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Feb. 9, 2008
HENNIKER, N.H. - New England College men's ice hockey would hold the visiting Babson College scoreless in picking up a huge 4-0 victory over the Beavers in an ECAC East matchup on Saturday afternoon. The win improves the Pilgrims to 13-5-3 overall and 8-4-3 in the conference, while the loss drops the 15th-ranked Beavers to 13-5-3 overall and 9-4-2 in the ECAC East. The two teams would battle evenly through much of the first period of play before NEC's Viktor Berfelt (Stockholm, Sweden) scored a goal assisted by Paul Ruta (Pickering, Ontario) and Bjorn Terasniska (Huddinge, Sweden) at the 14:58 mark. The Beavers would hold the edge in shots, 10-9, in the opening period but would head into the first intermission down 1-0. NEC would tack on two goals in the second including a power-play score by Mike Mullen (Pittsburgh, Pa.) at the 10:55 mark and a goal by leading scorer Mark Ehl (N. Vancouver, B.C.) to put the Pilgrims up 3-0 heading into the third period. Babson would have few opportunities in the third period as the Pilgrim defense would hold the visitors to just five shots on net. NEC's Mike Carmody (Falmouth, Maine) would tack on an additional power-play goal with just three seconds remaining in regulation to finish off the Pilgrims' 4-0 victory. Picking up the win in goal for New England College was Ron Baia, who finished with 19 saves in earning the shutout. In goal for Babson was junior Skylar Nipps (Orlando, Fl.), who finished with 21 saves. NOTE: Taken from a New England College press release.
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