Amherst College’s Ben Kuzma Shines in Back-to-Back Hat Tricks as Mammoths Secure No. 5 Seed in NESCAC Tournament

HADLEY, Mass. -- Amherst College junior forward Ben Kuzma (Seickley, PA) has earned the New England Small College Athletic Conference Men's Ice Hockey Player of the Week honors for play ending Sunday, Feb. 18. Kuzma netted back-to-back hat tricks, having a hand in seven of the Mammoths' nine goals last week and they went 1-1-0 and secured the No. 5 seed in the upcoming NESCAC Tournament. In a 5-4 loss to Williams, Kuzma assisted on the Mammoths' first goal, then scored the final three markers. In a 5-2 win over Middlebury, Kuzma scored a natural hat trick with the second,...