Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.—The Skidmore College hockey team closed out the semester with a 6-1 ECAC East win over Castleton State College, Friday at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.

The Thoroughbreds improve to 3-2 in league play and 4-4 overall. The Spartans are 0-4-1 and 1-5-1.

Skidmore scored first when Chris Webb (Holliston, Mass./NE Huskies) tallied his second goal of the season from Jack Walsh (North Reading, Mass./Andover Academy) and Tim Daley (Wilton, N.Y./ CD Selects) at 3:56. Walsh made it 2-0 at 9:51 on a rebound off a Julian Malakorn (Warwick, R.I./Pomfret). Castleton got one back late in the period, when Stuart Stefan rifled one from outside at 18:59 to make it 2-1 after one.

In the second, Thoroughbred defenseman Nick Dupuis (Holyoke, Mass./Springfield Falcons) scored two quick goals during a four-on-four. His first came at 10:02, chasing Spartan goalie Seth McNary. Dupuis second was at 11:27 to extend the lead to 4-1.

Skidmore closed out the game with third period goals by Brendan Cottam (Belmont, Mass./Lawrence Acad.) and Charlie Moroni (North Providence, R.I./Loomis Chaffee).

Thoroughbred goalie Colin Bessey (Montclair, N.J./Trinity Pawling) had 29 saves in 50:49. John Bienkowski (Lexington, Mass./Hoosac School) stopped five shots over the final 9:11. McNary had 13 saves, while Justin Roethlingshoefer played 19:09 with six saves on nine shots and Arthur Hollinger played the final 9:11 with three saves on three shots.

Both teams return to action Jan. 1 at the Plattsburgh Cardinal Classic. Skidmore will open with Trinity College, while Castleton plays the Cardinals.



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Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2010 Skidmore College Hockey
Castleton vs Skidmore College (Dec 11, 2009 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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Castleton (2-4-1, 0-4-1) vs. Skidmore College (4-4, 3-2, ECAC East)
Date: Dec 11, 2009 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Arena: Saratoga City Rink
Attendance:310 Start time:7 pm End time:9 p.m. Total time:2:00
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Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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Castleton........... 1 0 0 - 1
Skidmore College.... 2 2 2 - 6

1st period - 1, SKDM, Chris Webb (Tim Daley, Jack Walsh) 3:56. 2,
SKDM, Jack Walsh (Julian Malakorn) 9:51. 3, CST, Stuart Stefan
(Lindsey Gullett, Josh Harris) 18:59. Penalties - Omar Pacha, CST
(tripping) :45; Josh Harris, CST (interference) 4:00; Tyler Doremus,
SKDM (interference) 19:18.

2nd period - 4, SKDM, Nick Dupuis (Tyler Doremus, Matt Czerkowicz)
10:02. 5, SKDM, Nick Dupuis (Chris Webb) 11:27. Penalties - Brendan
Cottam, SKDM (hooking) 6:07; Joe Melnyk, SKDM (holding) 9:35; Kirk
Bolduc, CST (dv) 9:35; Matt Czerkowicz, SKDM (tripping) 17:12; Alex
Essaris, SKDM (holding) 19:50.

3rd period - 6, SKDM, Brendan Cottam (Jack Walsh) 9:53 (pp). 7,
SKDM, Charlie Moroni (Alex Mykolenko) 10:49. Penalties - Nick Dupuis,
SKDM (interference) 7:26; Evan Romeo, CST (goaltender interference)
9:35.

Shots on goal - CST 12-10-13 35; SKDM 14-6-8 28.

Power plays - CST 0 of 5; SKDM 1 of 3.

Penalties - CST 4 (8 min); SKDM 6 (12 min).

Goalies - CST, Arthur Hollinger (09:11 minutes, 3 shots-3 saves) ,
Seth McNary 1-4-1 (30:02, 16-13) , Justin Roethlingshoe (20:47, 9-6);
SKDM, Colin Bessey 3-3 (50:49, 30-29) , John Bienkowski (09:11, 5-5).

Penalty shots - None.

A-310 T-2:00
Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None
Referee:Mike St. Louis Linesman:Scott Spencer; Brian Schroeder
Win-Colin Bessey (3-3). Loss-Seth McNary (1-4-1).