Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.—Buffalo State advanced to the championship game of the Skidmore Invitational Hockey Tournament with a 4-0 win over the host Thoroughbreds, Saturday afternoon at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.

The Tigers (5-2-1) will face the University of Southern Maine in Sunday's championship game at 4 p.m. Skidmore (1-3) will play Elmira College in the 1 p.m. consolation game. Southern Maine (1-2-1) and Elmira (4-4-2) tied 3-3, but the Huskies advance to the championship with a 2-0 shootout win.

In the first game, Buffalo goalie Alan Fritch was a game-time decision to get his first start of the season and he made the most of it with 24 saves for the shutout. Fritch got the nod when announced starter Kevin Carr had equipment issues prior to the opening faceoff.

Buffalo took a 1-0 lead when Trevor McKinney took the faceoff from Justin Knee and went end to end for a short-handed goal at 17:42.

The Tigers made it 2-0 in the second when Knee scored a power-play goal from McKinney at 7:33.

Buffalo added a pair of goals in the third from Mac Balson and McKinney for the 4-0 final.

Colin Bessey had 12 saves for the Thoroughbreds over the first 51:24, with John Bienkowski stopping two shots over the final 8:36.

In the second game, Elmira held a 47-31 shot advantage, but couldn't solve Southern Maine goalie Braely Torris.

The Huskies jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Zach Joy and Jon Rutt. The Soaring Eagles took advantage of a procedure penalty to get on the board :58 into the second on Darcy Vaillancourt's sixth goal of the season. Elmira tied it on another power-play goal at 5:00 by Brendan Sanders.

In the third, Kevin Willer put the Soaring Eagles on top for the first time with his eighth goal of the season at 1:16. Southern Maine hung in the game, tying it on Rutt's second goal of the game, a power-play score at 13:42.

Both teams had chances in the overtime, but it was Torris coming up big with a save on a two-on-one with 4:06 to play in the OT.

The shootout was all Southern Maine with Paul Conter and Craig Perham scoring and Torris saving three shots with the fourth going wide.

Torris finished with 44 saves, including four in the overtime. Elmira's Darren McDonald had 28 saves.


<lpi6>
<cpi10>

Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2011 Skidmore College Hockey
Buffalo State vs Skidmore College (Nov 27, 2010 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
<cpi12>

Buffalo State (5-2-1) vs. Skidmore College (1-3)
Date: Nov 27, 2010 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Arena: Saratoga City Rink
Attendance:285 Start time:2 pm End time:3:54 Total time:1:54
<cpi10>

Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
----------------------------------
Buffalo State....... 1 1 2 - 4
Skidmore College.... 0 0 0 - 0

1st period - 1, BFSM, Trevor McKinney/5 (Justin Knee) 17:42 (sh).
Penalties - Jim Durham, BFSM (roughing) 5:48; Daniel Andersson, BFSM
(tripping) 6:43; Julian Malakorn, SKDM (hooking) 14:19; Clay Lewis,
BFSM (hk) 17:34.

2nd period - 2, BFSM, Justin Knee/4 (Trevor McKinney) 7:33 (pp).
Penalties - Dave Lansdowne, BFSM (tripping) 3:54; Jake Lewis, SKDM
(hk) 6:48; Tyler Doremus, SKDM (tripping) 12:23; Dave Lansdowne, BFSM
(unsportsmanlike conduct) 18:57.

3rd period - 3, BFSM, Mac Balson (Trevor McKinney, Daniel
Andersson) 9:22. 4, BFSM, Trevor McKinney (Justin Knee) 11:24.
Penalties - Jack Walsh, SKDM (holding) 4:38; Tyler Doremus, SKDM
(hooking) 13:53; Jason Cleaver, BFSM (hk) 20:00.

Shots on goal - BFSM 6-6-6 18; SKDM 5-12-7 24.

Power plays - BFSM 1 of 5; SKDM 0 of 5.

Penalties - BFSM 6 (12 min); SKDM 5 (10 min).

Goalies - BFSM, Alan Fritch 1-0 (60:00 minutes, 24 shots-24 saves);
SKDM, Colin Bessey 1-2 (51:24, 16-12) , John Bienkowski (08:36, 2-2).

Penalty shots - None.

A-285 T-1:54
Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None
Referee:Marc LeFebvre Linesman:Mike O'Hearn; Matt Brady
Win-Alan Fritch (1-0). Loss-Colin Bessey (1-2).
Skidmore Invitational First Round

<lpi6>
<cpi10>

Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2011 Skidmore College Hockey
#15 Elmira College vs Southern Maine (Nov 27, 2010 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
<cpi12>

Elmira College (4-4-2) vs. Southern Maine (1-2-1)
Date: Nov 27, 2010 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Arena: Saratoga City Rink
Attendance:125 Start time:5:00 End time:7:25 Total time:2:25
<cpi10>

Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT Tot
-------------------------------------
Elmira College...... 0 2 1 0 - 3
Southern Maine...... 2 0 1 0 - 3

1st period - 1, SOMM, Zach Joy (Tom Gosselin) 5:30. 2, SOMM, Jon
Rutt (Dan Rautenberg, Matt MacDonald) 19:00. Penalties - Mike
Carpenter, SOMM (xk) 8:02.

2nd period - 3, ELMM, Darcy Vaillancourt (Karl Linden, Kevin
Willer) :58 (pp). 4, ELMM, Brendan Sanders (Kevin Willer, Karl Linden)
5:00 (pp). Penalties - Team, SOMM (protocol violation) :00; Mike
Carpenter, SOMM (hit after whistle) 1:17; Rick Schrank, ELMM (hit
after whistle) 1:17; Paul Conter, SOMM (tripping) 4:36; Colin Hoey,
ELMM (hk) 5:37; Jon Rutt, SOMM (cross-checking) 12:36.

3rd period - 5, ELMM, Kevin Willer (Brendan Sanders, Darcy
Vaillancourt) 1:16. 6, SOMM, Jon Rutt (Paul Conter, Dustin Rider)
13:42 (pp). Penalties - Wes Consorti, ELMM (shooting after whistle)
1:56; Etienne Archambault, ELMM (high sticking) 6:25; Brendan Sanders,
ELMM (tripping) 11:45.

OT period - Penalties -

Shots on goal - ELMM 16-18-9-4 47; SOMM 5-11-13-2 31.

Power plays - ELMM 0 of 0; SOMM 0 of 0.

Penalties - ELMM 5 (10 min); SOMM 5 (10 min).

Goalies - ELMM, Darren McDonald (65:00 minutes, 31 shots-28 saves);
SOMM, Braely Torris (65:00, 47-44).

Penalty shots - None.

A-125 T-2:25
Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None
Referee:Bob Collins Linesman:Patrick O'Toole; Eric Ferris
Elmira College-Darren McDonald (3-2-2). Southern Maine-Braely Torris (1-1-1).
Skidmore Invitational. Southern Maine advances 2-0
in shootout to play Buffalo State in Sunday's
championship game.