Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College ice hockey team suffered a tough 2-1 overtime loss to UMass Boston in Saturday afternoon's ECAC Men's East matchup at the Saratoga City Rink.
The Thoroughbreds fall to 2-5-2 in the league and 3-10-2 overall, while the Beacons improve to 6-3-0 in the league and 9-4-0 overall.
Skidmore's
Alex Mykolenko (Kharkiv, Ukraine) got the scoring started with a power play goal at the 17:31 mark of the first period. Mykolenko scored from a tough angle for his 3
rd goal of the season,
Julian Malakorn (Warwick, R.I.) and
Zach Menard (Burlington, Mass.) picked up the assists.
After a scoreless second period, UMass Boston's Mark Grinhaus (Scarsdale, N.Y.) deflected home a shot from the point for his first goal of the season 12:06 into the third period to tie it up at 1-1. Chris Wilcox (Hollywood, Fla.) and David Lun (Grand Rapids, Mich.) assisted on the goal.
After a scoreless final 7:54 of the third, the game went into overtime where Chris Wyman (Bartlett, Ill.) won it for the Beacons, putting home a rebound 2:34 into the overtime for his 4th of the year.
Colin Bessey (Montclair, N.J.) finished with 16 saves for the Thoroughbreds, while Kevin Bendel (Denville, N.J.) made 25 stops for UMass Boston.
Skidmore held a 26-18 shot advantage over the Beacons.
The Thoroughbreds return to action on Friday, Jan. 21 at Amherst.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
UMBM vs SKDM (Jan 15, 2011 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
UMBM (10-4-0, 6-3-0 ECAC) vs. SKDM (3-10-2, 2-5-2 ECAC)
Date: Jan 15, 2011 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Arena: Saratoga City Rink
Attendance:195 Start time:4:00 pm End time:5:55 pm Total time:1:55
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Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT Tot
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UMBM................ 0 0 1 1 - 2
SKDM................ 1 0 0 0 - 1
1st period - 1, SKDM, Alex Mykolenko/3 (Julian Malakorn, Zach
Menard) 17:31 (pp). Penalties - Mark Grinhaus, UMBM (slashing) 7:15;
Travis Daniel, UMBM (slashing) 16:40; Jared Lackey, SKDM (hooking)
18:46.
2nd period - Penalties - Chris Wyman, UMBM (hooking) 3:21; Joe
Melnyk, SKDM (hooking) 6:39; Andrew Burke, UMBM (roughing) 16:00;
David Lun, UMBM (roughing) 16:00; Nick Dupuis, SKDM (roughing) 16:00;
Brad Schuler, SKDM (roughing) 16:00; Brendan Cottam, SKDM
(unsportsmanlike conduct) 18:51.
3rd period - 2, UMBM, Mark Grinhaus/1 (Chris Wilcox, David Lun)
12:06. Penalties - John Hubbard, UMBM (holding) :55; Brian McQuillan,
SKDM (interference) 15:42.
OT period - 3, UMBM, Chris Wyman/4 (Vinnie Jacona, Mike DeGrazia)
2:34. Penalties -
Shots on goal - UMBM 4-4-7-3 18; SKDM 13-7-5-1 26.
Power plays - UMBM 0 of 4; SKDM 1 of 4.
Penalties - UMBM 6 (12 min); SKDM 6 (12 min).
Goalies - UMBM, Kevin Bendel 6-1-0 (62:34 minutes, 26 shots-25
saves); SKDM, Colin Bessey 2-5-1 (62:34, 18-16).
Penalty shots - None.
A-195 T-1:55
Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None
Referee:Marc LeFebvre Linesman:Mark Sampson; Eric Ferris
Win-Kevin Bendel (6-1-0). Loss-Colin Bessey (2-5-1).
