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James Philpott shoots the puck from above the left faceoff circle in the NESCAC quarterfinals against Conn. College
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James Philpott '25
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Hamilton HAM 21-7-1
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Winner Curry CUR 25-3-0
Hamilton HAM
21-7-1
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Final
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Curry CUR
25-3-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Hamilton HAM 0 0 1 1
Curry CUR 0 2 2 4

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

Historic men's hockey season ends with loss at Curry in NCAA quarterfinals

Continentals won their first NESCAC title and set a team record with 21 wins

CANTON, Mass. – Curry College's Taurin Haddon-Harris scored two goals and Shane Soderwall made 37 saves in the Colonels' 4-1 win against the Hamilton College Continentals in a 2025 NCAA Division III Men's Hockey Championship quarterfinal inside Canton Ice House on Saturday afternoon, March 22.
 

Season Update

  • Nationally ranked No. 8 Hamilton (21-7-1 overall) set a team record with 21 wins this season. The Continentals won a game and advanced to the quarterfinals in both of their NCAA championship appearances (2017).
  • No. 2 Curry (25-3-0) won its 17th straight game. The Colonels play Utica University at Utica in the semifinals on Friday, March 28 at 7 p.m.
 

How It Happened

  • Hamilton had three power-play chances in the first period and Curry had two, but the teams went to the first intermission locked in a scoreless tie. The Continentals held an 18-7 shot advantage after the first 20 minutes.
  • Haddon-Harris scored the Colonels' first goal 2:09 into the second period and Nolan McDonough made it 2-0 at 6:48 of the second.
  • Hamilton cut its deficit in half 72 seconds into the third period. Ben Zimmerman '26 carried the puck across the blue line and into the attacking zone. Zimmerman found Luke Tchor '27, who had slipped behind the defense, in the slot. Tchor deked Soderwall and beat him with a high wrist shot to his blocker side inside the left post.
  • Haddon-Harris added an insurance goal with 6:58 left and Grady Friedman scored into an empty net with 3:11 remaining.
 

Notes

  • Tchor scored his team-leading 17th goal. He finished with 34 points for the second straight season.
  • Zimmerman's assist extended his point streak to five games and won 6-of-8 faceoffs. He ended up with 10 helpers and 15 points.
  • James Philpott '25 had the secondary assist and blocked three shots. Philpott finished his all-America career with 13 goals and 57 assists for 70 points in 99 games.
  • The Continentals won 47-of-73 faceoffs. Jackson Krock '26 led the way by winning 21-of-34 and Max Bulawka '26 won 9-of-11.
  • John Wojciechowski '28 topped the defense with four blocked shots.
  • Charlie Archer '25 stopped 32 shots. Archer posted a 1.47 goals against average and .940 save percentage in 22 starts.
  • Both teams went 0-for-4 on the power play. Hamilton put 10 shots on goal in six-plus minutes of power play time.
  • The Continentals and Curry have split four all-time meetings. The teams hadn't played since New Year's Eve 2012 at Clinton Arena.
 
 
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