GENEVA, N.Y.—The Hobart College hockey team used a three goal second period to down Nazareth 6-2 in an ECAC West game played tonight in The Cooler. The Statesmen extended their unbeaten streak to 10 games.
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Hobart improves to 14-2-2 overall and 7-1-0 in the ECAC West. Ten different Statesmen logged a point in the victory. Sophomore
Jordan Haskell produced two goals. Junior
Jon Neal and first-year
Cam Shaheen each chipped in two assists. Sophomore
Frank Oplinger played the first 51:42 and made 36 saves. Junior
Tim Keegan came in for the final 8:18 and stopped four shots. The Golden Flyers fall to 5-9-4 overall and 2-5-1 in conference play.
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The Statesmen took a 2-1 lead in the first period. Hobart struck first 6:25 into the game. Robbins, who now leads the Statesmen with 13 goals this season, pushed his shot underneath the Nazareth goalie's pads after a crossing pass in front from sophomore
Vincent Russo. First-year
Jack Macnee also earned an assist on the play. Just 23 seconds later, Marcus Moles put the Golden Flyers on the scoreboard. With 6:20 left in the first, junior
Carl Belizario took advantage of a power-play, finding the back of the net after passes from Neal and junior
Bobby Sokol.
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Hobart took control of the game in the second period with three unanswered goals. Forty-six seconds in, senior
Ben Gamache scored from deep on the left side. Junior
Andrew Silard and Robbins registered the assists. At 4:26, Haskell tallied his first goal of the game after passes from Shaheen and Macnee. Wolf made it 5-1 at 8:30 with his seventh goal of the season. Junior
Nick Bingaman and Neal earned the assists.
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At 11:06 into the third, Haskell struck again, this time off passes from senior
Mac Olson and Shaheen. With 4:47 left in the game, John Power scored Nazareth's second goal, sliding the puck under the pads of Keegan. Packy Jones and Scott Dawson were credited with the assists.
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The Statesmen went 1-for-4 on the power play and killed all six of the Golden Flyers' power-play chances. Each team logged 42 shots. Ed Zdokshek played the opening 51:42 and stopped 30 shots. Brandon Lane played the final 8:18 and stopped six shots.
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The Statesmen will be back in action next weekend, Jan. 29 and 30, when they host Utica for two ECAC West games in The Cooler. On Friday the game is set for 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday the teams will meet at 4 p.m.
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