Box Score The No. 3/6 Hobart College hockey team picked up its fourth straight victory with a 4-2 win over Curry in its first game of the 2016 Vineyard Classic in Oak Bluffs, Mass., tonight. The Statesmen improve to 11-2-2 overall.
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The Colonels fall to 5-8-2 overall. Senior
Sean Rudy notched two goals and junior
Carl Belizario chipped in two assists for the Statesmen.
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Hobart opened the scoring 8:05 into the game, when Rudy capitalized on a power play. Belizario and first-year
Trevor Poirier earned the assists. A little over a minute later, senior
Ben Gamache gave the Statesmen a 2-0 advantage after assists from Belizario and first-year
Tanner Shaw. It was Gamache's third goal this season.
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Rudy struck again just 48 seconds into the second period, giving Hobart a 3-0 lead with his eighth goal of the year. At 2:09 into the middle period, Shane Tracy put the Colonels on the board.
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Sophomore
Tyler Wolf added a shorthanded tally for the Statesmen making it 4-1 6:19 into the final period. Wolf has logged five goals this year. Tyler Vankleef chipped in a shorthanded goal for Curry 13:53 into the third for the final score.
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Sophomore
Frank Oplinger finished with 21 saves in goal for the Statesmen. Brett Sinclair made 26 saves for the Colonels.
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Hobart will be back in action tomorrow, Jan. 16, when it takes on Salve Regina in another non-league game in the Vineyard Classic at 5 p.m.
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