BOX SCORE

GENEVA, N.Y.— For the second straight day, the Skidmore College hockey team gave #12 Hobart College all it could handle before dropping a one-goal decision. Friday, it was 2-1, today it was 4-3.
 
Hobart improves to 7-2-1 after its weekend sweep of the Thoroughbreds. Skidmore is now 2-8-1 this season.
 
Skidmore's Anthony Bird notched three assists and Marc Cibelli produced two goals. Connor Pelkey chipped in two assists. Thoroughbred goalie Jack McDonald played 58:46 and stopped 38 shots.
 
Brad Robbins led the Statesmen with three points on two goals and an assist. Goalie Lino Chimienti played all 60 minutes and made 24 saves.

The Statesmen jumped out to a 2-0 lead late in the opening period. Robbins notched both goals just 28 seconds apart. His first came on a Hobart power play with 3:48 on the clock. After a face off, Robbins' second goal of the afternoon and seventh of the season came off a shot from right out in front.
 
Sean Rudy gave the Statesmen a 3-0 lead 10:50 into the second period.  Just under a minute later, Cibelli put Skidmore on the board with a power-play goal. Bird put a shot on goal that was saved by Hobart's Chimienti, but Cibelli was there to stuff in the rebound. With 5:26 left in the second, the Statesmen were whistled for cross checking and hooking, giving the Thoroughbreds a 5-on-3 advantage, but Hobart's penalty kill preserved the two-goal lead.
 
Mitch Beyer gave the Statesmen a 4-1 lead 11:26 into the final period.
 
However, the Thoroughbreds added two more goals in the third to cut Hobart's lead to one. Ondrej Krajnak scored at 12:46 off assists from Pelkey and Bird, and Cibelli added another power-play goal with 5:50 remaining. Pelkey and Bird also set up his goal. Skidmore pulled McDonald with 1:14 on the clock for the extra skater, but the Statesmen defense held strong to secure the win.
 
Hobart finished with a 42-27 advantage in shots. The Statesmen were 1-for-7 on the power play, while the Thoroughbreds went 2-for-6.
 
Skidmore is off until a road game at Hamilton on Jan. 1 at 4 p.m.