SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.— Mike Gelatt scored with 26 seconds to play in overtime to propel the Skidmore College hockey team into the 15^th Skidmore Thanksgiving Invitational Tournament championship game with a 4-3 win over Chatham University Saturday at the Saratoga Springs City Rink.
 
The Thoroughbreds will face Connecticut College in the championship game at 4 p.m. Sunday. Conn College beat Brockport 3-2. Chatham and Brockport will play in the 1 p.m. consolation game.
 
This will be the ninth championship appearance for Skidmore (3-3-1). The Thoroughbreds have won three times, including a 4-2 win over Tufts in the 2019 title game.
 
Skidmore opened a 3-0 lead. Ethan Heidepriem won a faceoff in the Chatham zone that went to Reid Russell who quickly got it to Will Dow-Kenny for a rocket shot from just inside the blue line for the 1-0 lead at 6:36. Heidepriem took advantage of the Cougar defensive zone turnover to make it 2-0 at 18:26 from Gelatt.
 
Kaeden Patrick upped the advantage to 3-0 with his fifth of the season at 2:22 of the second period. Danny Magnuson and Everett Wardle were credited with the helpers.
 
Chatham scored a pair of second period power-play goals to cut it to 3-2.
 
The score stayed that way until the Cougars tied it just after Skidmore killed off a late third period penalty at 16:58.
 
The Thoroughbreds controlled play in the overtime. Devin Mussio started the winning play, getting the puck out of the defensive zone before leaving the ice for a change. Gelatt and Wardle exchanged passes, with Gelatt taking the winning shot, beating Chatham goalie Ricardo Gonzalez low glove side for his first goal of the season.
 
Skidmore had a 37-21 shot advantage, including a 4-0 edge in overtime.
 
Blaine Moore had 18 saves for his first collegiate win. Gonzalez finished with 33.