PINE VALLEY, N.Y.—The 13^th ranked Skidmore College men's hockey team moved into second place with a 3-1 New England Hockey Conference win at #5 Elmira College Friday night. With one game to go in the regular season, Skidmore is 17-5-2 and 12-4-1 in NEHC play. The Soaring Eagles are 17-6-1 and 10-6-1.

• The Thoroughbreds close out the season Saturday at 4 p.m. against defending national champion and NEHC leader Hobart. The Statesmen clinched first place with a 6-3 win over Vermont State Castleton Friday. Skidmore is in second place, three points in front of Norwich. The Thoroughbreds clinch second with one point against Hobart or a Norwich loss, tie, or overtime win in its final game against Southern Maine.
• Jaden York scored the lone first period goal at 8:28 for a 1-0 Skidmore lead. Elmira tied it at 14:24 of the second when Stephan McDonald found the net from Cole Tucker and Tyler Schwindt.
• Everett Wardle scored the game-winner on a comebacker at 12:58 of the third from Kaeden Patrick and Danny Magnuson. The power-play goal was his seventh of the season. The line combined again for an empty netter at 19:39 when Patrick scored from just inside the blue line from Wardle and Magnuson. It was his team-high 13^th goal of the season.
• Tate Brandon stopped 26 shots for his program record 17^th of the season. He has 39 career wins, one shy of the team record of 40 set by Dave Katz '90.
• The win avenges a Jan. 6 loss to Elmira that was also 3-1 with an empty net goal.
• Skidmore's 17 wins are the most since 1996 when the team went 17-7-1.