Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.— Babson College took a 3-0 lead and then held off a late Skidmore rally for a 4-2 ECAC East men's hockey win Saturday at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.
 
The Thoroughbreds are 2-4 overall and in ECAC East play. The Beavers even their record at 2-2 overall and in the East.
 
Ryan Smith set the tone early for Babson with his first goal of the season at 2:10 of the first on a breakaway from Shayne Anderson.  Trevor Hines made it 2-0 with his first of the year from Mike Hoban and Matt Furey at 8:18.  Beaver goalie Zeke Testa had 15 of his 35 saves in the first period to keep Skidmore off the board.
 
Babson got another quick start in the second, when Jay Haseley tallied his third of the season just 37 seconds in from Matt O'Neill and Andrew Bonazza.  The Thoroughbreds battled back on a power-play goal by Vlad Gavrik (Kharkiv, Ukraine/Hebron Academy) from David Limoges (Saint-Hippolyte, Que./Albany Academy) and Nick Dupuis (Holyoke, Mass./Springfield Falcons) at 4:48.  Tim Colvin pulled Skidmore to within one, 3-2, when he connected for his second of the season at 16:42 from Tony Giacin (St. Louis, Mo./Iowa Outlaws) and Aaron Beck (Maribel, Wisc./Lake Forest Acad.).  The Thoroughbreds continued to pressure Babson for the rest of the period, but the Beavers were able to take the 3-2 lead into the break.
 
Skidmore was unable to solve Testa in the third period. The junior netminder stopped all nine shots he saw in the final stanza, including two on a late Thoroughbred power play.  Babson got a short-handed empty-net goal from Mike Driscoll at 19:31 for the 4-2 final.
 
Skidmore out shot Babson 37-28. Colin Bessey had 24 saves for the Thoroughbreds.
 
Next up for Skidmore is Nichols College on Nov. 26 at 2 p.m. in the first round of the Skidmore Invitational. 
 
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                         Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
                          2012 Skidmore College Hockey
   Babson College vs Skidmore College (Nov 19, 2011 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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 Babson College (2-2, 2-2 ECAC East) vs. Skidmore College (2-4, 2-4 ECAC East)
 Date: Nov 19, 2011  Location: Saratoga Springs, NY  Arena: Saratoga City Rink
 Attendance:175   Start time:4 pm      End time:6:00      Total time:2:00
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 Goals by Period       1  2  3  Tot
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 Babson College......  2  1  1 -  4
 Skidmore College....  0  2  0 -  2
 
   1st period - 1, BABM, Ryan Smith/1 (Shayne Anderson) 2:10. 2, BABM,
Trevor Hines/1 (Mike Hoban, Matt Furey) 8:18. Penalties - Mike
Driscoll, BABM (high sticking) 5:26; Tyler Doremus, SKDM (slashing)
17:58.
 
   2nd period - 3, BABM, Jay Haseley/3 (Matt O'Neill, Andrew Bonazza)
:37. 4, SKDM, Vlad Gavrik/1 (David Limoges, Nick Dupuis) 4:48 (pp). 5,
SKDM, Tim Colvin/2 (Tony Giacin, Aaron Beck) 16:42. Penalties - Matt
Leer, BABM (cross-checking) 3:37; Nick Dupuis, SKDM (boarding) 7:40.
 
   3rd period - 6, BABM, Mike Driscoll/1 19:31 (empty net) (sh).
Penalties - Matt O'Neill, BABM (hooking) 4:30; Tyler Doremus, SKDM
(holding the stick) 10:59; Matt Leer, BABM (hit after whistle) 11:38;
Jack Walsh, SKDM (hit after whistle) 11:38; David Limoges, SKDM
(charging) 13:49; Mike Hoban, BABM (tripping) 18:27.
 
   Shots on goal - BABM 12-9-7 28; SKDM 15-13-9 37.
 
   Power plays - BABM 0 of 4; SKDM 1 of 4.
 
   Penalties - BABM 5 (10 min); SKDM 5 (10 min).
 
   Goalies - BABM, Zeke Testa 2-1 (60:00 minutes, 37 shots-35 saves);
SKDM, Colin Bessey 2-4 (58:50, 27-24).
 
   Penalty shots - None.
 
 A-175  T-2:00
 Three stars: 1. None    2. None    3. None
 Referee:William Sapelli  Linesman:Marc LeFebvre; Nick DeMarte Jr.