SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College men's hockey team scored three times in the last 3:28 of the second period and added three more in the third in a 6-2 Pack the Rink win over Wentworth Institute of Technology on Friday night to open the season.

• Ten Skidmore players had points, including five who finished with at least two.
• The Thoroughbreds trailed 1-0 since the 12:08 mark of the first period before senior captain Oscar Worob scored the first of his two goals on the night with 3:28 remaining in the middle period on the power play to unleash a flurry. Dylan Shane and Jack Bartfield assisted. Bartfield finished the night with three helpers. Shane, whose shot from the point hit Worob on the way in, had two in the collegiate debut for them both.
• Ryan Stratton, another first-year, connected for his first collegiate goal exactly a minute later to give Skidmore its first lead. Fellow rookie Colton Mauser had the assist, the first of two on the night, after intercepting the puck in the neutral zone and finding Stratton open behind the defenseman.
• Ryan Waltman completed the flurry with a goal on a shot from the blue line through traffic with 18 seconds left in the period. Cooper Rice and Shane collected the assists on the goal to make it 3-1.
• Worob's second power-play tally at the 9:55 mark of the third period gave Skidmore a 4-1 lead. He corralled the rebound on a Bartfield shot and stuffed it in. Jacob Zwirecki had the secondary assist.
• Wentworth cut the deficit to two with 6:50 to play, but Shane Baker scored off the back bar less than a minute later to regain the three-goal cushion. Defensive partners Mauer and Sam Saccone earned the helpers on Baker's rush.
• Zwirecki put it away with a long-range empty netter for Skidmore's sixth goal. Bartfield had his game-high third point on the play.
• Goerge Kolovos and Desmond Johnson scored the goals for the Leopards.
• Skidmore finished with a decisive 52-33 edge in shots on goal.
• Joshua Seeley had 31 saves on the night for the Thoroughbreds.
• Jack McGovern turned aside 46 shots for the visitors.
• Skidmore went 2-for-6 with the man advantage, while Wentworth came up empty in two chances.
• Before the game, the Thoroughbreds honored their five seniors in a special ceremony: Matthew Franzoi, Sam Saccone, Joshua Seeley, Ryan Waltman, Oscar Worob.

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Skidmore will visit Albertus Magnus next Friday, Nov. 7 in its final non-conference tune up before SUNYAC play begins.