Courtesy of Middlebury Sports Information

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Amherst men's ice hockey team was outshot 33-18 as they fell to NESCAC rival Middlebury College on the road Saturday night, 3-2.

Amherst is now 13-7-3 overall and 11-4-2 in the NESCAC following the loss and will wrap up its regular season tomorrow, Feb. 23, at Williams beginning at 3 p.m. With the win, the Panthers improved to 10-10-3 on the season with a 8-7-2 league mark.

Following a scoreless first period, Middlebury took a 1-0 lead 1:20 into the second with a power play goal. Robbie Donahoe '14 found Louis Belisle '14 on the left wing, who wristed a shot into the back of the net for his team-leading 15th of the season.

The Panthers took a 2-0 advantage with another power play goal, this one coming at 9:14 of the second period. Derek Pimentel '15 found Ronald Fishman '16 at the top of the right circle, before he snapped one home for his third of the year and a 2-0 advantage.

Amherst got on the board at the 12:18 mark, taking advantage of a turnover. Chris Roll '17 picked off a pass near the blue line and skated to the top of the slot before scoring with a wrister to the top right corner. The goal was the third of the season for Roll. The Jeffs had a five-on-three advantage late in the period, but were unable to tally the equalizer.

Amherst knotted the game at 2-2 just 1:19 into the third session. After senior Brian Safstrom's initial shot was saved, Conor Brown '16 pounced on the rebound and netted his team-leading 10th of the season.

Middlebury nearly regained the lead less than a minute later, but Dave Cunningham '16 made a big save on Belisle, who was breaking in all alone.

The Panthers regained the lead at the 7:02 mark, just 34 seconds after calling a timeout. Belisle carried the puck down the middle before finding Robbie Dobrowski '15 on the right wing. Dobrowski quickly snapped a shot glove-side past Cunningham for the 3-2 advantage on his first of the season.

Middlebury had a pair of unsuccessful power plays later in the period, but did not extend its lead. Down by a goal late, Amherst was unable to pull Cunningham after taking a costly penalty with 1:22 remaining.

Liam Moorfield-Yee '16 was steady all night long, making 16 saves between the pipes to earn the win for the Panthers. Cunningham finished with 30 saves for Amherst.