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Polar Bears Oust Midd, 4-2
Panthers Bounce Jeffs, 4-3;
On to NESCAC Final Four!
Trevor Pollock (25)
forechecks behind the Amherst net, forcing the Jeffs' Conor Brown to cough up the puck. Robbie Dobrowski swooped in from the blue line and ripped a shot to the netminder's right, putting Midd in the lead 2-1 in the second period. The Panthers built a 4-1 lead on the strength of a pair of Louie Belisle tallies in the third and then held on in front of a furious Amherst onslaught in the final few minutes. Mike Peters played a solid game in net and was a wall in the middle period where he stopped 11 Amherst shots, many of them high quality bids. Midd faces Bowdoin in the second NESCAC semifinal next Saturday, after the Williams-Trinity game which is at 1:00PM. Midd has done well at Watson Arena since it opened in Jan. 2009, going 2-1-1, and the Panthers have won all 5 games against Bowdoin in NESCAC Championship history including in 4 conference title games.
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Midd Drops Season Finale to Jeffs, 5-3;
NESCAC Seedings Wait on Nemo
Evan Neuglod (37)
rips a shot on net to tie the score at 1-1 in the second period. Midd went on to skate into the second intermission with a 2-1 lead. The Panthers were unablle to hold off the Amhrest attack, however, and the Jeffs skated away with the 5-3 win. Middlebury now awaits the outcome of the Trinity-Bowdoin game on Monday night, a game rescheduled due to winter storm Nemo last weekend. A Trinity wins drops Midd into 5th place and puts them back on the bus to Amherst next Saturday while a Bowdoin win sets up a quarterfinal beween Midd and the Bantams next Saturday at Kenyon.
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Panthers Crush Continentals, 6-1;
Battle for Home Ice Continues
Midd played an excellent all-around game in a hostile environment. For one of the few times this season, the Panthers came out with an intensity that put its opponent back on its heels, scoring 4 times in the first period against an excellent netminder. The team takes the long trek to Amherst on Saturday for the final season game. Bowdoin's win tonight puts them in a solid position in the NESCAC with only Trininty able to catch them; Trinity and Bowdoin play their "Nemo" game on Monday at a neutral site in Mass. The Panthers continue the battle for the highest seed possible and can finish second or third with a win Saturday. A loss Saturday could place Midd as low as 5th place and out of a home quarterfinal in the NESCAC tournament.
Midd Rebounds; Excellent Effort
Stops Ephs, 3-1
Mike Peters (30) makes opne of his 26 stops against Williams in an excellent performance as Midd rebounded from a lackluster effort at Williams the previous night to dominate the back end of a home-and-home weekend against their travel partners.
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Panthers Beaten 6-2 @ Williams
Louie Belisle (9)
watches his shot hit home as Midd cut the Ephs lead to 2-1 in the 2nd period. This would prove to be one of a very few highlights on this night as Williams dominated the Panthers, 6-2.
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Midd Edges Trinity, 3-2; Moves into 2nd Place Tie w/ Williams in NESCAC
Mike Longo narrowly misses on a breakaway as the Trinity netminder slides across to rob him.
Midd played an excellent game, including completely dominating Trinity and holding them to a single shot on goal in the 2nd period.
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Panthers Explode for 6-3 Win Over Wesleyan; Wounded Warriors Feted
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Chris Brown spearheaded the Wounded Warrior project for Middlebury and also assisted on Matt Silcoff's tying goal in the first period |
Evan Neugold celebrates Silcoff's goal. Wesleyan managed a comback to tie the game at 3, but a 3 goal outburst from the Panthers in the 3rd sealed this win. |
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Midd Edges Tufts, 5-4; 4-pt NESCAC Weekend Moves Midd to 4th Place
Panthers Ride Camels, 4-1
Bowdoin Blanks Midd, 3-0
Midd Tops Colby, 5-3;
Moorefield-Yee Claims 1st Win
Chris Brown
(19) flips the puck into the open side at 5:01 of the 3rd period to get Midd back on the winning track. Brown's gamewinner topped a Panther comback after trailng 2-0 after 20 minutes. The Panthers dominated play in the final 2 periods to claim the win.
