Hockey's Barchard earns NESCAC Player of the Week honors

    For the second week in a row, a member of the Jumbo ice hockey team has been named the NESCAC Player of the Week. A week after sophomore Tom Derosa earned the conference nod, freshman goalie Scott Barchard, who has been nothing short of stellar all season, posted a combined 112 saves in two games over the weekend, solidifying his hold on Tufts' single-season saves record with 812 on the season, 114 more than the previous record of 698 set in 2003-04.
    Barchard's performance was all the more notable in light of the significance of Friday night's contest against UMass Boston. Coming into the game, the Jumbos needed a win to ice their spot in the NESCAC playoffs for the first time since 2004-05. With the season on the line, Barchard came up with 53 saves to lift the Jumbos to a 4-2 win and a playoff berth. No less impressive was his 59-save outing against Babson in a 3-2 overtime win the following day, one save shy of the school's single-game record.
    The Jumbos will next take on No. 1 Amherst in the first round of the NESCAC Tournament this Saturday, and they will count on Barchard, with his .926 save percentage on the season and four 50-plus save performances, to be solid between the pipes.