By Johnny Alexandre '22

HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut College men's ice hockey team picked up its second straight NESCAC victory on the road, downing the Trinity Bantams by a score of 3-1 on Friday evening.
 
Goaltender Sean Dynan (Reading, Mass) recorded 39 saves and again only allowed just one goal, giving his team the opportunity to win. Senior forward Paul Capozzi (Lake Forest, Ill) tallied his fourth straight game with a point and second straight game with a goal. Lukas Uhler (Upland, Calif.) also added three points on a goal and two assists. 
 
Dynan showed up early, continuing his stellar play from Tuesday by stopping consecutive Trinity breakaway chances early on following Camel turnovers in their own zone. With Connecticut College looking to advance the puck with about 15 minutes left in the first period, the puck found defenseman Bjorn Scheubpach (Monument, Colo.) at center ice. Scheubpach skated it forward past the red line marking center ice, noticing he had his forward line of Uhler, Will Winship (Andover, Mass.), and Younghoon Choi (Seoul, South Korea) ahead of him. He then threw the puck down by the boards to the left of the Trinity net for his teammates to catch up to in space.
 
Choi was first to the puck, and he won the battle for possession and kicked it Uhler, who was then able to play off a nice give-and-go with teammate Winship and set up the point-blank attempt which would get past Trinity goalie Patrick Pugliese for the first goal of the game and a 1-0 lead.
 
Connecticut College (3-7, NESCAC 2-5) also displayed its toughness in the first period, blocking seven of Trinity's shots and holding onto the lead through the conclusion of the first period.   
 
The second period was all Connecticut College, early and often, with the Camels extending their lead to 3-0 before four minutes had passed in the new period. The first one came by the stick of Eric Fournier (Lethbridge, Alberta). With Trinity struggling to get the puck out of their own zone, Sam Stone (Middleton, Mass.) pressured the Trinity puck handler forcing the turnover and getting the puck to his defensemen Fournier in space. Fournier had room to skate in a few strides and fired an accurate shot into the top left corner of the net for the 2-0 lead.
 
Just moments later, and with Connecticut College fresh on the power play following a tripping penalty called on Trinity's Nicholas Siffringer, the Camels won the faceoff in Trinity's zone and the puck found defensemen Devan Newhook (St. John's Newfoundland), who walked the blueline towards center ice. Capozzi filled in Newhook's vacated space and fired a shot, which went low off the goaltender Pugliese's leg pad. The rebound bounced right back to Capozzi, who was following his shot, and this time was able to convert from closer range, extending the lead to 3-0. 
 
Despite the extremely strong start to the period for the Camels, the Bantams were still able to get themselves on the scoreboard at about the halfway point of the second period. The goal was scored by Richard Boysen at the expiring seconds of a penalty called on Connecticut College's Capozzi for tripping.
 
Trinity (7-6, NESCAC 5-4) was able to take advantage of the man advantage, winning the faceoff and having a clear shot from close range in front of Dynan to the right of the left faceoff circle in Connecticut College's zone, narrowing the score to 3-1 in favor of the Camels.   
 
Connecticut College wouldn't score again in the third period, but neither would Trinity (7-6). Connecticut College's Sean Dynan would be credited with a 39 save victory and was helped out by his defense who 17 blocked shots to Trinity's five. Connecticut College also led in faceoffs won, 43-21, while Trinity led in total shots 78-36. Both teams scored on their sole power play opportunities.  
 
Connecticut College will next face off against the Wesleyan Cardinals tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. in Middletown, Connecticut.