Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.— Sophomore Tony Giacin (St. Louis, Mo./Iowa Outlaws) scored a career-high four goals to lead the Skidmore College hockey team to an 8-2 win over Nichols College in the first round of the Skidmore Invitational Tournament, Saturday at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.
 
The Thoroughbreds (3-4) will face Hamilton College in Sunday's 4 p.m. championship game. The Bison (1-5-1) will play Brockport in the consolation game at 1 p.m.  Hamilton (1-1-1) and Brockport (1-6-2) battled to a 5-5 tie with the Continentals winning the shootout 2-0.
 
In the first game, Skidmore took a 3-1 first period lead on goals by Julian Malakorn (Warwick, R.I./Pomfret), David Limoges (Saint-Hippolyte, Que./Albany Acad.) and Erik Nilsson (Stockholm, Sweden/Gunnery).  Brett Jackson had the lone Nichols goal.
 
Giacin started a four-goal Skidmore second period with his first goal of the game at 1:34 for a 4-1 Thoroughbred lead. He made it 5-1 at 6:31.  Joe Sposit tallied a power-play goal for Nichols at 9:44, but that would be it for the Bison offense. Giacin rang-up his hat trick at 12:39.  Tyler Doremus (Aspen, Colo./New England Huskies) made it 7-2 at 13:43.
 
Giacin's fourth goal was a power-play tally at 15:31 of the third. It was his team-high seventh of the season.
 
Alex Essaris (Dollsard-Des-Ormaux, Que./Worcester Acad.) had three assists for Skidmore.
 
Skidmore outshot Nichols, 44-25.  Colin Bessey had 18 saves in the first 45:11 for the win, while John Bienkowski stopped all five shots he saw over the final 14:49.  Bison goalie Ryan Casey had 36 saves.

The second game featured a wild finish with five third-period goals, including each team scoring in the final two minutes to force the OT.
 
Hamilton led 2-0 after the first on a short-handed goal by Bryan Kelly at 11:21 and an unassisted goal by Michael DiMare at 15:50.
 
Brockport tied it with the first two goals of the second period. Nick Panepinto scored at 3:26 and Adam Shoff evened the score, 2-2,  at 12:31. The Continentals took a 3-2 lead into the break when DiMare scored his second of the game with both teams down a man at 15:06.
 
In the third, Panepinto tied it for the Golden Eagles with his second of the team, a power-play goal at 8:04.  Hamilton went back ahead, 4-3, when Anthony Scarpino scored his first of the season, a power-play goal at 9:12.  Brockport battled back to tie it 4-4 on a James Cody power-play goal at 14:48.
 
Scarpino scored what looked like the game-winner for Hamilton at 18:00 when Pat Curtis forced a turnover at the blue line, sending Scarpinio in on a breakaway for his second goal of the game at 18:00 to make it 5-4.  Down a man, the Golden Eagles pulled goalie Joe Reagan and the gamble paid off when Shoff scored his second of the game, a short-handed goal at 18:50. 
 
Both teams had opportunities in the extra period, but Reagan and Hamilton goalie Cam Gibbar each stopped two shots to preserve the tie. 
 
In the shootout, DiMare and Andrew Jelinek scored for the Continentals, while Gibbar stopped a Brockport shot and forced another wide.
 
Gibbar finished with 26 saves, while Reagan had 28.
 
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                         Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
                          2012 Skidmore College Hockey
       Nichols vs Skidmore College (Nov 26, 2011 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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 Nichols (1-4-1) vs. Skidmore College (3-4)
 Date: Nov 26, 2011  Location: Saratoga Springs, NY  Arena: Saratoga City Rink
 Attendance:325   Start time:2pm       End time:4:55      Total time:1!:55
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 Goals by Period       1  2  3  Tot
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 Nichols.............  1  1  0 -  2
 Skidmore College....  3  4  1 -  8
 
   1st period - 1, SKDM, Julian Malakorn/1 (Brendan Cottam, Alex
Essaris) 6:29. 2, NICM, Brett Jackson/1 (Greg Strootman) 9:44. 3,
SKDM, David Limoges/5 (Phil Buonocore) 18:30. 4, SKDM, Erik Nilsson/3
(Jake Lewis) 19:01. Penalties -
 
   2nd period - 5, SKDM, Tony Giacin/4 (Tim Colvin, Aaron Beck) 1:34.
6, SKDM, Tony Giacin/5 (Jack Walsh, Dalton Weinstein) 6:31. 7, NICM,
Joe Sposit/5 (Chris Gularte) 9:44 (pp). 8, SKDM, Tony Giacin/6 (Tim
Colvin, Aaron Beck) 12:39. 9, SKDM, Tyler Doremus/2 (Alex Essaris,
Vlad Gavrik) 13:43. Penalties - Brad Schuler, SKDM (hooking) 9:02;
Chris Gularte, NICM (hitting from behind) 20:00.
 
