Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.— The Skidmore College hockey team opened its season with a tough 5-4 loss to the University of Southern Maine Friday night at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.
 
Huskie goalie Braely Torris made 14 of his 28 saves in the third period to preserve the win.
 
Southern Maine got on the board early when Brad McGovern scored from Troy Thibodeau at 1:37 of the first.  Alex Essaris (Dollard-Des-Ormaux, Quebec/Northwood School) tied it when he intercepted a clearing pass and beat Torris for a power-play goal at 4:01.  The Huskies went back in front at 10:02 on Dan Rautenberg's first goal of the game, a power-play tally from David Nies.
 
Skating four-on-four, Southern Maine opened a 3-1 lead at 9:42 of the second period on a goal by Angelo Vrachnas with assists from Chris LaCount and Kevin Smith.   The Thoroughbreds hung in with consecutive markers to tie it 3-3. Aaron Beck (Maribel, Wisc./Lake Forest Acad.) scored on a breakaway from Nick Dupuis (Holyoke, Mass./Springfield Falcons) at 14:17 and Zach Menard (Burlington, Mass./NH Monarchs) tied it with a power-play goal from Tony Giacin (St. Louis, Mo./Iowa Outlaws) and Brendan Cottam (Belmont, Mass./Lawrence Acad.) at 15:30.
 
The Huskies got another quick start in the third when Rautenberg scored an unassisted goal 32 seconds in for a 4-3 lead.  Ryan Seward made it 5-3 at 15:26, setting-up a wild final four minutes.   The Thoroughbreds fought to within one, as Erik Nilsson (Stockholm, Sweden/Gunnery School) scored his first collegiate goal on a rebound from Essaris and Jack Walsh (North Reading, Mass./Andover Academy) at 16:48.  Skidmore continued to put pressure on the Huskies, but Torris turned back the final shots to preserve the win.
 
Colin Bessey had 22 saves for the Thoroughbreds.
 
Skidmore will host the University of New England on Saturday at 7 p.m.
 
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                         Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
                          2012 Skidmore College Hockey
   Southern Maine vs Skidmore College (Nov 04, 2011 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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 Southern Maine (1-0, 1-0 ECAC East) vs. Skidmore College (0-1, 0-1 ECAC East)
 Date: Nov 04, 2011  Location: Saratoga Springs, NY  Arena: Saratoga City Rink
 Attendance:910   Start time:7 p.m.    End time:9:01      Total time:2:01
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 Goals by Period       1  2  3  Tot
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 Southern Maine......  2  1  2 -  5
 Skidmore College....  1  2  1 -  4
 
   1st period - 1, SOMM, Brad McGovern/1 (Troy Thibodeau) 1:37. 2,
SKDM, Alex Essaris/1 4:01 (pp). 3, SOMM, Dan Rautenberg/1 (David Nies)
10:02 (pp). Penalties - Dan Rautenberg, SOMM (elbowing) 2:03; Vlad
Gavrik, SKDM (cross-checking) 9:52; Brad Schuler, SKDM (interference)
11:57.
 
   2nd period - 4, SOMM, Angelo Vrachnas/1 (Chris LaCount, Kevin
Smith) 9:42. 5, SKDM, Aaron Beck/1 (Nick Dupuis) 14:17. 6, SKDM, Zach
Menard/1 (Tony Giacin, Brendan Cottam) 15:30 (pp). Penalties - Alex
Essaris, SKDM (tripping) 1:58; Matt Tucceri, SOMM (roughing) 5:44;
Lorne Miller, SOMM (boarding) 8:24; Tim Colvin, SKDM (boarding) 9:35;
Kevin Smith, SOMM (tripping) 14:46; Jason Olson, SOMM (cross-checking)
15:30.
 
   3rd period - 7, SOMM, Dan Rautenberg/2 :38. 8, SOMM, Ryan Seward/1
15:26. 9, SKDM, Erik Nilsson/1 (Alex Essaris, Jack Walsh) 16:48.
Penalties - Brad Schuler, SKDM (hit after whistle) 1:30; Matt
MacDonald, SOMM (hit after whistle) 1:30; Zach Menard, SKDM (hooking)
2:02.
 
   Shots on goal - SOMM 9-6-12 27; SKDM 7-10-15 32.
 
   Power plays - SOMM 1 of 5; SKDM 2 of 5.
 
   Penalties - SOMM 6 (12 min); SKDM 6 (12 min).
 
   Goalies - SOMM, Braely Torris 1-0 (60:00 minutes, 32 shots-28
saves); SKDM, Colin Bessey 0-1 (58:44, 27-22).
 
   Penalty shots - None.
 
 A-910  T-2:01
 Three stars: 1. None    2. None    3. None
 Referee:Kevin Sullivan  Linesman:Morgan Waters; Nick DeMarte Jr.
 Win-Braely Torris (1-0).  Loss-Colin Bessey (0-1).