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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—Travel partners Skidmore College and Castleton University battled to a 2-2 overtime tie in New England Hockey Conference play Friday night at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.
 
The home-and-home series moves to Rutland Saturday with a 7 p.m. start.
 
The Thoroughbreds are 8-11-3 overall and 7-6-2 in the NEHC, while the Spartans are 8-9-5 and 7-5-3.
 
Skidmore seniors Anthony Bird, Marc Cibelli, Connor Van Arnam, Sam Bloom, and Jack McDonald were honored in a pregame ceremony.
 
Bird opened the scoring at 12:06 of the first period with his fourth short-handed goal of the season. The crafty forward took advantage of a blocked shot and went coast-to-coast, beating Castleton goalie Ryan Mulder low glove-side. He ranks third nationally in shorthanded goals, one off the two leaders.
 
Castleton wasted no time tying it on a Kevin Rosset power-play goal at 12:51. Thoroughbred goalie Brandon Kasel made the first save on a deep shot by Troy Taylor, but the puck bounced right to Rosset who fired it in from the doorstep.
 
Skidmore took a 2-1 lead in the second period when Mickey Foley converted a rebound at 16:33 from Max Hegge and Sam Loizeaux. The Spartans tied it two minutes later when Trevor Hanna deflected a Taylor shot into the net at 18:42.
 
Scoring chances were few and far between in a scoreless third period with Kasel (5 saves) and Mulder (11 saves) stopping everything they saw over the 20 minutes.
 
Castleton had a 5-on-3 power play for the final 1:03 of the overtime, but the Skidmore defense didn't allow a shot to preserve the tie.
 
The Thoroughbreds had a 33-22 shot advantage. Kasel finished with 20 saves, while Mulder had 31. Skidmore was 0-3 on the power play, while Castleton went 1-7.