Bates College Men's Ice Hockey

	The Bobcats suffered a second tough loss in as many days to the Northeastern University Huskies on Sunday, January 17. Despite holding the lead after two periods, Bates fell by a final margin of 6-4.
Cam Chaput, Kyle Aulet, and Wes Chaput celebrate with Garrett Kopeski after his second goal of the game.

Garrett Kopeski '11, playing in just his second game of the season since going abroad in the first semester, opened the scoring for Bates with his first goal of the year late in the first period. Cam Chaput '12 won the faceoff back on the powerplay to Kopeski, who was waiting on the point. Kopeski wasted no time in firing a wrist shot that found it's way into the net through a screen just seconds into the man-advantage. The goal evened the score at 1-1 and the score remained the same until the second period.

Wes Chaput '10 gave Bates a lead early in the second period with a goal, his team-leading 15th of the season. Later in the second period, Kopeski struck again with a wicked snipe into the top right corner with the help of Miles Davee '11 and Cam Chaput. With just 51 seconds left on the clock in the second period, the Huskies halted Bates' steady play to cut the deficit to 3-2.

Northeastern came out buzzing in the final period, scoring three powerplay goals in the first 5:46 of the third period to take a commanding 5-3 lead. Six minutes later, the Huskies struck a sixth and final time to extend their lead to three. The gap proved to be too much for the Bobcats to overcome, but Bates didn't go down without a fight.

Charley Stern '13 scored an unassisted goal with 2:58 remaining in the game to make it 6-4, but it was too little too late as Bates lost a battle against the clock.

Joe Dell'Erario '13 was in net for the Bobcats and helped to keep the Bobcats competitive, but the defense had no solution to the Huskies' onslaught in the third period as Northeastern's powerplay unit struck three times in a span of 3:07 on three separate man-advantages.

Center Matt Ohlheiser '11 was particularly strong in the faceoff circle over the weekend

Final score: Northeastern University 6, Bates College 4
Scoring:
1st period / 17:23 - G. Kopeski (1) from C. Chaput
2nd period / 1:46 - W. Chaput (15) from C. Chaput
2nd period / 16:40 - G. Kopeski (2) from M. Davee, C. Chaput
3rd period / 17:02 - C. Stern (5)