Box Score

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Saratoga Springs, N.Y.—Castleton State took a 5-2 ECAC East win over Skidmore College, Saturday in the final regular season game of the season.

The Thoroughbreds finish 11-12-2 overall and 8-9-1 in the East. The Spartans are 14-9-2 and 9-8-1.  Skidmore will be seeded sixth and travel to third seed Babson College for the ECAC Quarterfinals on Feb. 23. Castleton is fourth and will host New England College.

Castleton grabbed an early 1-0 lead with when Kyle Richards scored on a rebound at 4:56 of the first from Reid Lesswing. Ryan Frost made it 2-0 off a neutral zone turnover at 17:16 from Brian Greene and Josh Harris.

Skidmore got on the board at 12:15 of the second when Zach Menard scored on a short-handed breakaway to make 2-1. It was his 10^th of the season.  The Thoroughbreds held the Spartans to just one shot in the period
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Castleton came out strong in the third, going up 3-1 when Dan Bell put home a rebound for his 10th goal of the season from Justin Alonzo and Greene at 2:31. Skidmore responded when Thomas Park deflected one in at 6:37 from Ondrej Krajnak and Brendan Cottam.  The Spartans scored the next two for  a 5-2 lead. Josh Harris scored his team-high 16^th of the season at 7:35 from Ryan Delorme and Brad Barber, while Kyle Pichler scored a power-play goal at 11:25 from Bell and Frost.

The Thoroughbreds had a 28-19 shot advantage.

Ben Freiberg had 13 saves, while Spencer Sodokoff had one over the final 8:35 in net for Skidmore. Erick Cinotti stopped 26 shots for Castleton, including three in a third-period 5-on-3.