PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Hamilton College's Jackson Krock '26 tied a career high with four points on two goals and two assists and the Continentals remained unbeaten with a 7-3 non-conference win against the Plymouth State University Panthers inside Plymouth State's Hanaway Rink on Friday evening, Jan. 2.
 

Season Update

• Nationally ranked No. 5 Hamilton (8-0-2 overall) is off to its best start since the 2016-17 team was 11-0-2.
• The Panthers (7-5-0), who are 5-1 in the Little East Conference, lost on their home ice for the first time since Oct. 31.

 

How It Happened

• The Continentals led 3-0 midway through the first period and 6-1 late in the second. Connor Thue '29 got things started with a wrist shot through traffic from above the right faceoff circle 4:12 into the first.
• Vincent Gould '27 fed the puck to Ryan Sordillo '27 and he stuffed it into the goal from the top of the crease exactly five minutes later.
• Hamilton made it a three-goal advantage with 7:13 left. Lucas Constantine '27 shot the puck from the point and Krock tipped it past the goaltender from the low slot. Payton Schaly put Plymouth State on the scoreboard with 2:58 remaining in the period.
• Krock restored the three-goal cushion 1:39 into the second period with the Continentals on a 5-on-3 power play. Luke Tchor '27 put a shot on goal that was stopped by Connor Strobel, but the rebound popped out to Krock in the low slot and he whacked the puck past Strobel.
• Alex Danis '26 gave Hamilton a 5-1 lead with 5:55 to go in the second. Thue got possession of the puck off a faceoff in his own zone and threw it ahead off the left-side boards at neutral ice. Danis raced past the defense and caught up to it in the left faceoff circle. He moved the puck from his forehand to his backhand and jammed it past Strobel from the low slot.
• Gould pushed the score to 6-1 with 4:11 left. Jacob Ierfino '27 sent a centering pass from below the goal line to Gould in the slot and his one-timer found the back of the net. Brendan Doyle scored for the Panthers just eight seconds later.
• The Continentals scored their seventh and final goal with 1:19 remaining while the teams skated 4-on-4. Brandon Shantz turned away shots by Sebastian Hamming '28 and Krock but the second rebound came back out to Hamming in the slot and he buried the puck in the back of the net.
• Plymouth State's Luca Rea scored the lone goal of the third period with 8:01 to go.

 

Notes

• Krock, who won 16-of-28 faceoffs, had his other four-point game on Nov. 16, 2024, at Amherst College.
• Tchor posted a career-best four assists. It was the four-assist game by a Hamilton player since James Philpott '25 did it against Connecticut College on Jan. 13, 2023. Tchor leads the NESCAC with 18 points.
• Thue scored his first collegiate goal and the defenseman added a helper.
• Gould finished with a goal and an assist for his second multi-point game with the Continentals.
• Constantine – another defenseman – collected two assists for the second time in his Hamilton career.
• Devon de Vries '27 recorded his fourth multi-assist game this season and leads the conference with 11 helpers.
• Sordillo scored for the second straight game and the fifth time this season.
• Hamming notched his first goal of 2025-26.
• Danis registered his third tally in six games.
• Max Bulawka '26 won 12-of-17 faceoffs.
• Aksel Reid '27 made 19 saves in 51-plus minutes in net. Josh Nadler '26 replaced Reid with 8:45 left in the third period and stopped six shots.
• The Continentals held a 41-28 shot advantage.
• Hamilton was 1-for-5 on the power play and killed all three of the Panthers' opportunities. The Continentals have allowed just two power-play goals in 30 chances this season.
• Hamilton scored seven goals for the first time since a 7-6 win at Amherst on Jan. 19, 2024.

 

Next Game

The Continentals are on the road at Curry College (6-4-0) for a top 10 showdown on Saturday, Jan. 3 at 5:30 p.m.