HARTFORD, Conn. – Tufts University's Tyler Sedlak scores midway through the second period and Peyton Durand makes 45 saves in the 2024 NESCAC Men's Hockey Championship semifinals Saturday inside the Keppel Community Sports Center. The Jambos defeated the Hamilton College Continentals 1-0. March 2.
Season update
- Fourth-seeded Hamilton (17-8-1) had won its last four games entering championship week. The Continentals, who received votes in this week's USCHO.com Division III Top 15 Poll, were looking to advance to the conference finals for the first time since 2017.
- No. 3 seed Tufts (14-9-3) advances to the NESCAC final and will play No. 1 seed Trinity College on Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m.
how did it happen
- Sedlak's goal came with 7:30 left in the second period, with assists from Max Resnick and Jack Hughes. Resnick won the Jambos faceoff four seconds before the goal.
- Hamilton started the power play just eight seconds after the opening faceoff. james philpott 'twenty five A few seconds later he hit a shot off the post.
- The Continentals had another power play opportunity at 6:08 of the first period, and had four shots on goal in a two-minute window.
- Hamilton got his revenge at the start of the third period. The Continentals had seven shot attempts in the first 70 seconds, capped by one. Max Brauka '26 A shot that hit the post.
- Hamilton made his third and final power play with 6 minutes, 29 seconds left, but it seemed to help Taft more than Continental. The Jumbos had four shots to Hamilton's two, including two breakaways where Tufts players got behind the Continentals' defense.
- Hamilton pulled his goaltender with more than two minutes left, giving him a sixth skater. Duran stopped eight shots in the final two minutes, earning the shutout.
Note
- jack grant 'twenty four He was equally impressive in goal for the Continentals, stopping 37 shots. Grant started 15 games and finished the season with a 2.71 goals-against average, .918 save percentage, and a 9-6-0 record.
- The Jumbos blocked an astonishing 23 shots and won 43 of 79 faceoffs.
- Hamilton's past seven games have all been decided by one goal.
- In the past two games this season, the Continentals rallied from a three-point deficit to tie Tufts 3-3 at home on January 13th, and Hamilton defeated the Jambos 3-2 in overtime in Massachusetts on February 10th. I broke it.
