MALDEN, MA (December 3, 2022) – Six Jumbos had multi-point games and freshman goalie Gus Bylin recorded his second shutout in the last week as the Tufts men's hockey team won 5-0 over Middlebury College in NESCAC play Saturday afternoon at Valley Forum.
Cole Dubicki led Tufts with a goal and two assists while
Jack Hughes (2 goals),
Harrison Bazianos (1-1),
Brennan Horn (1-1),
Sam Miller (2 assists) and
Tyler Sedlak (2 assists) each had a pair of points. Bylin made 19 saves for his second shutout of the season including 3-0 versus UMass Dartmouth last Sunday.
After a scoreless first period, Tufts tallied twice in the second. Dubicki had a power play goal with one second remaining on a five-minute major by Middlebury. He gained the puck in the right corner, whirled out to the center of the blue line and snapped one top shelf on the left side less than two minutes into the frame giving Tufts a lead they would not relinquish.
Sedlak got the second goal sequence started from Tufts' zone by clearing the puck just over the reach of a Middlebury defender. Bazianos chased it down with control into the Panther zone. He sent a pass through the slot to Miller, whose shot was tipped in by Hughes at 12:59.
With Tufts entering the third up 2-0, Hughes would get his second goal in a row when his slapper from the right point got through Middlebury goalie Adam Wisco just 1:44 into the period. Dubicki had fired a pass across the zone to Horn, who teed up Hughes for the shot.
The Jumbos' second power-play goal of the afternoon came when a rebound of a blast by Miller from the right face-off circle was stuffed home by Bazianos at 4:53 of the third. Then less than five minutes later, another shot by Miller from the slot during a three-on-one chance rebounded out to Horn who back-handed in the fifth Jumbo goal.
Bylin wasn't tested often, but he saved a blast by Middebury's Andrew Malatesa on a two-and-one opportunity in the closing minutes of the third period to hold up his shutout.
The Jumbos won their first NESCAC game while improving to 2-5 overall. They out-shot the Panthers 34-19. Tufts was 2 for 4 on power play opportunities.
Middlebury fell to 1-5 and 1-3 in the league. Wisco finished with 29 saves.
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