CLINTON, N.Y. – Bowdoin College's Gabe Shipper posted two goals and two assists in the Polar Bears' 7-5 NESCAC win against the Hamilton College Continentals inside Hamilton's Russell Sage Rink on Friday night, Feb. 7.
Season Update
- The eighth-ranked Continentals (15-4-0, 11-2 NESCAC) still lead the conference standings by five points over Trinity College.
- Bowdoin (8-9-2, 6-5-2) ended Hamilton's win streak at nine games.
How It Happened
- Mattie Wierl put the Polar Bears in front for good at 4-3 on his goal with 2:05 left in the second period. James Cerepak made it a two-goal advantage with 6:50 remaining in the third period.
- Jackson Krock '26 pulled the Continentals within a goal on the power play just 27 seconds later.
- Bowdoin added two empty-net tallies in the final 2:06.
- Hamilton defenseman Sebastian Hamming '28 rounded out the scoring as the horn sounded at the end of the third.
- Shipper gave the Polar Bears a 1-0 edge with a power-play goal at 9:37 of the first period.
- Alex Danis '26 tied the score for the Continentals 14 seconds later, and Grisha Gotovets '25 provided Hamilton with its only lead of the night on a power-play goal with 2:53 to go in the first. The Continentals led 2-1 after the first 20 minutes.
- Shipper tied the score 5:22 into the second and Michael Dinges pushed Bowdoin in front at 3-2 with a power-play goal at 9:52.
- Danis forged the third and final tie score with 8:03 left in the second.
Notes
- Danis registered his second multi-goal game this season. He has seven total.
- Krock chipped in a goal and an assist and won 23-of-35 faceoffs. He's tied for second in the NESCAC with nine goals, fourth with 22 points and fourth with 13 assists.
- Hamming finished with a goal and a helper for his second multi-point game this season.
- James Philpott '25 and Ben Zimmerman '26 picked up two assists apiece. Philpott has at least one point in six straight games. Zimmerman collected his second multi-point game this season.
- Gotovets has seven goals this season and 25 for his Hamilton career.
- Max Bulawka '26 had an assist for his 50th career point and won 10-of-15 faceoffs. The Continentals won 43-of-74 as a team.
- Carson Hall '26 and John Wojciechowski '28 contributed one helper apiece.
- William Neault '25 blocked three shots.
- Dinges ended up with two goals and 11 faceoff wins for the Polar Bears.
- Luke Wheeler added two assists and 12 faceoff wins.
- Jacob Osborne stopped 46 shots, including 22 in the third period.
- Bowdoin scored on both of its power-play chances while Hamilton went 2-for-6.
- The Polar Bears have won three of the last four meetings with the Continentals, who had a 51-13 shot advantage.
Next Game
Hamilton gets the chance to start a new winning streak on Saturday, Feb. 8 when the Continentals host Colby College (11-5-3, 6-5-2) for another NESCAC contest. The first puck drops at 3 p.m.