Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.— Freshman Tony Giacin hat trick led the Skidmore College hockey team to a 4-2 ECAC East/NESCAC crossover win over Connecticut College, Friday night at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.

The Thoroughbreds have won three straight to improve to 5-5-2 in ECAC East play and 6-10-2 overall, while the Camels fall to 5-6-1 NESCAC and 6-8-3 overall.

After a scoreless first period, Skidmore scored on its first two shots of the second. Giacin (St. Louis, Mo./N. Iowa Outlaws) opened the scoring with a power-play goal from Nick Dupuis (Holyoke, Mass./Springfield Falcons) and Alex Essaris (Dollar-Des-Ormaux/Worcester Acad.) at 2:47. Giacin made it 2-0 on his next shift from Vlad Gavrik(Kharkiv, Ukraine/Hebron Acad.) and Jack Walsh (N. Reading, Mass./Phillips Andover) at 4:12.

Kevin Kelly got one back for Conn at 7:03. Brad Schuler (Delran, N.J./Hamilton Red Wings) extended Skidmore's lead to 3-1 with a short-handed goal from Dupuis at 11:41.

In the third period, the Camels pulled within one when Jordan Gray scored a power-play goal at 16:45. The Thoroughbreds came right back whenAlex Mykolenko (Kharkiv, Ukraine/Northwood School) fed a perfect pass to Giacin who connected for the hat trick and his fourth goal of the season.

Andrew Ross (McKinney, Texas/Boston Bulldogs) had a solid game in net for Skidmore with 21 saves, including 14 in the second period. Andrew Margolin took the loss for Conn College with 18 saves.

Skidmore will host Tufts University on Saturday at 4 p.m., while Conn College travels to Castleton State.

Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2011 Skidmore College Hockey
Conn College vs Skidmore College (Jan 28, 2011 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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Conn College (6-8-3,5-6-1 NESCAC) vs. Skidmore College (6-10-2, 5-5-2 ECACE)
Date: Jan 28, 2011 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Arena: Saratoga City Rink
Attendance:420 Start time:7pm End time:8:51 Total time:1:51
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Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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Conn College........ 0 1 1 - 2
Skidmore College.... 0 3 1 - 4

1st period - Penalties - Steve Servideo, CONN (obstruction-hooking)
8:53.

2nd period - 1, SKDM, Tony Giacin/2 (Nick Dupuis, Alex Essaris)
2:47 (pp). 2, SKDM, Tony Giacin/3 (Vlad Gavrik, Jack Walsh) 4:12. 3,
CONN, Kevin Kelly/3 (Steve Servideo) 7:03. 4, SKDM, Brad Schuler/2
(Nick Dupuis) 11:41 (sh). Penalties - Will Einstein, CONN (boarding)
2:37; Sean Curran, CONN (10-minute misconduct) 3:26; Tyler Doremus,
SKDM (interference) 10:04; Brendan Cottam, SKDM (high sticking) 10:04;
Ryan Riffe, CONN (hk) 15:40; Brendan Cottam, SKDM (boarding) 18:22.

3rd period - 5, CONN, Jordan Gray/5 (Dawson Luke, J.J. McGregor)
16:45 (pp). 6, SKDM, Tony Giacin/4 (Alex Mykolenko) 17:46. Penalties -
Will Einstein, CONN (obstruction-hooking) 8:48; Team, CONN (too many
on ice) 11:52; Nick Dupuis, SKDM (tripping) 16:33; Phil Buonocore,
SKDM (xc) 19:09.

Shots on goal - CONN 5-15-3 23; SKDM 11-6-5 22.

Power plays - CONN 1 of 5; SKDM 1 of 5.

Penalties - CONN 6 (21 min); SKDM 5 (10 min).

Goalies - CONN, Andrew Margolin 5-6-3 (58:47 minutes, 22 shots-18
saves); SKDM, Andrew Ross 2-5-1 (60:00, 23-21).

Penalty shots - None.

A-420 T-1:51
Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None
Referee:Scott Spencer Linesman:Michael Jones; Matthew Brady
Win-Andrew Ross (2-5-1). Loss-Andrew Margolin (5-6-3).