NESCAC Player of the Week
Ethan Ullrick – Tufts – Jr. - F – Lakewood, Ill.
In his first two games as a Jumbo, Ullrick, a transfer from Air Force, helped Tufts sweep the weekend against Wesleyan, 4-1, and Trinity, 5-2. The junior had a goal and three assists for four points overall. Against Wesleyan, Ullrick finished with two assists, helping set up the goals that gave Tufts leads of 1-0 and 4-1. Against Trinity, Tufts came back with four third-period goals to erase a 2-1 deficit and win 5-2. Ullrick scored the go-ahead goal, putting Tufts up 3-2, then assisted on the next goal, which gave the Jumbos a 4-2 lead. 
 
NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Senior Josh Burke (Tampa, Fla.) scored the Mammoths' first and only goal of the week in a 5-1 season-opening loss to Hamilton.

Bowdoin – Will Rice (Cambridge, Mass.) scored three goals and added an assist in a perfect opening weekend for Bowdoin, which swept Middlebury and Williams by a combined score of 11-2. Rice scored a power-play goal on Friday night, doubling Bowdoin's lead in the first period of an eventual 4-0 win. On Saturday, the sophomore scored the game-winning goal in the first period and then added another goal in the second frame to make it 6-0 Polar Bears in an eventual 7-2 victory. Rice also had a first-period assist to cap the weekend. 

Colby – Sophomore Colby Browne (Evergreen, Colo.) helped the Mules to two conference wins in the opening weekend of the 2025-26 season. The sophomore tallied two assists as Colby shut out Williams 3-0 on Friday night and added a goal midway through the first period in Saturday’s 3-2 win over Middlebury. 
 
Conn. College - Sophomore forward Matt Lewis (Pembroke, Mass.) led Conn. College to a 1-1 weekend to open the 2025-26 season with three points and 32 face-off wins (62%). On Friday night, Lewis tallied two goals, one assist, and 13 face-off wins as the Camels came from behind to beat No. 14 Trinity, 4-2. With the game tied at two in the third period, Lewis notched the final two goals of the game to give Conn. College the victory. On Saturday against Wesleyan, Lewis finished with a game-high 19 face-off wins.

Hamilton – Luke Tchor (Toronto, Ontario) posted four points on two goals and two assists in two wins for the Continentals. In a 5-1 victory against Amherst, Tchor scored late in the first period for a 2-1 lead and had the primary assist on Hamilton's fourth goal. The junior tied the score at 2-2 midway through the second period and added the primary assist on the Continentals' fifth goal in a 5-2 triumph at SUNY Canton.

Middlebury – Rookie John Halverson (Edina Minn.) and Luc Malkhassian (Toronto, Ontario) tallied their first collegiate goals against Colby. Sophomore Conor Sullivan (Westborough, Mass.) made 26 stops over two contests in net for Middlebury.

Trinity – Sophomore Ryan Panico (Southport, Conn.) paced the Bantams' offense in a pair of season-opening battles at Conn. College and Tufts, producing three points with two goals and an assist. Against the Camels, Panico potted the Bantams' first goal of the season and added a goal and an assist in a loss at Tufts.

Williams – Senior Connor Berg (Natick, Mass.) scored a power-play goal at Bowdoin on Saturday.