Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.—Brendan Cottam (Belmont, Mass./Lawrence Acad.) scored two goals and added an assist to lead the Skidmore College hockey team to a 6-3 ECAC East win over New England College, Friday night at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.
 
The Thoroughbreds earn the season split with the Pilgrims, avenging a 5-4 road loss on Nov. 12. Skidmore is 6-10-2 overall and 5-6-0 in ECAC play. NEC drops to 8-7-2 and 5-4-2.
 
Skidmore took an early lead when Zach Menard (Burlington, Mass./NH Monarchs) scored a 5-on-3 power-play goal at 2:36 from Nick Dupuis (Holyoke, Mass./Springfield Falcons) and Brad Schuler (Delran, N.J./Hamilton Red Wings).  Cottam made it 2-0 at 16:40 on a rebound off a Dupuis shot.   Aaron Beck (Maribel, Wisc./Lake Forest Acad.) picked-up the second assist.   New England got one back when Ben Souders scored a power-play goal off a rebound at 18:55.
 
Niko Uola tied it for the Pilgrims with a short-handed marker at 4:17 of the second. Cottam responded 17 seconds later with a power-play goal at 4:34 from Menard and Tim Colvin (Brunswick, Ohio/Hartford Wolfpack). Tony Giacin (St. Louis, Mo./Iowa Outlaws) scored his team-high 11^th of the season to make it 4-2 at 14:42 off a perfect pass from Alex Essaris (Dollard-Des-Ormaux, Que./Worcester Acad.).  Anders Gunderson (Marblehead, Mass./Northwood) scored his collegiate goal at 18:18 from Tyler Doremus (Aspen, Colo./New England Huskies) and Jack Walsh (North Reading, Mass./Andover Acad.) to give Skidmore a 5-2 lead at the end of two.
 
The Thoroughbreds controlled the tempo in the third period, extending the lead to 6-2 when Walsh scored his second of the season from Beck and Cottam at 5:13.  NEC managed a 5-on-3 power-play goal when Jacob Andersson scored a 5-on-3 power-play goal at 7:05 for the 6-3 final.
 
Colin Bessey (Montclair, N.J./Trinity-Pawling) had  24 saves for the win. Shawn Sirman stopped 25 shots for New England.
 
Skidmore will host St. Anselm College at 4 p.m. on Saturday, while the Pilgrims travel to Castleton State.
 
                         Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
                          2012 Skidmore College Hockey
 New England College vs Skidmore College (Jan 27, 2012 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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 New England College (8-7-2, 5-4-2 ECAC) vs. Skidmore College (6-10-2, 5-6 ECAC)
 Date: Jan 27, 2012  Location: Saratoga Springs, NY  Arena: Saratoga City Rink
 Attendance:315   Start time:7:25      End time:9:28      Total time:2:23
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 Goals by Period       1  2  3  Tot
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 New England College.  1  1  1 -  3
 Skidmore College....  2  3  1 -  6

   1st period - 1, SKDM, Zach Menard/3 (Nick Dupuis, Brad Schuler)
2:36 (pp). 2, SKDM, Brendan Cottam/2 (Nick Dupuis, Aaron Beck) 16:40.
3, NECM, Ben Souders/7 (Andreas Persson, Freddie Bystrom) 18:55 (pp).
Penalties - Jesse Ostring, NECM (hooking) :33; Greg Jacques, NECM
(boarding) 2:09; Matt Abbott, NECM (interference) 9:28; Aki Uola, NECM
(10-minute misconduct) 9:28; David Limoges, SKDM (interference) 17:21.


   2nd period - 4, NECM, Niko Uola/13 4:17 (sh). 5, SKDM, Brendan
Cottam/3 (Zach Menard, Tim Colvin) 4:34 (pp). 6, SKDM, Tony Giacin/11
(Alex Essaris, Brad Schuler) 14:42. 7, SKDM, Anders Gunderson/1 (Tyler
Doremus, Jack Walsh) 18:18. Penalties - Vlad Gavrik, SKDM (boarding)
:39; Brad Schuler, SKDM (tripping) 1:27; Johan Qvarfordt, NECM
(interference) 3:05; Dave Dupuis, SKDM (hooking) 5:55; Aaron Beck,
SKDM (cross-checking) 9:36; Dalton Weinstein, SKDM (interference)
12:13; Samuli Turunen, NECM (hit after whistle) 16:53; Nick Dupuis,
SKDM (hit after whistle) 16:53.

   3rd period - 8, SKDM, Jack Walsh/2 (Aaron Beck, Brendan Cottam)
5:13. 9, NECM, Jacob Andersson/3 (Brett DiClementi) 7:05 (pp).
Penalties - Dave Dupuis, SKDM (slashing) 5:52; Aaron Beck, SKDM
(hooking) 6:38.

   Shots on goal - NECM 5-12-11 28; SKDM 14-9-8 31.

   Power plays - NECM 2 of 8; SKDM 2 of 5.

   Penalties - NECM 6 (20 min); SKDM 9 (18 min).

   Goalies - NECM, Shawn Sirman 5-7-2 (60:00 minutes, 31 shots-25
saves); SKDM, Colin Bessey 5-8-0 (60:00, 28-25).

   Penalty shots - None.

 A-315  T-2:23
 Three stars: 1. None    2. None    3. None
 Referee:Ryan St. Louis  Linesman:Scott Spencer; Michael Cook
 Win-Colin Bessey (5-8-0).  Loss-Shawn Sirman (5-7-2).