Brian Beard

Men's Ice Hockey

NESCAC Men's Ice Hockey Weekly Release - Jan. 19, 2026

NESCAC Player of the Week
Gabe Shipper – Bowdoin – Sr. - F – Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Shipper led the Polar Bears to a weekend sweep of NESCAC opponents in Watson Arena. On Friday, Shipper set up junior Isaac Abbott's (Halifax, Nova Scotia) game-winning goal with 3:23 remaining in a 4-2 win over Trinity. On Saturday, Shipper scored a pair of goals - Bowdoin's first two of the game - to help propel the Polar Bears to a 3-0 victory over Wesleyan. 

NESCAC Weekly Honor Roll
Amherst – Zachary Murray (Alexandria, Va.) registered four assists in a 1-1-0 week for the Mammoths. In a 4-1 win over Connecticut College, the senior was credited with an assist on three of the four Amherst goals, including the eventual game-winner.

Colby – Colby Browne (Evergreen, Colo.) scored two goals in a 3-2 overtime win over Wesleyan. The sophomore knotted the game at a goal apiece early in the second period and tallied the game-winner with 0.8 seconds remaining in overtime. With 10 seconds left in the extra frame, Browne hit the crossbar, chased down the rebound from his own shot, and split the defense for one more try before the buzzer. The game-winner was his fourth of the season, and he leads the conference with 13 goals in 15 games. Browne also added an assist in Saturday's matchup with Trinity. 

Conn. College - First-year forward Jimmy Lyver (North Grafton, Mass.) continued his strong start to his career. On Friday at Amherst, Lyver opened the scoring just three minutes into the contest, as he recorded his third goal of the year in just his sixth game.

Hamilton – Aksel Reid (Minneapolis, Minn.) posted a .979 save percentage and 0.50 goals against average in two NESCAC wins. Reid made 23 saves, including 11 in the third period, in a 3-1 victory against Tufts. The junior stopped all 24 of Connecticut College's shots on goal in a 6-0 triumph. The shutout was Reid's second with the Continentals, with both coming this season.

Middlebury – Junior Jackson Morehouse (Pittsburgh, Pa.) continued his points streak in a 2-0-0 week for the Panthers. The forward opened the two-game set with an assist on Middlebury’s first goal that helped propel the squad to a 2-1 overtime triumph over St. Michael’s. Shifting to conference action, Morehouse found rookie Jake Stevens (Newton, N.J.) for the go-ahead goal as part of four unanswered tallies to lead Middlebury to a 4-2 victory over Williams.

Trinity – Jason Zaccari (Santa Ana, Calif.) logged a pair of goals, potting one in each game, for the Bantams in a 1-1 week. The first-year netted the overtime game-winner for Trinity to capture a 3-2 win at Colby. Zaccari helped Trinity even the game at 2-2 against Bowdoin in an eventual 5-2 loss.

Tufts – Junior Trace Norwell (Erie, Colo.) tallied two goals and an assist for three total points in two games as Tufts finished with a 1-1-0 record last week. Norwell recorded a helper on the Jumbos’ lone goal in a 3-1 loss versus No. 4 Hamilton on Friday. In a 5-4 comeback win over Amherst on Saturday, Norwell scored twice for the second time this season, including the game-winner.

Williams – Jake McManus (Winthrop, Mass.) posted two goals and one assist, including the game-winning tally, in a 5-2 win over Anna Maria on Sunday. The sophomore also contributed an assist in a 3-3 tie at MCLA on Tuesday.