Men's Ice Hockey

NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey Weekly Release - Jan. 8, 2024

NESCAC Player of the Week
Alex Kozic – Bowdoin – Sr. – G – Burnham Norton, United Kingdom
Kozic led the Polar Bears to their first undefeated trip to Amherst and Hamilton since 2016 with a pair of outstanding performances in net. The senior made a season-high 46 saves in a 4-2 win at Amherst on Friday night before posting 35 saves in a 2-0 shutout of Hamilton on Saturday. For the weekend, Kozic recorded 81 saves with a .975 save percentage and 1.00 goals against average. 
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Senior Ryan Tucker (Clarkson, Mich.) scored twice in a 3-2 win over Colby in a 2-1-0 week for the Mammoths.

Colby - John McElaney (Walpole, Mass.) tallied two goals in a midweek win over Division II Saint Anselm College. The senior also netted a goal and an assist in a setback on the road at Amherst. McElaney’s four points on the week increased his team-leading total to 10, good for 10th in the NESCAC. 

Conn. College - Senior goaltender Sean Dynan (Reading, Mass.) appeared in two out of three games last week, including both games in the 58th Annual Codfish Bowl Tournament, hosted by UMass Boston, which the Camels won. In the semifinal on Friday, Dynan stopped 25 of 26 shots faced, through regulation and overtime, before stopping 5 of 7 shots in a shootout, as Conn took down Suffolk to advance to the championship game. In the championship game, a 3-0 win over the hosts, the senior was tested early and often, stopping all 41 shots faced, including 17 in the first period. For the weekend, Dynan stopped 66 of 67 shots, for a 0.49 goals against average and a .985 save percentage, en route to being named Codfish Bowl Tournament MVP.

HamiltonGrisha Gotovets (Minsk, Belarus) scored four goals as the Continentals split four games. Gotovets scored twice in the first period and blocked four shots in Hamilton's 4-2 win against Colby. The multi-goal performance was the first of the junior's Hamilton career. Gotovets added a goal in a 4-0 victory against Trine on Dec. 30 and tallied another as the Continentals were edged 4-3 in overtime by the Thunder on Dec. 29.

MiddleburyAndrew Heinze (North Andover, Mass.) earned his first career win in net on Tuesday evening, posting a personal best 34 saves in a 4-1 victory over New England College. The first year followed that performance with 22 stops on Friday night to secure a 1-1 tie at Wesleyan. Heinze owns a .926 save percentage through five games played, which ranks in the top 10 in the NESCAC.

Trinity – Junior Alexander Mozian (Old Greenwich, Conn.) led the Bantams' offense logging at least one point in every game, tallying three goals and two assists during a 3-0 week. Mozian netted a goal during a 6-0 win over King’s College, then logged a pair of assists in a 7-1 NESCAC win over Williams. Mozian potted a pair of goals, including the game-winner, in a 3-2 victory over Middlebury. 

TuftsLiam O'Hare (Barcelona, Spain) was named MVP of the Boston Landing Collegiate Invitational, which Tufts won over the weekend. The sophomore scored the game-winning goal with 2:33 left in regulation in the opening round game against Wentworth to help send the Jumbos to the championship game, which they won 5-0 over Nichols on Sunday. O'Hare had a goal and two assists over the weekend. It's the Jumbos' first regular-season tournament championship since the 2015-16 team won the Rutland Herald Invitational hosted by Castleton. The win is also the sixth in a row for the Jumbos (6-4-1) this season, matching their longest winning streak since 2009-10.

WesleyanErik Voloshin (Concord, N.H.) made 72 saves, allowing just three goals, in two starts for the Cardinals against the University of New England and Middlebury. The goaltender began with 41 saves, taking the hard-luck defeat as he allowed just two goals in a 2-1 loss against UNE. The senior followed with 31 saves and one goal allowed in a 1-1 tie on Friday night at home against Middlebury. In his two games, Voloshin recorded a .960 save percentage and a 1.46 goals against average. 

Williams – Junior Owen Stadheim (Lyme, N.H.) posted one goal and two assists in a 2-2 stretch over the last two weeks for the Ephs. In a 3-2 win at Albertus Magnus on Dec. 30, Stadheim assisted on a second-period goal and netted the game-winning tally 1:20 into the third period on the power play. He also assisted on the first goal of the game in a 5-3 triumph at Wesleyan on Saturday.