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Marcus Mollica of Williams notched five goals on the weekend.\u00a0 (Williams Athletics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The season is now officially open for all conferences in the East. NESCAC opened this weekend, and Trinity, Williams, and Wesleyan got out of the gates fast. Babson and Massachusetts-Boston continued their hot play, and Anna Maria scored its first-ever win as an NCAA program. Lots of prolific goal scoring and some exceptional goaltending as well throughout the different leagues.<\/p>\n

CCC<\/strong>
\nPreseason contenders Salve Regina and Endicott played a two-game series this past weekend with the Seahawks continuing their strong play on the road in a 6-3 win on Friday night. Paul Boutoussov recorded a hat trick, including a power-play goal, an even-strength goal, and a short-handed goal in the win. On Saturday night, the Seahawks did something they hadn’t done yet this season: they won at home. The 5-1 win was spearheaded by great special teams and terrific goaltending from Blake Wojtala, who stopped 31-of-32 shots in picking up the weekend sweep.<\/p>\n

Independents<\/strong>
\nCoaches love to talk about the 60-minute game, and Anna Maria played just that in picking up their first ever NCAA program win, downing St. Michael’s, 4-1, on Saturday night. Jack Sitzman and Nick Kukuris each recorded a goal and an assist, while Patrick McGuane stopped 34 of 35 shots to earn win number one. The Amcats broke open a 1-1 game with three unanswered goals in the third period for the win.<\/p>\n

MASCAC<\/strong>
\nPlymouth State continued to roll with an 8-1 win over Salem State on Thursday night. The Panthers were led by senior Mike Volonnino’s four points that included a hat trick. J.R. Barone also picked up a pair of goals, while goalie Evan Morelli remained unbeaten, making 34 saves in the win that moves the Panthers to 6-0-1 on the season.<\/p>\n

NE-10<\/strong>
\nSouthern New Hampshire and Assumption played a key weekend series, and it was a great series with each team picking up a win. On Friday night, J.T. Kossakowski’s 47 saves helped the Penmen rally from a two-goal deficit for the 3-2 win. Jake Cox, Charlie Davis, and Brett Strawn scored in the first half of the second period to give SNHU a lead that Kossakowski made stand up for the win. On Saturday, momentum may have helped the Penmen, who raced to a 4-0 lead, only to see the Greyhounds storm back with five unanswered goals for the 5-4 win. Robert Roache scored the game-winner with less than two minutes remaining in regulation.<\/p>\n

NEHC<\/strong>
\nSkidmore finally got some results from playing some good hockey with a weekend sweep of New England College and Southern Maine. Matt Muzyka scored a pair of goals to set the Thoroughbreds on their way in a 5-2 win over NEC, while Adam Moodie scored a pair to pace the offense in a 4-1 win over the Huskies on Saturday. Goaltender Brandon Kasel made 49 saves in the two games to pick up both wins and move the Thoroughbreds to 2-1-1 in conference play.<\/p>\n

Both Massachusetts-Boston and Babson earned sweeps over Suffolk and Johnson & Wales, who are both looking for their first wins in conference play since joining the NEHC this season.<\/p>\n

NESCAC<\/strong>
\nIt was the opening weekend of play for all 10 teams, and several started strong with a pair of wins in conference play. Trinity and Wesleyan both earned sweeps over Connecticut College and Tufts. Friday night’s game between the Cardinals and the Camels was a see-saw affair, with Wesleyan scoring late in the third period to earn a 5-4. The Cardinals went 3-for-8 on the power play and scored five goals on just 19 shots. Things were a little tighter in a 1-0 win over Tufts with Spencer Fox getting the lone goal in support of a shutout from Tim Sestak in goal. The Bantams didn’t surrender a goal with 3-0 and 4-0 wins over the Jumbos and Camels. Goalie Tedy Loughborough picked up a pair of shutouts and both wins for Trinity. Williams swept Bowdoin and Colby, with senior Marcus Mollica picking up a hat trick in the 4-1 over Bowdoin on Friday night and adding two more goals in Saturday’s 4-3 at Colby.<\/p>\n

SUNYAC<\/strong>
\nFredonia enjoyed a four-point weekend that included an upset of previously unbeaten Oswego on Friday night. The Blue Devils downed the Lakers, 3-2, with Ethan Kirbis breaking a 2-2 tie early in the third period on a power play for the game-winning goal. On Saturday night, Fredonia built a 5-2 lead over Cortland, with Kirbis again scoring the decisive goal before the Red Dragons rallied to within one goal in the 5-4 decision.<\/p>\n

Brockport moved to 5-1-1 on the season with a big nonconference win over Hamilton on Saturday night. Doc Gentzler, Jordan Renaud, and Kyle Collette helped build a 3-0 lead for the home team that Jake Moore made stand up by stopping 33-of-34 shots from the Continentals.<\/p>\n

UCHC<\/strong>
\nLots of mixed results across the conference, but few as mercurial as Lebanon Valley’s weekend split with Nazareth and Utica. On Friday night, the Flying Dutchmen were shutout by Nazareth, 4-0, behind Sean Kuhn’s 34 saves. On Sunday, Brian Hovanec’s hat trick and 42 saves from goalie Tyler Perhac led to a 6-1 win over the Pioneers, who outshot LVC by a 43-18 margin and finished 0-for-11 on the power play.<\/p>\n

Three Biscuits<\/strong>
\nMarcus Mollica, Williams: Mollica started the season fast with five goals in the Ephs’ two road wins at Bowdoin and Colby. The senior forward posted a hat trick on Friday night and added two more goals in Saturday’s win at Colby.
\nMike Volonnino, Plymouth State: Volonnino recorded a hat trick and added an assist for a four-point night in the Panthers’ 8-1 conference win over Salem State.
\nSean Kuhn, Nazareth: Kuhn made 34 saves to earn the shutout win in Nazareth’s 4-0 victory over Lebanon Valley on Friday night.<\/p>\n

More great action is coming up this weekend as the holiday tournament season begins with some great regional and national matchups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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