Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.—One day after taking out the nation's top team, the Skidmore College hockey team continued to roll with a 9-1 ECAC East win over St. Michael's College at the Saratoga City Rink.
 
There was no letdown for the Thoroughbreds (10-11-2, 9-7 ECAC East) who beat #1 Norwich University 3-2 Friday night.   Skidmore never let the Purple Knights (6-14-2, 3-12-1 East) in the game, taking an 8-0 lead before a late second period SMC power-play goal.
 
The team is getting hot at the right time of the season with a three straight wins and a 6-2-1 record over the last eight games.  Skidmore has a narrow one-point hold on the fourth and final playoff home ice slot and will close out the regular season with a pair of home-and-home games next weekend against second place Castleton.  The Thoroughbreds host the Spartans on Friday at 7 p.m. and then close out the regular season in Rutland on Saturday.
 
The Thoroughbreds struck first when Tony Giacin (St. Louis, Mo./Iowa Outlaws) scored his team-high 12^th of the season at 3:53 from Brad Schuler (Delran, N.J./Hamilton Red Wings) and Julian Malakorn (Warwick, R.I./Pomfret).  Giacin's faceoff win set-up the second Skidmore goal, a rocket from the point by Nick Dupuis (Holyoke, Mass./Springfield Falcons) at 11:08.  Malakorn also assisted. Erik Nilsson (Stockholm, Sweden/Gunnery) made it 3-0 on a breakaway from Alex Essaris (Dollard-Des-Ormaux, Que./Worcester Acad.) and Dave Dupuis (Kuujjuaq, Que./Kent School) at 16:51.
 
Skidmore continued to dominate in the second period, scoring twice in the first three minutes for a 5-0 lead. Giacin picked-up his second of the game from Malakorn and Jack Walsh (North Reading, Mass./Andover Acad.) at 1:43, chasing Purple Knight goalie Mike Dizgun.  Aaron Beck (Maribel, Wisc./Lake Forest Acad.) made it 5-0 at 2:56 with Tim Colvin (Brunswick, Ohio/Hartford Wolfpack) and Anders Gunderson (Marblehead, Mass./Northwood) assisting.
 
The Thoroughbreds scored another quick pair later in the second to extend the lead to 7-0. Vlad Gavrik (Kharkiv, Ukraine/Hebron Acad.) found the net at 12:13 from Zach Menard (Burlington, Mass./N.H. Monarchs) and Giacin.  David Limoges (Saint-Hippolyte, Que./Albany Acad.) lit the lamp 51 seconds later with Dupuis assisting.  Limoges made it 8-0 at 15:22 from Dupuis and Brendan Cottam (Belmont, Mass./Lawrence Acad.). 
 
St. Michael's finally found the net with a Connor Logan power-play goal at 19:43 for an 8-1 Thoroughbred lead at the second break.
 
Gavrik scored the lone third period goal at 12:30 from Essaris and Doremus.
 
Giacin finished with two goals and two assists, while Dupuis and Malakorn had three assists each.
 
Colin Bessey (Montclair, N.J./Trinity-Pawling) had another big game in net. He played the first two periods, stopping 14-of-15 shots. John Bienkowski (Lexington, Mass./Hoosac School) stopped all six shots he saw in the third period.  Dizgun was credited with 9 saves, while Eric McGuirk had 17 saves over 38:17 for St. Michael's.
 
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                         Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
                          2012 Skidmore College Hockey
    St. Michael's vs Skidmore College (Feb 11, 2012 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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 St. Michael's (6-14-2, 3-12-1 ECAC) vs. Skidmore College (10-11-2, 9-7)
 Date: Feb 11, 2012  Location: Saratoga Springs, NY  Arena: Saratoga City Rink
 Attendance:245   Start time:4 pm      End time:5:51 pm   Total time:1:51
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 Goals by Period       1  2  3  Tot
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 St. Michael's.......  0  1  0 -  1
 Skidmore College....  3  5  1 -  9
 
   1st period - 1, SKDM, Tony Giacin/12 (Brad Schuler, Julian
Malakorn) 3:53. 2, SKDM, Nick Dupuis/7 (Julian Malakorn, Tony Giacin)
11:08. 3, SKDM, Erik Nilsson/5 (Alex Essaris, Dave Dupuis) 16:51.
Penalties -
 
   2nd period - 4, SKDM, Tony Giacin/13 (Julian Malakorn, Jack Walsh)
1:43. 5, SKDM, Aaron Beck/6 (Tim Colvin, Anders Gunderson) 2:56. 6,
SKDM, Vlad Gavrik/6 (Zach Menard, Tony Giacin) 12:13. 7, SKDM, David
Limoges/8 (Dave Dupuis) 13:04. 8, SKDM, David Limoges/9 (Dave Dupuis,
Erik Nilsson) 15:22. 9, STMM, Connor Logan/3 (Tim McAuliffe, Rich
Rodeschini) 19:44 (pp). Penalties - Brady Earle, STMM (holding) 5:57;
Tyler Doremus, SKDM (cross-checking) 6:02; Morgan Bell, STMM
(interference) 10:03; John Teulings, STMM (high sticking) 11:40; Tyler
Doremus, SKDM (high sticking) 11:40; Rich Rodeschini, STMM (holding)
17:26; Chris Powers, SKDM (slashing) 18:53.
 
   3rd period - 10, SKDM, Vlad Gavrik/7 (Alex Essaris, Tyler Doremus)
12:39. Penalties - Dan Evarts, STMM (roughing) 7:30; John Teulings,
STMM (hit after whistle) 9:45; Dave Dupuis, SKDM (hit after whistle)
9:45.
 
   Shots on goal - STMM 8-7-6 21; SKDM 11-17-7 35.
 
   Power plays - STMM 1 of 2; SKDM 0 of 4.
 
   Penalties - STMM 6 (12 min); SKDM 4 (8 min).
 
   Goalies - STMM, Eric McGuirk (38:17 minutes, 22 shots-17 saves) ,
Mike Dizgun 5-12-2 (21:43, 13-9); SKDM, Colin Bessey 9-9 (40:00,
15-14) , John Bienkowski (20:00, 6-6).
 
   Penalty shots - None.
 
 A-245  T-1:51
 Three stars: 1. None    2. None    3. None
 Referee:Robert Collins  Linesman:Thomas Connors; Nick DeMarte Jr.
 Win-Colin Bessey (9-9).  Loss-Mike Dizgun (5-12-2).