   3rd period - 10, SKDM, Tony Giacin/7 (Alex Essaris, Phil Buonocore)
15:31 (pp). Penalties - Wil Brown, NICM (roughing) 12:16; Kyle
Shapiro, NICM (em) 13:35; Nick Dupuis, SKDM (interference) 13:35;
Team, NICM (unsportsmanlike conduct) 13:39.
 
   Shots on goal - NICM 10-10-5 25; SKDM 18-11-15 44.
 
   Power plays - NICM 1 of 1; SKDM 1 of 3.
 
   Penalties - NICM 4 (8 min); SKDM 2 (4 min).
 
   Goalies - NICM, Ryan Casey 0-1 (60:00 minutes, 44 shots-36 saves);
SKDM, Colin Bessey 3-4 (45:11, 20-18) , John Bienkowski (14:49, 5-5).
 
   Penalty shots - None.
 
 A-325  T-1!:55
 Three stars: 1. None    2. None    3. None
 Referee:Jim Tinnirella  Linesman:Michael Shea; Brent Adams
 Win-Colin Bessey (3-4).  Loss-Ryan Casey (0-1).
 First Round of the Skidmore Invitational Tourn.
 Skidmore will play winner of Hamilton/Brockport
 
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                         Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
                          2012 Skidmore College Hockey
          Brockport vs Hamilton (Nov 26, 2011 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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 Brockport (1-6-2) vs. Hamilton (1-1-1)
 Date: Nov 26, 2011  Location: Saratoga Springs, NY  Arena: Saratoga City Rink
 Attendance:175   Start time:5 pm      End time:7:15 pm   Total time:2:15
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 Goals by Period       1  2  3 OT  Tot
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 Brockport...........  0  2  3  0 -  5
 Hamilton............  2  1  2  0 -  5
 
   1st period - 1, HAMM, Bryan Kelly 11:21 (sh). 2, HAMM, Michael
DiMare 15:50. Penalties - Anthony Scarpino, HAMM (unsportsmanlike
conduct) 4:33; Evan Haney, HAMM (tripping) 5:43; Chris Cangro, BROCK
(hooking) 7:36; BJ Lalonde, HAMM (tripping) 11:01; Brian Infante, HAMM
(cross-checking) 12:36; Andrew White, HAMM (cross-checking) 18:50;
James Cody, BROCK (elbowing) 19:28; Mike Hayward, BROCK
(cross-checking) 19:28.
 
   2nd period - 3, BROCK, Nick Panepinto 3:26. 4, BROCK, Adam Shoff
(James Cody, Ian Finnerty) 12:31. 5, HAMM, Michael DiMare (Evan Haney,
Bennett Schneider) 15:06. Penalties - Mike Hollander, BROCK (roughing)
13:16; Cam Gibbar, HAMM (roughing) 13:16.
 
   3rd period - 6, BROCK, Nick Panepinto (Marcus Farmer, James Cody)
8:04 (pp). 7, HAMM, Anthony Scarpino (Michael DiMare, Anthony Ruberto)
9:12 (pp). 8, BROCK, James Cody (Adam Shoff, Nick Panepinto) 14:48
(pp). 9, HAMM, Anthony Scarpino (Pat Curtis) 18:00. 10, BROCK, Adam
Shoff (Ian Finnerty, James Cody) 18:50 (sh). Penalties - Andrew
Jelinek, HAMM (slashing) 7:26; Mike Hayward, BROCK (interference)
8:44; Mike Hayward, BROCK (10-minute misconduct) 8:44; Matt DeLuca,
BROCK (high sticking) 11:17; Brian Infante, HAMM (tripping) 14:18;
Marcus Farmer, BROCK (roughing) 18:21.
 
   OT period - Penalties -
 
   Shots on goal - BROCK 8-13-8-2 31; HAMM 8-8-13-2 31.
 
   Power plays - BROCK 0 of 0; HAMM 0 of 0.
 
   Penalties - BROCK 8 (24 min); HAMM 8 (16 min).
 
   Goalies - BROCK, Joe Reagan (64:44 minutes, 31 shots-26 saves);
HAMM, Cam Gibbar (65:00, 31-26).
 
   Penalty shots - None.
 
 A-175  T-2:15
 Three stars: 1. None    2. None    3. None
 Referee:Mike St. Louis  Linesman:Scott Spencer; Nick DeMarte Jr.
 Brockport-Joe Reagan (0-1-1).  Hamilton-Cam Gibbar (0-1-1).
 Hamilton advances 2-0 on shootout.
 Mike DiMare and Drew Jelinek made their shots.