Men's Ice Hockey

NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey Weekly Release - Jan. 27, 2025

NESCAC Player of the Week
Luke Tchor – Hamilton – So. – F – Toronto, Ontario
Tchor recorded three goals and a primary assist in a 4-3 win against Amherst, the lone game of the week for the Continentals. The hat trick was Tchor's first at Hamilton and the four points tied a career high. The sophomore forward assisted on the goal that put the Continentals in the lead for good at 3-2 just 18 seconds into the third period. Tchor's third goal made it 4-2 at 5:16 of the third.
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Bowdoin – Junior Aidan Lyons (Brookline, Mass.) had a goal in both games as the Polar Bears defeated Middlebury and bested Williams in a shootout at Watson Arena last weekend. Lyons scored a minute into the third period on Friday night against Middlebury, pushing Bowdoin's advantage to two goals, in an eventual 5-1 win over the Panthers. On Sunday, with Bowdoin trailing late to Williams, Lyon notched the game-tying goal with 3:21 remaining to force overtime in an eventual shootout win for the Polar Bears. 
 
Colby – With 27 saves on Friday night against Williams, Cooper Rautenstrauch (Buffalo, N.Y.) collected his first career shutout as the Mules posted a 3-0 win versus the Ephs. The first-year netminder has a 7-3-1 record on the season. 
 
Conn. College – Sophomore forward Shane Zarcone (Huntington, N.Y.) paced Conn. College with two goals over the weekend. On Friday against Trinity, Zarcone tallied the first two goals of the contest, as the Camels jumped out to an early 2-0 lead. Zarcone also added six face-off wins and one blocked shot across both games.
 
Middlebury – Reece Brednich (La Grange, Ky.) played a pivotal role in helping Middlebury top Colby, 6-4, in a contest with four ties. Knotted at 4-4 heading into the final frame, Brednich assisted the game-winning marker before adding an insurance tally to secure the victory for the Panthers. It was the first multi-point performance for the rookie.
 
Trinity – Sophomore Jakob Karpa (Newport Beach, Calif.) registered two points across a pair of NESCAC battles for the Bantams. In a 5-3 win at Conn. College, Karpa logged a goal and an assist and added five blocked shots in a 2-0 loss at Tufts.
 
Tufts  – Gustave Bylin (Montclair, N.J.) continued his excellent play in goal for Tufts. On Saturday, the junior shut out Trinity with 24 saves for a 2-0 Jumbo victory. It was the first time Trinity was held scoreless this season, and the Tufts win ended Trinity’s five-game winning streak. The shutout was the first of Bylin's career. On Friday, he allowed just one goal with 18 saves in a 2-0 loss to Wesleyan. For the week Bylin had a 0.50 goals against average and .977 save percentage, stopping 42 of 43 shots on goal.
 
Wesleyan Patrick McDevitt (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec) led the Cardinals to six points with back-to-back NESCAC road wins over Tufts and at Conn. College. McDevitt started with a 49-save shutout in a 2-0 win over Tufts on Friday which tied for the second-most by a Cardinal goalie in a game ending in regulation in team history while also marking his first career shutout. The rookie followed with 24 saves in a 6-3 win over Conn. College on Saturday. 

Williams – Newcomer Jake McManus (Winthrop, Mass.) finished with two assists in a 3-3 tie at Bowdoin on Saturday.