HARTFORD, Conn. — The Trinity College Bantams cruised to a dominant 6-2 victory over the New England College Pilgrims in a non-conference matchup at the Koeppel Community Sports Center on Tuesday afternoon. With the win, Trinity improves to 5-1-1 on the season, while NEC drops to 1-5-1 overall.

The Bantams took control early, scoring two goals in each period. Four of their six goals came during power-play opportunities, with two goals each in the first, second, and third periods.

Trinity's senior Alexander Mozian opened the scoring at 4:13 of the first period, capitalizing on the team's first power-play opportunity. Junior David Paluch doubled the lead later in the period, giving the Bantams a 2-0 advantage heading into the second frame.

The second period saw more scoring from the Bantams, beginning with freshman Dane Carter's first career goal at 3:35, assisted by Chase McInnis and Jakob Karpa. Three minutes later, junior Spencer Korona extended the lead to 4-0, scoring just 49 seconds into another power play.

In the third period, Trinity added two more goals during a five-minute major penalty assessed to NEC's Dylan Duckson for boarding. Sophomore James Barbour scored 38 seconds into the penalty, ripping a shot from the top of the right circle. Korona then netted his second of the game 20 seconds later, chipping in a loose puck past NEC goaltender Anthony Beaulieu to make it 6-0.

Despite the large deficit, the Pilgrims fought back in the third period. Gunnar Sibley scored a short-handed goal at 11:38 after the Bantams mishandled the puck in their own zone. Then, at 17:16, David Novotny scored on the power play to cut the lead to 6-2.

The Bantams were awarded a 3-on-5 man advantage after two more penalties were assessed to the Pilgrims. However, they were unable to capitalize on the opportunity.

The Bantams outshot the Pilgrims 47-31, including a 4-1 advantage in power-play goals. Trinity also dominated in the faceoff circle, winning 34 draws to NEC's 17. Bantams goaltender Devon Bobak earned the win with 29 saves, allowing just one goal for a .967 save percentage. First-year Nikolas Barnes also saw action in goal, stepping in for the final 3:13 of the game.

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