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Plattsburgh Drubs Panthers, 7-1
George Ordway (22) celebrates Evan Neugold's
powerplay goal that cut Plattsburgh's lead to 2-1 in the first period. It was all downhill from there, however, as the Panthers were completely dominated by the Cardinals in this one. Not many highlights from this tilt. Midd begins the second round of NESCAC play on Jan 18th and will look to improve their position in the conference standings.
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Norwich Drops Midd, 3-1
First year players like Liam Moorefield-Yee (left) and Max Greenwald (right) have begun to have a significant impact with the young Panther squad but they fell to top-ranked Norwich on the strength of two 3rd period goals. Liam made 24 stops, many of them on high-quality shots, while the team showed stretches of excellent defense and puck control. Midd has shown continued improvement in many facets of its game but continues to struggle with goal scoring. The Panthers have suffered four 1-goal and two 2-goal losses this season.
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Trinity Edges Midd, 2-1
Along with being his usual pesky self, Derek Pimental was also the only Panther able to dent the Trinity net despite 50+ shots. While playiing very well defensively, the Panthers struggled to find the back of the net.
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Panthers Top Cardinals, 4-3
Matt Silcoff (12) buzzed the net and tallied twice in the third period to lead the Panthers over the Cardinals at Middletown, Conn.
Nick BonDurant played an exellent game bewteen the pipes as Midd cracked back into win column after several 1-goal losses.
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Midd Drops HC Consi, 3-2
Max Greenwald (20) tallied his first goal after some excellent work by Robbie Dobrowski in the first period. Robbie Donahoe tallied in the third but WIT sandwiched 3 goals between the Midd scores and the Panthers skated away winless in the Holiday Classic
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Babson Edges Panthers in Holiday Classic, 2-1
Liam Moorefield-Yee got his first start in a Panther uniform and performed extremely well. His counterpart at the other end, however, also had an excellent outing and the P anthers dropped their opening game in the 20th Holiday Classic.
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Amherst Drops Midd, 4-2
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Derek Pimental (34, left) moves in on the Amerst net and flips an excellent feed to Ronald Fishman (14) for Ron's first career Panther goal. It wasn't, however, quite enough as the Lord Jeffs showed a very stingy defense and a very talented netminder.
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Panthers Down Continentals in OT, 5-4
Ben Wiggins (42) and Louie belisle watch Ben's OT gamewinner hit home as the Panthers once more had a lead slip away only to force overtime and Wiggins' heroics just :31 into the extra frame.
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Midd Trounces Tufts, 9-2;
Belisle Has Record Night
Louis Belisle (9) rips a shot into the corner for a goal in his record-setting performance, six points on
four goals and two assists. Midd buried the Jumbos on a barrage of 40 shots as 14 Panthers hit the scoresheet.
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Panthers and Camels Tie, 3-3
in Midd Home Opener
Tom Freyre (6) had an auspicious home debut as he tallied twice, once midway in the final frame to put Midd ahead 3-2. The Camels managed to deadlock the game at 18:25
and Midd stormed the Conn College net in the overtime but had to settle for the draw.
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Midd Sees Win Slip Away in Primelink Championship, 5-4
Matt Silcoff (12) flips the puck past the Norwich netminder for his second tally of the night as Midd came from a goal down for the second time in ther game. The Panthers executed an excellent game, building a 4-2 lead when Bredan McGovern scored at 13:51. Norwich roared back for 3 goals in the final 6:00 minutes take the 2012 Primelink Championship.
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Panthers Dump Platty, 3-2;
Face Norwich in Primelink Final
Derek Pimental
(34) scored midway through the second period to tie Plattsburgh at 1-1. The Panthers took the lead then fended off intense Cardinal pressure in the waning minutes to secure the victory and a slot in the Primelink Shootout.
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Midd and Bowdoin in Classic Matchup, 4-4
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Chris Steele (5)
drives to the Bowdoin net and scores the Panthers' fourth goal. This was a classic battle of two of the best in NESCAC. Look forward to the Polar Bears return to Kenyon on January 19th!
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Panthers Ride Mules, 5-2
Louie Belisle moves in on the Colby netminder
and tallies Midd's second goal which knotted the score at 2-2. After a slow start the Panthers found their legs and tallied 3 times in the final frame to win their season opener on the road.
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