Box Score Hobart College senior Frank Salituro scored two goals to lead the Statesmen to a 7-3 win over host Nazareth in an ECAC West game played tonight at the Sports Centre at MCC.

Senior Ryan Corcoran, sophomore Ryan Michel and first-year Ben Gamache each produced a goal and an assist. Sophomore Robert Sovik chipped in two assists. The Statesmen improved to 6-0-2 overall and 3-0-1 in the ECAC West. Nazareth is now 2-7-0 and 0-5-0 in conference play.

Just 3:44 into the first period, Zach Lewis capitalized on a power-play after a pass from Reed Smith. The Statesmen answered with back-to-back goals to take a 2-1 lead. At 5:57 Corcoran tied things up after passes from sophomore Brad Richard and senior Harry Radovich on the power play.  At 9:21, Gamache put Hobart ahead. Corcoran and Sovik earned the assists. With 3:43 left in the opening period, Scott Dawson took advantage of another Golden Flyers power play to tie the game at two.

Hobart came out and scored two goals in the second period to go up 4-2. Just 1:49 in, junior Keith Clarke notched his third goal of the season to give Hobart the lead that they would hang on to for the rest of the game. Michel set up the play. At 7:31 Salituro scored on a backhanded strike. With 24 seconds left in the middle period, Tom Seravalli put the Golden Flyers back within one. Sean de Herder logged the assist.

The Statesmen scored three unanswered goals in the final period to open up the game. Michel made it 5-3 at 10:39. Sovik and first-year Mac Olson set up the play.  Salituro tallied his second goal of the day on a Hobart power-play after passes from Richard and Gamache. Sophomore Tommaso Traversa capped the victory with an empty net goal with 1:43 left in the game.

Senior Marty Ausserhofer played all 60 minutes and finished with 20 saves to pick up his second win of the season. Ed Zdolshek finished with 31 saves in 59:47 in goal for Nazareth. The Statesmen enjoyed a 38-23 advantage in shots, limiting Nazareth to just four shots in the second period. Hobart finished 2-for-5 on the power play, while the Golden Flyers were 2-for-6.

The Statesmen will be back in action on Tuesday, Nov. 20 when they host Hamilton for a non-league game at The Cooler at 7 p.m.