GENEVA, N.Y. – The New England College men's ice hockey team saw their amazing 2024-2025 season come to an end on Saturday in the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) semifinals with a 2-0 loss at top-seeded Hobart College at the Cooler in Geneva, New York.
The Pilgrims conclude an amazing year that saw them execute one of the most impressive single season turnarounds on record, improving from 4-20-1 and missing the NEHC playoffs in 2023-2024 to winning eleven games this season behind one of the youngest teams in school history and upsetting third-seeded Babson College in the quarterfinals of the championship tournament. NEC freshman goaltender
Anthony Beaulieu (Lawrence, Mass.) won NEHC Rookie of the Year honors in the last season of the conference's existence, posting one of the best save percentages in the nation at .930. NEC freshman forward
Egor Osipik (Minsk, Belarus) was also voted to the All-Rookie Team. NEC senior forward
David Novotny (Boca Raton, Fla.) led the Pilgrims with 11 goals on the season.
THE BASICS
Score: New England College 0, Hobart 2
Records: Pilgrims 11-15 | Statesmen 25-1
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Statesmen, the number one ranked team not only in the NEHC playoffs but in the entire nation, struck first with 7:50 left in the first period when Hobart junior forward Tanner Daniels (Edinboro, Pa.) scored to put the hosts up 1-0. Assists were credited to senior forwards Shane Shell (Westfield, N.J.) and Luke Aquaro (Yardley, Pa.).
- With 8:48 remaining in the second period, Hobart sophomore forward Dominic Schimizzi (Greensburg, Pa.) made it 2-0 off a power play goal with assists to sophomore defensemen Conor Lally (Scarborough, Maine) and Bauer Morrissey (Skaneateles, N.Y.).
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Beaulieu posted another gem between the pipes for NEC, posting 35 saves with a .946 save percentage.
- Hobart junior goaltender Mavrick Goyer (Ste-Sophie, Quebec) finished with 15 stops for the Statesmen.
- NEC senior forward Jesper Tarkiainen (Naperville, Ill.) posted a team-high three shots with a block.
UP NEXT
- Congratulations to the whole team on the conclusion of their season.
