they knotted things up at 1-1 with 30 seconds to play in the first.

There was back-and-forth play to start out the second period with both teams getting pucks on net, but nothing to show for it. About halfway through the period, the Beavers got a good offensive possession and scored on a deep shot to claim their first lead at 2-1. A few minutes later Babson added another goal on a broken-up play, right after a powerplay, to extend the lead to 3-1. The Beavers offense was firing on all cylinders in the period as they added two goals in 30 seconds and closed out the period with a 5-1 lead.

The third period saw physical play from both sides as New England College fought to try and cut the deficit. The Pilgrims were finally able to break through about halfway through the period as Connor Inger scored off an assist from Anthony Cinato to make it 5-2. Babson responded two minutes later with a powerplay goal to bring their lead back to four. New England College made a late push but could not score as the Beavers took home a 6-2 win.

GOALTENDERS

Andrew Kormos recorded 33 saves in net for the Pilgrims, while Brad Arvanitis picked up 30 for the Beavers in the win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

-Hunter Hall went 11-20 at the faceoff on the night winning 55 percent of his faceoffs.

-This year, NEC has been outscored 18-6 in the second period.  

-After tonight's game, Babson leads the all-time series 46-22-8.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Pilgrims hit the road as they take on Castleton University for the third time this season, Friday at 3:00 pm.