of Hamilton University Ben Zimmerman ’26 With two goals at Hamilton’s Russell Sage rink on Friday night, the Continentals handed Trinity College Bantams their first 3-1 loss to NESCAC.
season update
The Continentals won three in a row, improving to 3-2-0 overall and 1-1 in the conference. Trinity, ranked 11th in the national ranking, has 3 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws overall, and 2 wins and 1 loss in NESCAC.
how it happened
- Both teams had 11 shots in the first period, but scoreless.
- Zimmermann changed that 3:47 into the second period, controlled a loose puck in the slot and slid to the right for a wrist shot behind the net.
- Zimmermann scored a power play goal on an opportunity that started late in the second period after Bantam whistled for a rough penalty to make it 2–0 just 51 seconds into the third period. Nick Hawkins ‘twenty three A pass was sent to Zimmermann from behind the goal, who dropped to one knee and scored on a one-timer.
- Nicholas Siffringer cut Trinity’s deficit in half with 8:34 remaining.
- With 14 shots on goal in the third period, Bantams pulled the goalkeeper for an extra skater with 1:20 remaining.
- A few seconds later, jackson clock ’26 Collected a turnover in Hamilton’s defensive zone along the left board. He slipped through his ice in center and scored on an empty net with his 63 seconds remaining.
- Trinity had two more shots on goal in the final minute, Charlie Archer ‘twenty five We stopped both and kept the win.
Note
- Averaging 1.68 goals and a .944 save percentage over three games, Archer had a career-high 30 saves.
- Zimmermann’s goal was his first for Continental.
- Croc’s goal was his first for Hamilton, but he leads the team with four points.
- It was Hawkins’ third assist of the season and his 16th.th of his career.
- Grisha Gotovets ‘twenty five He scored his first points of the season and scored 14 points.th Career Assist at Continental.
- Fred Allaire ‘twenty three Win 14 out of 23 faceoffs Sean McAvoy ‘twenty three Hamilton won 7 out of 11 wins.
- Hamilton blocked 15 shots.
- JP Mera dodged the Bantam’s 23 shots.
- The Bantams averaged 5.5 goals in their first four games.
- The Continentals were 1-for-3 on the power play, but Trinity were scoreless with three chances.
- Hamilton has won four of his last five meetings with the Bantams, three in a row.
next game
Continental will host Wesleyan University (4-1-0, 2-1 NESCAC) for another conference matchup on Saturday, December 3rd at 3pm.
