No. 12 Men’s Ice Hockey Overpowers Saint Michael’s, 9-1

BABSON PARK, Mass.—Junior Thomas Kramer (Bridgewater, Mass.) tallied two goals and two assists for a career-high four points and 13 players recorded at least one point as No. 12 Babson College overpowered Saint Michael’s College, 9-1, in non-conference men’s ice hockey action Friday afternoon inside the Babson Skating Center.

With the win, Babson snapped a two-game losing skid and improved to 8-4-2 overall while Saint Michael’s dropped its second in a row and slipped to 4-8-1 on the season.

First-year Ryan Murphy (Grosse Point Farms, Mich.) produced two goals and an assist, graduate student Max Torrez (Framingham, Mass.), senior Andrew Holland (Winchester, Mass.) and sophomore Wyatt George (Mount Lebanon, Pa.) contributed a goal and an assist each, and senior Chris Rooney (Milton, Mass.) and first-year Mike Stevens (Massapequa, N.Y.) added one goal apiece. First-year Brendan Kennedy (Georgetown, Ontario) collected three assists, classmates Nolan Dion (Marshfield, Mass.) and Egan Schmitt (Schuylerville, N.Y.) each earned a pair of helpers, and senior Nolan Hildebrand (Penticton, B.C.) made 17 saves in goal to record the win.

Junior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass.) scored the lone goal for the Purple Knights, with assists from first-year Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass.) and sophomore Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). First-year goalie Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn.) made 21 saves on 26 shots in 35 minutes of relief of junior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn.), who made 12 saves on 16 shots in the first 24 minutes.

Babson took a 2-0 lead in a first period that featured nine shots on goal for each team. Murphy scored both goals for the Beavers, both assisted by Kramer and Kennedy. Murphy pounded in a rebound of his own shot at 7:32 and then buried a crossing pass from Kramer at 11:35 to make it a 2-0 game.

The Beavers doubled the margin in the first five minutes of the second frame. Torrez put one in at 3:05 from the back door on the left after a feed from the right side by first-year Ian Driscoll (Middleton, Mass.) and Kramer scored his first of the night at 4:26 by ripping a drop pass from Murphy in the slot into the top right corner of the goal to make it 4-0.

The Green and White blew the game open with three goals during a five-minute power play in the middle frame after a major penalty was called on the visitors. George buried a rebound at 11:07, Kramer tipped in a shot from the point by junior Colby Bailey (Southborough, Mass.) at…