Saratoga Springs, N.Y.—The Skidmore College men's hockey team extended its win streak to four with a 6-2 win over Tufts University in ECAC East/NESCAC play, Saturday at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.

The win moves the Thoroughbreds to 6-5-2 in the ECAC East and 7-10-2 overall. The Jumbos have lost 10 straight to fall to 3-10 in NESCAC and 4-12-1 overall.

Skidmore jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead on Alex Mykolenko's fourth goal of the season at 1:29 of the first from Dalton Weinstein and Tony Giacin. Tufts tied it at 8:08 on a shot from the point by Andy Davis. The Thoroughbreds tied it and took the lead for good when Alex Essaris scored his first of the season from goalie Colin Bessey at 10:52, followed by a Tyler Doremus goal from Hunter Thayer and Joe Melnyk at 12:12.

The teams traded goals in the second. Mike Vitale scored a power-play goal at 16:11 for Tufts to cut the Skidmore lead to 3-2. Giacin countered with his fifth goal of the season at 17:59 from Jack Walsh and Nick Dupuis to make it 4-2.

The Thoroughbreds put it away in the third with the second goal of the game by Doremus from Dupuis at 2:42 and the first goal of the season by Chris Powers at 13:59 from Dupuis and Essaris at 13:59.

Colin Bessey had 23 saves in net for Skidmore, while Brian Phillips had 19 saves for Tufts.

Skidmore at the University of New England on Feb. 4.



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Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2011 Skidmore College Hockey
Tufts vs Skidmore College (Jan 29, 2011 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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Tufts (4-12-1, 3-10 NESCAC) vs. Skidmore College (7-10-2, 6-5-2 ECACE)
Date: Jan 29, 2011 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Arena: Saratoga City Rink
Attendance:349 Start time:4 pm End time:5:50 Total time:
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Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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Tufts............... 1 1 0 - 2
Skidmore College.... 3 1 2 - 6

1st period - 1, SKDM, Alex Mykolenko/4 (Dalton Weinstein, Tony
Giacin) 1:29. 2, TUFTS, Andy Davis/2 (Dylan Cooper, Tom Derosa) 8:08.
3, SKDM, Alex Essaris/1 (Colin Bessey) 10:52 (pp). 4, SKDM, Tyler
Doremus/4 (Hunter Thayer, Joe Melnyk) 12:12. Penalties - Igor Fedorov,
TUFTS (boarding) 9:29; Jared Barker, TUFTS (slashing) 9:56; Vlad
Gavrik, SKDM (slashing) 18:52.

2nd period - 5, TUFTS, Mike Vitale/4 (Igor Fedorov, Andy Davis)
16:11 (pp). 6, SKDM, Tony Giacin/5 (Jack Walsh, Nick Dupuis) 17:59.
Penalties - Jack Walsh, SKDM (hooking) 7:57; Dalton Weinstein, SKDM
(hooking) 14:14.

3rd period - 7, SKDM, Tyler Doremus/5 (Nick Dupuis) 2:42. 8, SKDM,
Chris Powers/1 (Nick Dupuis, Alex Essaris) 13:59. Penalties - Chris
Powers, SKDM (cross-checking) 4:56; Alex Essaris, SKDM (elbowing)
10:46; Alex Mykolenko, SKDM (slashing) 11:30; Trevor John, TUFTS
(roughing) 11:30; Nick Metcalfe, TUFTS (cross-checking) 15:31; Trevor
John, TUFTS (fighting) 15:31; Trevor John, TUFTS (disqalification)
15:31; Vlad Gavrik, SKDM (fighting) 15:31; Vlad Gavrik, SKDM
(disqalification) 15:31; Jared Barker, TUFTS (boarding) 17:37.

Shots on goal - TUFTS 6-8-11 25; SKDM 7-7-11 25.

Power plays - TUFTS 1 of 4; SKDM 1 of 4.

Penalties - TUFTS 7 (25 min); SKDM 8 (27 min).

Goalies - TUFTS, Brian Phillips 0-3 (60:00 minutes, 25 shots-19
saves); SKDM, Colin Bessey 5-5-1 (60:00, 25-23).

Penalty shots - None.

A-349 T-
Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None
Referee:Michael Shea Linesman:James Tinnirella; Eric Ferris
Win-Colin Bessey (5-5-1). Loss-Brian Phillips (0-3).