Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-- Skidmore College scored four unanswered goals on the way to a 4-1 ECAC East win over Babson College, Saturday afternoon at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.  The  Thoroughbreds improve  to 10-8 overall and 6-7 in the ECAC East.  The Beavers are 7-10-1 and 6-6.

Babson took a 1-0 lead in the first period on a power-play goal by Jason Schneider at 8:56.  Neither team could generate any offense until Alex Mykolenko (Kharkov, Ukraine/Northwood School) tied it with a short-handed goal at 19:21 of the second to make it 1-1 after two.

The third period was all Skidmore.  Teddy Gowan (Hamilton, N.Y./Westminster) scored the eventual game-winner at 8:14 from Mykolenko and Sasha Thomas (Gatineau, Quebec/Winchendon).  Matt Czerkowicz (Blackstone, Mass./Kent) beat Babson goalie Skylar Nipps with a rocket at 12:05 to make it 3-1.  Anthony Ferri (Jersey City, N.J./Loomis Chaffee) scored at 14:27 from Joe Melnyk (Rotterdam, N.Y./CD Selects) and Mike Gibbons (Braintree, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) for the 4-1 final.

Andrew Ross (McKinney, Texas/Boston Bulldogs) improved to 7-3 in net  with 25 saves.  Nipps had 12 saves in 54:27 and Dustyn Zenner (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Hudson Valley Eagles) had two saves over the final 5:33.

Skidmore is Southern Maine on Friday for a 7 p.m. ECAC East contest.



                         Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
                          2009 Skidmore College Hockey
       Babson vs Skidmore College (Jan 31, 2009 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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 Babson (7-10-1,6-7 ECACEast) vs. Skidmore College (10-8, 6-7 ECAC East)
 Date: Jan 31, 2009  Location: Saratoga Springs, NY  Arena: Saratoga City Rink
 Attendance:365   Start time:4 pm      End time:5:56      Total time:1:56
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 Goals by Period       1  2  3  Tot
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 Babson..............  1  0  0 -  1
 Skidmore College....  0  1  3 -  4

   1st period - 1, BABM, Jason Schneider (Chris Sabo, Alex DiPietro)
8:56 (pp). Penalties - Tim Welsh, SKDM (boarding) 4:17; Matt
Czerkowicz, SKDM (slashing) 7:26; Shane Farrell, BABM (tripping) 9:42;
Nick Jones, BABM (hitting from behind) 19:00.

   2nd period - 2, SKDM, Alex Mykolenko 19:21 (sh). Penalties - Pat
McLaughlin, BABM (hooking) :59; Alex DiPietro, BABM (10-minute
misconduct) 9:01; Matt Harrington, BABM (hk) 13:44; Nick Dupuis, SKDM
(interference) 18:38.

   3rd period - 3, SKDM, Teddy Gowan (Sasha Thomas, Alex Mykolenko)
8:14. 4, SKDM, Matt Czerkowicz (Joe Melnyk) 12:05. 5, SKDM, Anthony
Ferri (Joe Melnyk, Mike Gibbons) 14:27. Penalties - Sasha Thomas, SKDM
(interference) 16:09.

   Shots on goal - BABM 12-5-9 26; SKDM 4-7-7 18.

   Power plays - BABM 1 of 5; SKDM 0 of 4.

   Penalties - BABM 5 (18 min); SKDM 4 (8 min).

   Goalies - BABM, Skylar Nipps (54:27 minutes, 16 shots-12 saves) ,
Dustyn Zenner (05:33, 2-2); SKDM, Andrew Ross (60:00, 26-25).

   Penalty shots - None.

 A-365  T-1:56
 Three stars: 1. None    2. None    3. None
 Referee:Derek Zuckerman  Linesman:Scott Spencer; Al Belair
 Win-Andrew Ross.  Loss-Skylar Nipps.