No. 6 Hobart College 7, Lebanon Valley 3

LVC Starters
Nolan (D), Hefferin (RW), Thomas (C), Straub (D), Johnson (LW), Eisenhower (G)

Hobart Starters
Neal (D), Bingaman (C), Sokol (RW), Sestak (G), Wolf (LW), Beyer (D)

How It Happened
GENEVA, N.Y. – No. 6 Hobart jumped out to a three-goal lead and went on to defeat Lebanon Valley 7-3 on Friday night in ECAC-West men's ice hockey action. The Statesmen won their sixth-straight game and moved to 13-2-3, 5-2-0 ECACW, while the Dutchmen fell to 3-13-2, 0-8-1 ECACW.

The game was scoreless in the opening period until Jonas Toupal found the back of the net for Hobart at 13:52 to give the Statesmen the 1-0 lead, and then with 59 seconds left in the first, Mitch Beyer made it a two-goal game when he scored for Hobart, who went into the first intermission with a 2-0 advantage.

In the second, after the Statesmen scored midway through the period to make it 3-0, LVC got one back when Cole Hepler netted a short-handed tally to bring the Dutchmen to within two at 3-1 with a little less than five minutes to go in the period. The second period looked to be coming to an uneventful close, but Hobart scored with 1:29 remaining to make it a 4-1 score and Brad Nolan answered with 54 seconds remaining, but the Dutchmen still found themselves down by two at 4-2 heading into the third period.

Hobart would find the back of the net three more times and Hepler would add his second of the game as the Statesmen went on to win by a score of 7-3.

Inside the Numbers
 - Hepler finished with a goal and an assist and a +1 rating on the night, while Nolan recorded a goal and an assist to go along with a +1 rating of his own.
 - Zach McKown found success inside the faceoff circle, going 8-for-12.
 - Joel Eisenhower made 43 stops between the pipes for LVC.
 - Hobart outshot LVC 50-21.

Who's Next?
ECACW action continues for LVC tomorrow when the Dutchmen take on Elmira at 7 p.m. in New York.