Henniker, N.H. - Senior Chris Powers (Lynnfield, Mass.) and freshman Paul Jaskot (Methuen, Mass.) each had two goals and two assists, as the visiting Trinity College Bantams downed the New England College Pilgrims in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC)/Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) East men's ice hockey action this evening.  The Bantams improve to 9-3 overall and 6-2 in the NESCAC, while the loss Pilgrims, ranked No. 15 in the nation, drop to the Pilgrims to 9-4 overall and 4-3 in the ECAC East.

Trinity did not waste much time getting on the board as Jaskot would net his first goal of the night assisted by Adam Houli (Howell, N.J.) and Powers just 46 seconds into the opening period.  Trinity tacked on another goal late in the first as Powers converted on a Trinity power-play opportunity assisted by Houli and Jaskot at the 16:46 mark that sent the Bantams into the first intermission up 2-0.

Powers put the Bantams up 3-0 at the 7:10 mark in the second period as he stuffed in a loose puck assisted again by Jaskot and Houli.  The NEC offense woke up late in the second period as Dylan Exton (Calagry, Alberta) scored off a pass from Jared Mullen (Roanoke, Va.) and Pat Melillo (Wallingford, Conn.) at the 17:37 mark.  NEC's Simon Laudon-Sorlin (Stockholm, Sweden) netted another Pilgrim goal just under a minute later cutting the Bantam lead to 3-2 heading into the final period.

The two teams battled through much of the third period scoreless before Jaskot struck again with the Bantams' second power-play goal of the evening at the 15:20 mark.  The Pilgrims fought their way back but the Trinity defense held strong the rest of the way.  Trinity sophomore goalie  Wesley Vesprini (Lexington, Mass.) finished with 23 saves, and Aaron Harvey (Milford, Nova Scotia) recorded 21 saves for the Pilgrims.

box score