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Nick Kent '27
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Winner Hamilton HAM 8-3-0
1
Norwich NOR 4-4-3
Winner
Hamilton HAM
8-3-0
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Final
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Norwich NOR
4-4-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Hamilton HAM 1 2 1 4
Norwich NOR 0 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey | | Jim Taylor

No. 12 men's hockey takes home Norwich tournament championship

Archer '25 backstopped the Continentals to both wins and was named the MVP

NORTHFIELD, Vt. – Hamilton College's Nick Kent '27 posted a goal and two assists in the Continentals' 4-1 win against the Norwich University Cadets in the championship game of the Northfield Savings Bank Holiday Tournament played inside Norwich's Kreitzberg Arena on Saturday night, Jan. 4.
 

Season Update

  • Nationally ranked No. 12 Hamilton (8-3-0 overall) advanced to Saturday's title game with a 4-0 victory over Plymouth State University on Jan. 3.
  • The Cadets (4-4-3) have a 3-1-2 record in the New England Hockey Conference.
 

How It Happened

  • The Continentals jumped on top early for the second time in this tournament after Norwich was called for too many players on the ice just 37 seconds into the first period. Devon de Vries '27 passed from the faceoff dot in the left circle to Grisha Gotovets '25, who was in the low slot for the redirect at 1:59 of the first.
  • Hamilton made it 2-0 at 3:19 in the second period. Kent controlled the puck along the right-side boards and passed to Carson Hall '26 in the high slot. Hall went down to one knee and crushed a one-timer past the goaltender.
  • Kent provided a three-goal cushion with 6:19 left in the second. Jackson Krock '26 won a faceoff in the Continentals' offensive zone and the puck eventually ended up on Kent's stick. His wrist shot from above the right faceoff circle found its way to the back of the net.
  • Anthony Domina put the Cadets on the scoreboard with 1:53 remaining in the middle period. Colin Elliott and Harris Hilfiker had the assists.
  • Ryan Sordillo '27 restored Hamilton's three-goal advantage with 8:41 to go in the third period. The Continentals attempted a long pass up the right side from their defensive zone and the puck was deflected by a linesman in the neutral zone. The loose puck was picked up by de Vries in the attacking zone and he passed to Sordillo at the point. Sordillo skated into the slot and scored on a wicked wrist shot.
 

Notes

  • Charlie Archer '25, who made 16 saves against Norwich and allowed one goal in two tournament games, was named Most Valuable Player.
  • Sordillo scored three goals over the weekend and made the all-tournament team. He won 8-of-12 faceoffs against the Cadets.
  • Krock had an assist and won 17-of-24 faceoffs as he was also placed on the all-tournament team. He's won almost 63 percent of his 222 faceoffs this season.
  • Kent scored his first goal and recorded his first three-point game at Hamilton. He leads the NESCAC with 11 assists.
  • Gotovets finished the night with a goal and an assist for the fourth time this season.
  • Hall's goal was his first this season.
  • Devon de Vries registered two helpers for the second day in a row and extended his point streak to six games.
  • James Philpott '25 added an assist and two blocked shots.
  • The Continentals limited Norwich to three shots on goal in the third period.
  • Sami Molu stopped 21 shots for the Cadets.
  • Hamilton was 1-for-3 on the power play and wasn't whistled for any penalties.
  • This was the 90th all-time meeting between the teams but it was the first since the 2017 NCAA championship quarterfinals, which was won by Norwich, 6-2.
 

Next Game

The Continentals return to conference play at Bowdoin College (5-6-0, 3-2) on Friday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m.
 
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