Bates College Men's Ice Hockey

Final score: University of Massachusetts 5 - Bates College 3
Scoring:
1st period / 10:14 - W. Chaput (25) from C. Chaput
1st period / 17:16 - C. Clark (3) from M. Ohlheiser, C. Stern
2nd period / 8:09 - J. Quenzel (1) from C. Chaput, W. Chaput

Game story to follow.

Bates College will open the Northeastern Collegiate Hockey Association (NECHA) playoffs with a quarterfinals matchup against the University of Massachusetts. The game is scheduled for Saturday, February 13 at 9:00 PM. It will be a road game for the Bobcats and will be played at the Mullins Center in Amherst, MA.

Thanks to Lila Totino for the video.

Heading into the final regular season game of the year, the message was clear for Bates: win and keep playing, or lose and be done. Both Endicott and Bates entered the final game with 9 points, battling for the fourth and final seed in the American East Conference.

In front of a raucous crowd in Underhill Arena, Bates fell down 2-0 to Endicott in the first period before Miles Davee '11 cut the deficit in half on the power play after a nice feed from Cam Chaput '12. Endicott took a 2-1 lead to the locker rooms after 1 period, but Bates woke up in time for the second period.

Final score: Bates College 10, Bentley College 8
Scoring:
1st period / 0:30 - C. Chaput (9)
1st period / 9:49 - W. Chaput (21)
2nd period / 3.47 - M. Davee (12) from C. Chaput, P. Stanton
2nd period / 8:13 - S. Boyer (2) from M. Ohlheiser
2nd period / 15:07 - C. Clark (2) from A. Berry
2nd period / 16:53 - C. Chaput (10) from M. Davee
2nd period / 18:48 - C. Stern (7)
3rd period / 0:47 - M. Davee (13) from C. Chaput, W. Chaput
3rd period / 14:30 - C. Chaput (11) from W. Chaput
3rd period / 19:41 - W. Chaput (22)

Final score: Endicott College 6, Bates College 5
Scoring:
1st period / 3:13 - W. Chaput (17) from C. Chaput
1st period / 4:21 - W. Chaput (18) from M. Davee, C. Chaput
1st period / 10:42 - G. Kopeski (3) from J. Quenzel
2nd period / 17:23 - W. Chaput (19) from G. Kopeski, M. Davee
3rd period / 12:57 - W. Chaput (20) from M. Davee, C. Chaput

Final score: Masschusetts Institute of Technology 4, Bates College 3
Scoring:
1st period / 13:47 - M. Davee (11) from G. Kopeski
2nd period / 11:38 - S. Boyer (1) from W. Chaput, M. Davee
3rd period / 10:00 - C. Chaput (8) from M. Davee, J. Quenzel

Final score: Bryant University 8, Bates College 7
Scoring:
1st period / 4:57 - A. Berry (4) from S. Boyer
1st period / 5:22 - M. Davee (9) from W. Chaput, C. Chaput
1st period / 6:51 - C. Stern (6) from G. Kopeski
1st period / 15:55 - C. Chaput (7) from G. Kopeski
3rd period / 5:09 - K. Aulet (1) from A. Berry, S. Boyer
3rd period / 14:30 - M. Davee (10) from A. Kaplan

The Bobcats have a hockey-packed weekend starting tonight, with three games slated over the next three days. Bates will begin the road trip by playing at Bryant University tonight, at MIT on Saturday evening, and concluding the weekend at Endicott. All three games are league contests.

Friday, January 29 ... 8:30pm
vs. Bryant University @ Smithfield Municipal Ice Rink

Saturday, January 30 ... 3:00pm
vs. Massachusetts Institute of Technology @ Johnson Ice Rink

Sunday, January 31 ... 7:20pm
vs. Endicott College @ Pingree School

Thanks to Dan Roop and Nicole Kahn for the video.