Box Score
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.— Castleton State scored the game's first four goals on the way to a 9-4 ECAC East hockey win over Skidmore College, Friday night at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.
The loss drops the Thoroughbreds to 10-12-2 overall and 9-8 in the East. The seventh ranked Spartans are 17-5-2 and 12-3-2. The teams will play again Saturday at 7 p.m. in Rutland to close out the regular season.
Nick Lazorko had three goals to lead Castleton. The sophomore forward has 23 goals and 17 assists for 40 points on the season.
The Spartans jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead and then scored an early goal in the second to take a 4-0 lead. Ben Schoeneberger, Lazorko, and Ryan Frost scored the first period goals with Lazorko scoring the fourth 13 seconds into the second period.
Zack Menard got the Thoroughbreds on the board with a shorthanded goal at 5:38 of the second from
Nick Dupuis and
Brad Schuler.
David Limoges cut the lead to 4-2 at 15:30 from
Chris Powers and
Nick Mannarino. Castleton took a 5-2 lead into the second break with Dan Bell's 15th goal of the season at 18:39.
The Spartans extended the lead to 7-2 in the third on goals by Brett Zeggil and Lazorko. Skidmore fought back with goals by
Jack Walsh at 7:26 and and Limoge at 14:51, but Castleton scored the final two when Zeggil and Schoeneberger picked-up the second goals of the game at 15:32 and 16:49 respectively.
Limoge finished with two goals and an assist for the Thoroughbreds.
Colin Bessey played 43:51, stopping 16 of 22 shots, while
John Bienkowski had three saves in 16:09. Thomas Shelley earned the win for Castleton with 23 saves.
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Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2012 Skidmore College Hockey
#7 Castleton State vs Skidmore College (Feb 17, 2012 at Saratoga Springs, NY)
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Castleton State (17-5-2,12-3-2 ECAC) vs. Skidmore College (10-12-2, 9-8 ECAC)
Date: Feb 17, 2012 Location: Saratoga Springs, NY Arena: Saratoga City Rink
Attendance:545 Start time:7 pm End time:9:05 Total time:2:05
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Goals by Period 1 2 3 Tot
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Castleton State..... 3 2 4 - 9
Skidmore College.... 0 2 2 - 4
1st period - 1, CSTM, Ben Schoeneberger/14 (Brian Greene) 6:35. 2,
CSTM, Nick Lazorko/21 (Ryan Delorme, Justin Alonzo) 8:40. 3, CSTM,
Ryan Frost/9 (Kevin Van Dyk) 18:12 (pp). Penalties - Josh Harris, CSTM
(hooking) :39; Ross Herzog, CSTM (roughing) 13:35;
David Limoges, SKDM
(boarding) 17:09; Tyler Atkins, CSTM (roughing) 17:57;
Tyler Doremus,
SKDM (roughing) 17:57.
2nd period - 4, CSTM, Nick Lazorko/22 (Justin Alonzo, Dan Bell)
:13. 5, SKDM,
Zach Menard/5 (
Nick Dupuis,
Brad Schuler) 5:38 (sh). 6,
SKDM,
David Limoges/10 (
Chris Powers,
Nick Mannarino) 15:30. 7, CSTM,
Dan Bell/15 (Justin Alonzo) 18:39. Penalties -
Tyler Doremus, SKDM
(boarding) 2:26;
Phil Buonocore, SKDM (cross-checking) 3:46; Nick
Mannarino, SKDM (high sticking) 7:39;
Zach Menard, SKDM (spearing)
9:49;
Zach Menard, SKDM (game misconduct) 9:49; Ryan Delorme, CSTM
(hitting from behind) 18:52.
3rd period - 8, CSTM, Brett Zeggil/6 (Lindsey Gullett, Kevin Van
Dyk) 5:39. 9, CSTM, Nick Lazorko/23 (Brad Barber) 6:46. 10, SKDM, Jack
Walsh/4 (
Dave Dupuis,
David Limoges) 7:26. 11, SKDM,
David Limoges/11
(
Jack Walsh,
Tony Giacin) 14:51. 12, CSTM, Brett Zeggil/6 (Kyle
Richards) 15:32 (sh). 13, CSTM, Ben Schoeneberger/15 (Lindsey Gullett,
Kyle Pichler) 16:49. Penalties - Kyle Pichler, CSTM (elbowing) 12:04;
Vlad Gavrik, SKDM (holding) 13:19; Brad Barber, CSTM (high sticking)
13:50.
Shots on goal - CSTM 8-12-7 27; SKDM 11-9-7 27.
Power plays - CSTM 2 of 6; SKDM 0 of 5.
Penalties - CSTM 6 (12 min); SKDM 8 (27 min).
Goalies - CSTM, Thomas Shelley 5-1 (60:00 minutes, 27 shots-23
saves); SKDM,
Colin Bessey 9-10 (43:51, 22-16) ,
John Bienkowski
(161:09, 5-2).
Penalty shots - None.
A-545 T-2:05
Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None
Referee:Mike Cross Linesman:Scott Prim; Michael Cook
Win-Thomas Shelley (5-1). Loss-
Colin Bessey (9-10).
