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Winner Amherst AMH 10-3-2, 9-1-0
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Hamilton HAM 8-7-0, 6-4-0
Winner
Amherst AMH
10-3-2, 9-1-0
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Final
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Hamilton HAM
8-7-0, 6-4-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Amherst AMH 1 1 0 2
Hamilton HAM 0 1 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Mammoths clip Continentals, 2-1

CLINTON, N.Y. -- Junior Alex Wisco made 37 saves Friday night to help the Amherst College men's hockey team clip Hamilton College at the Continentals' Sage Rink.

The Mammoths improved to 10-3-2 overall and 9-1-0 in conference play, extending their league-leading point total. Hamilton fell to 8-7-0 overall and 6-4-0 in NESCAC play. Amherst is back home at Orr Rink Saturday for a 7 p.m. first face-off against Anna Maria College. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Senior Greg McGunigle put Amherst up on the board first Friday, just 2:07 into the game when he tracked down a puck dumped into the Hamilton zone and, from deep in the right corner, threw the puck on goal. It hit the skate or pad of the Hamilton goalie at the near post and hopped over both and into the goal for a 1-0 lead. 

* The game was 1-1 in the second frame when Bobby Luca gave Amherst a lead it would not relinquish. The Mammoths had possession behind the goal and Ryan Tucker wrapped a pass back along the left boards. McGunigle skated onto it and one-time a shot immediately. Luca was on the doorstep of the Continentals' goal and deflected the puck past the goaltender for the 2-1 lead. 

* Wisco made 29 of his 37 saves in the first two periods, then added eight more in the final stanza as the Mammoths fought to keep the lead. The Continentals were on the power play for the first 1:54 of the period but Wisco stopped the only shot he saw in that time period. The Continentals had two more man-up power plays in the game, the final one beginning with 57 seconds left in the game. With the goalie pulled for an extra skater, Hamilton had a 6-on-4 opportunity, but the only shot on goal was stopped by Wisco with one second left. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

* Amherst killed all four Hamilton power plays in the game, while going 0 for 2 on the power play. 

* Hamilton had a 38-25 advantage in shots. 

* Tucker had two assists while McGunigle had one goal and one assist in the win. 

* Hamilton had a 43-36 edge in face-off wins. Amherst was led by Zachary Murray, who won 14 of the 21 he drew. 



 
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