NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A power-play goal from Robert Barrasso (Mountain Lakes, N.J.) late in the third period lifted the Albertus Magnus College men's ice hockey team to its fourth straight win as it defeated Babson College, 4-2 in a New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) game on Friday evening.

Barrasso's goal  - his first of the season - came at the 15:12 mark of the final period with the game tied, 2-2.

Kyle Dann (Windham, N.H.) and Paden Hicks (Kansas City, Mo.) each had a goal and an assist and William Lavigne (Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs, Quebec) scored a goal for Albertus.

THE BASICS

FINAL: Albertus Magnus 4 | Babson 2

RECORDS: Albertus (8-5-1, 5-3-1 NEHC) | Babson (9-6-1, 7-4-0 NEHC)

BOX

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Lavigne opened the scoring for Albertus as he received a pass from Tim Manning (Concord, Ohio) a few feet in front of the blue line and ripped a shot top shelf past Babson goaltender, Nate Mueller to give Albertus a 1-0 lead. It was the fourth goal of the season for Lavigne.
• Just over midway through the first period, Hicks scored his fifth goal of the season on a wide open net after Eric Chamandy (Montreal, Quebec) found him on a 2-on-1 break.
• Albertus went into the first intermission with the 2-0 lead as Chace Hale (Pittsburgh, Pa.) stopped all 11 shots he faced in net for Albertus.
• Babson tied the game up in the second period after two goals inside the first six minutes. Brendan Kennedy scored 1:44 into the period as he tipped in a slap shot from Will Holland to make it a 2-1 game. At the 5:22 mark in the period, Egan Schmitt found a loose puck after a deflected shot from Sean Senier and turned around and fired a shot into the back of the net to make it a 2-2 game.
• The offenses quieted down for nearly 30 minutes of game time until Barrasso's heroics. There were no penalties in the game until a boarding penalty was called on Babson's Charlie Andriole. The Falcons took advantage as Andrew Van Antwerp found Connor Bertamini who ripped a one-timer that was tipped by Barrasso in front of the net to put Albertus up 3-2.
• Dann added an empty net goal at the 18:38 mark for the final tally of the game.

BETWEEN THE PIPES

Albertus

Chace Hale (W, 4-3-0) 26 Shots on Goal | 24 Saves | 2 Goals Allowed

Babson

Nate Mueller (L, 5-2-0) 36 Shots on Goal | 33 Saves | 3 Goals Allowed

TEAM STATS

Power-Play Goals/Opportunities

Albertus 1/1 | Babson 0/0

Penalties/Minutes

Albertus 0/0 | Babson 1/2

Faceoffs Won

Albertus 35 | Babson 19

NOTEWORTHY

The meeting was the first between the two teams all-time.

Hicks has four straight multi-point games. He's had nine points over the that same stretch.

Manning has a point in each of his last three game.

UP NEXT 

The two teams meet again on Saturday at Ralph Walker Rink at 4:30 p.m.