Box Score

Rutland, Vt. – Castleton State scored with 22 seconds left in overtime for a 5-4 ECAC East win over Skidmore College, Friday night.

Castleton improves to 5-2-1 overall and 3-2-0 in ECAC East play. The Thoroughbreds fall to 3-5-1/2-2-1.

Late in overtime, Stuart Stefan received a  feed from Justin up ice freeing him for a breakaway bid and
Stefan potted the game-winner to snap the Spartans two-game losing skid.

Skidmore opened up the scoring at 12:05 of the first period as junior forward Tyler Doremus deposited a loose puck in the slot past Spartans' goaltender Seth McNary (Woburn, Mass.) for a 1-0 lead.

On the power play at 16:16, Joe Melnyk (Rotterdam, N.Y.) gave the Thoroughbreds a 2-0 advantage with a backhander from the right faceoff circle after the puck was not cleared by Castleton defensively in a
scrum for possession.

Stefan netted his fourth goal of the season with under a minute remaining in the first.  by gathering a rebound off of teammate Josh Harris'  initial shot.

In the second, Castleton forward Dan Bell tied up the contest at 2-2 57 seconds into the period.

The Spartans took the lead several minutes later (7:23) on the power play as Harris fed Alonzo with a tape-to-tape pass across the crease.

Castleton's lead was short-lived as Skidmore defenseman Phil Buonocore potted a power play goal at 12:23 setup by teammate Hunter Thayer (Shelburne, Vt.), his third helper of the night, to even the score at 3-3.

In the third, Lindsey Gullett (Wawanesa, Man.) gave the Spartans a 4-3 advantage on the power play at 1:50 sniping a wrist shot over Skidmore goalie Andrew Ross' blocker into the top left corner of the net for his third goal of the season.

Julian Malakorn forced overtime punching home a rebound at the doorstep at 10:29 on the power play. Alex Essaris (Dollard-Des-Ormaux, Que.) assisted on the tally.

McNary turned away shots 22 in net for Castleton while Ross made 30 saves for Skidmore.