Weekend Preview: No. 7 Men’s Ice Hockey Visits Old NESCAC Rivals Williams and Amherst

No. 7 Men’s Ice Hockey at Williams
Saturday, November 26 | 3 p.m.
Lansing Chapman Rink | Williamstown, Mass.

No. 7 Men’s Ice Hockey at Amherst
Sunday, November 27 | 3 p.m.
Orr Rink | Amherst, Mass.

Babson: Roster | Schedule & Results | Stats
Williams: Roster | Schedule & Results | Stats
Amherst: Roster | Schedule & Results | Stats
NEHC: Standings | Schedule & Results | Stats
NESCAC: Standings | Schedule & Results | Stats
USCHO: Division III Poll

WHAT TO KNOW
• The Babson men’s ice hockey team will conclude its five-game road trip games at longtime NESCAC rivals Williams and Amherst on Saturday and Sunday.

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Williams
• Babson is 20-24-3 all-time against the Ephs in a series that dates back to the 1979-80 campaign.
• Four of the last six games between the teams have been decided by a single goal or finished in a tie.
• The Beavers defeated Williams, 5-0, on 2019 to record their first victory in Williamstown since 2007.

vs. Amherst
• Babson is 25-16-4 all-time against the Mammoths in a series that dates back to the 1972-73 season.
• The Beavers snapped a four-game winless slide against Amherst with a 3-2 win last January in Babson Park.
• The Green and White played to a 1-1 OT tie in its last visit to Orr Rink back in 2019.

SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• No. 7 Babson (6-1-1) extended its unbeaten streak to six games with a 3-2 win at Tufts on Tuesday night.
• First-year Ryan Murphy, junior Thomas Kramer and sophomore Wyatt George all scored over the first 13 minutes of the second period for the Beavers, who got two assists from senior James Perullo and 26 saves from fellow senior Nolan Hildebrand.
• Kramer (2-6-8) has three multi-point games in his last five outings, senior Andrew Holland (4-3-7) recorded his first career hat trick against Johnson & Wales on November 19, and first-year Ian Driscoll (2-5-7) has recorded a point in five consecutive games.
• Hildebrand (4-0-1) boasts a 1.94 goals against average and a .941 save percentage in five starts, while first-year Nate Mueller has gone 2-1 with a 2.67 GAA and a .923 save percentage in three starts in between the pipes for the Green and White.

SCOUTING THE EPHS
• Williams (0-2-0) opened the season with a 5-3 loss at Bowdoin on November 18 and a 5-2 setback at Colby on November 19.
• Junior Sean Clarke and senior Mac Carso scored five minutes apart in the first period and sophomore Cal Sundquist made 21 saves for the Ephs, who saw the Mules strike for four unanswered goals…