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Andrew Heinze made a career-high 34 saves and claimed his first collegiate win.
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New England Col. NECMH 2-11-1
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Winner Middlebury MIDMH 2-6-2
New England Col. NECMH
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Final
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Middlebury MIDMH 0 2 2 4

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Second Period Surge Powers Panthers Past Pilgrims 4-1

The Middlebury men's ice hockey team opened the 2024 portion of its season with a resounding 4-1 victory over New England College. The Panthers scored four unanswered goals over the final two periods, including two short-handed markers to claim the win.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • The Pilgrims looked to get on the board after 1:27 of the first period. Jesper Tarkianen skated into the offensive zone and ripped a shot from the left circle that was neatly snagged by Andrew Heinze.
  • The hosts registered their best chance of the opening stanza at the 6:56 mark. John Burdett sent a tape-to-tape pass to Andrej Hromic who broke away down the ice, but his backhanded bid was denied by the stick of Pilgrim goalie Kai Tomita.
  • The visitors almost grabbed the lead with 5:50 showing on the clock. David Novotny latched onto a pass from Paul Waldhauser and fired a close-range shot toward the top-right corner, but it was caught by the glove of Heinze.
  • New England College opened the scoring with 3:25 to go in the opening stanza. Cam Perez zipped a pass to Shane Adler who rifled an effort on target. Heinze denied the initial bid, but the rebound fell to Adler, who made no mistake, firing the puck into the left corner for the 1-0 edge. 
  • Middlebury answered with a goal on the power play 4:44 into the second period. A nifty pass from Jackson Morehouse found Zach Whitehead who wristed his shot into the top-left corner to knot the contest at 1-1. 
  • Less than a minute later, the Panthers jumped in front. Wyatt Pastor secured the loose puck in the neutral zone and rushed past a defender before slipping a pass to Matt Myers. Myers centered the puck for Pastor who tapped it into the net for a 2-1 lead. 
  • The Pilgrims nearly evened the contest on the power play with 6:36 remaining. Waldhauser received a cross-crease pass and looked destined to score, but his one-timer was pushed aside by a sprawling Heinze to preserve the advantage heading into the final frame.
  • Just over halfway through the third stanza, Kam Hellman looked to equalize for New England College, but his back-to-back chances were thwarted by the Panther netminder.
  • Middlebury iced the game with 2:14 to go. Hromic skated into the offensive zone and centered a pass for Chris Garbe who ripped his shot into the top shelf to extend the Panther lead to 3-1. 
  • Jin Lee added an empty-net tally with 22 seconds remaining in the contest to seal the 4-1 triumph.
NOTES
  • Lee has tallied a goal in each of the last four games and has registered a point in five of his last six contests.
  • Heinze was superb between the pipes for Middlebury, saving a career-best 34 shots in the win. 
  • The Panther penalty kill was sensational during the victory, not allowing a goal in nine minutes of penalty time. 
  • With two shorthanded goals tonight, Middlebury has now scored three in its last two games.
  • The programs faced off for the 35th time. Middlebury owns a 29-5-1 record against the Pilgrims and has won 25 of the last 27 meetings.
The Panthers travel to Wesleyan for a NESCAC contest on Friday, with puck drop scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
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