AMHERST, Mass. -- Senior Dan Dachille made 20 saves en route to his 5th career shutout, while senior Evan Luchman scored his first career goal, as the Amherst College men's hockey team skated to a 4-0 Senior Day shutout of conference rival Connecticut College at Orr Rink Saturday. 

With the win, the Mammoths improved to 14-5-3 overall. 12-3-1 in the NESCAC, which currently puts them in second place. The Camels fell to 5-17-0 overall, and 2-14-0 in conference play. 

Amherst's next game is Friday, Feb. 17, at rival Williams. The puck drop is 7 p.m.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Amherst took a 1-0 lead at the 12:47 mark in the first period. Bobby Luca controlled a puck at center ice, spun, and backhanded a bounce pass off the boards that Ryan Corcoran pick up in stride as he skated into the Camels' zone. Corcoran carried the puck to the bottom of the right face-off circle and fired a shot that was saved. However, the rebound went directly to Mammoth Matt Toporowski streaking down the slot and he quickly fired a shot into the wide-open left side of the goal for the lead. 

* The Mammoths made it 2-0 just 90 seconds before the first frame came to its conclusion. Ryan Tucker intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and used his speed to create a 2-on-1 with teammate Tyler Bourque. Streaking down the left side of the Conn. zone, he slid a pass over to Bourque near the far right post and Bourque was able to slide a forehand into the right side of the goal for the two-score advantage. 

* Only 24 seconds into the second stanza, Tucker made his impact felt again. He picked up control of the puck in his own zone, skated across the blue line, and hit teammate Michael Pitts with a pass to his right. Pitts skated into the Camels' zone and flipped a backhand pass into the slot where Tucker was crashing the goal. Tucker one-touched the bouncing puck to his stick and quickly flipped a shot into the goal for a 3-0 lead. 

* With 4:40 to go in the second period, Lichman made it 4-0 with his first career score for the Mammoths. Oscar Smink slid a pass across the slot to the winger and Lichman one-time into the upper right-hand corner of the goal. 



BY THE NUMBERS:

* Amherst held a 21-20 shot advantage in the contest. Dachille stopped all 20 shots that made it to the goal -- the Mammoths also blocked 8 shots in the game -- and was busiest in the final frame when he made 8 saves to complete the shutout. Defenseman Ben Ritter led the way with three blocked shots. 

* The Mammoths won 33 face-offs in the game. Zachary Murray won 12 of the 20 he took, while Bourque won 6 of the 10 he drew.