Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College men's ice hockey team suffered a 3-1 defeat to Babson in ECAC East action, Friday night at the Saratoga City Rink.
The Thoroughbreds fall to 2-4-2 in the league and 3-9-2 overall, while the Beavers improve to 5-3-0 in the league and 7-6-0 overall.
Babson got on the board first when P.T. Donato put home a rebound on the power play at the 17:23 mark of the first period. It was his 7th goal of the year, Jay Haseley and Ryan Heavey assisted on the goal.
After a scoreless second period,
Nick Dupuis (Holyoke, Mass./Springfield Falcons) tied it up 22 seconds into the third period for Skidmore, taking a pass from
Alex Essaris (Dollard-Des-Ormaux, Quebec/Worcester Academy) for his 6th of the season. Just a few minutes later, the Beavers got their second power play goal of the game, this time from Jason Schneider with assists from Dan Ahern and Terry Woods to give Babson a 2-1 lead. The Thoroughbreds could not fight back from the deficit as Heavey added an empty net goal with three seconds left to give the Beavers a 3-1 victory.
Andrew Ross (McKinney, Texas/Boston Bulldogs) made 34 saves for Skidmore, while Zeke Testa finished with 29 stops for Babson.
The Beavers outshot Skidmore, 37-30 and finished 2-for-4 on the power play.
The Thoroughbreds host UMass Boston on Saturday at 4 p.m. in ECAC East action.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
BABM vs SKDM (Jan 14, 2011 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
BABM (7-6-0, 5-3-0 ECAC) vs. SKDM (3-9-2, 2-4-2 ECAC)
Date: Jan 14, 2011 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Arena: Saratoga City Rink
Attendance:215 Start time:7:00 pm End time:9:00 pm Total time:2:00
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Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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BABM................ 1 0 2 - 3
SKDM................ 0 0 1 - 1
1st period - 1, BABM, PT Donato/7 (Jay Haseley, Ryan Heavey) 17:23
(pp). Penalties - Dalton Weinstein, SKDM (hooking) 13:21; Brad
Schuler, SKDM (slashing) 16:05; Matt Leer, BABM (holding) 17:45; Sean
Roche, BABM (delaying the game) 18:14; Mike Hoban, BABM (tripping)
20:00.
2nd period - Penalties - Brad Schuler, SKDM (tripping) 16:15.
3rd period - 2, SKDM, Nick Dupuis/6 (Alex Essaris) :22. 3, BABM,
Jason Schneider/4 (Dan Ahern, Terry Woods) 4:34 (pp). 4, BABM, Ryan
Heavey/2 19:57 (empty net). Penalties - Brian McQuillan, SKDM
(tripping) 2:42; Jon Theriault, BABM (boarding) 7:52; Vlad Gavrik,
SKDM (slashing) 13:04; Matt Leer, BABM (cross-checking) 13:04.
Shots on goal - BABM 15-8-14 37; SKDM 9-14-7 30.
Power plays - BABM 2 of 4; SKDM 0 of 4.
Penalties - BABM 5 (10 min); SKDM 5 (10 min).
Goalies - BABM, Zeke Testa 4-4-0 (60:00 minutes, 30 shots-29
saves); SKDM, Andrew Ross 1-5-1 (58:39, 36-34).
Penalty shots - None.
A-215 T-2:00
Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None
Referee:Michael Shea Linesman:James Tinnirella; Nicholas Orluk
Win-Zeke Testa (4-4-0). Loss-Andrew Ross (1-5-1).
