Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.—A determined Skidmore College hockey team came from behind to beat St. Anselm College, 5-4 in ECAC East action, Saturday afternoon at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.

The Thoroughbreds improve to 2-2 after handing the 2-1-1 Hawks their first loss of the season and snapping a 12-game St. A's unbeaten streak that began last season.

St. Anselm jumped out to a quick 2-0 first period lead on goals a pair of goals by Liam McKillop at 5:08 and 8:06 of the first.  David Limoges got one back for Skidmore with a breakaway goal at 11:31. McKillop completed the hat trick at 16:58 for a 3-1 Hawk lead at the first intermission.

Skidmore freshman goalie Ben Freiberg stopped a Mike Richard breakaway at 1:03 that kept it a two-goal game and allowed the Thoroughbred comeback. Skidmore cut the lead to one 27 seconds later when Erik Nilsson scored on a rebound from Limoges and Tony Giacin at 1:30.  Brad Schuler made it 3-3 with his fourth of the season at 5:52 from Vlad Gavrik and Daniel Morelli.  Freiberg, who came on in relief in the first period, had 10 saves in the period.

In the third, Skidmore took its first lead of the game, 4-3, when Jack Even beat St. Anselm goalie Robert Kang glove side from a tight angle at 2:53, from Brendan Cottam and Chris Powers.  Cottam made it 5-3 when his shot connected high stick side at 8:25 from Dalton Weinstein and Ondrej Krajnak.  Richard got it to within one, 5-4 when scored his sixth of the season, a power-play goal at 12:46.  The Thoroughbred defense shut the door the rest of the way for the 5-4 win.

Freiberg had 18 saves in 51:52. Spencer Sodokoff had four saves in the first 8:08.  Kang finished with 23 saves for the Hawks.