GENEVA, N.Y.— The Skidmore College hockey team closed out the semester schedule with a 3-2 loss at #12 Hobart College in a New England Hockey Conference game Saturday evening.
 
The Thoroughbreds are 1-9-1 and 0-7-1 in NEHC play. The Statesmen are 6-2-2 and 5-1-2.  Skidmore is off until a Dec. 30 non-conference 4 p.m. home game against Hamilton.  
 
An eventful first period featured two goals for each team. Skidmore struck first at 5:58 in. An initial attempt by Quincy Gregg was saved but the rebound bounced to Tim Allen, who slid a slow shot across the line. Junior Jonas Toupal responded for Hobart just under three minutes later. After a shot by sophomore Lawson MacDougall was blocked, the puck came to Toupal at the left post. His initial shot hit the post and then he lifted the rebound, scoring his eighth of the season top shelf. With 5:12 to go in the first, Wolf made it 2-1 Statesmen. Senior Jordan Haskell had the puck on the left side boards at center ice. He got it to first-year Travis Schneider at the blue line who settled it and left it for Wolf. Wolf sent a shot on goal from the top of the circle that found the back of the net. With 3:52 left in the opening period, Allen struck again to tie things up for the Thoroughbreds, this time on a power play. He won the faceoff and got the puck to Brandon Borges at the blue line. Borges dumped the puck back in to Allen who settled it and skated in at goal before sending a shot across the line.
 
Neither team scored in the second period. Hobart scored the lone goal of the third, a power-play game winner at 2:38.
 
After stopping 36 of 39 shots in Skidmore's 4-2 loss Friday night to Hobart, Brandon Kasel had another busy game in net with 40 saves today. He stopped all 17 shots he faced in the second period.