Skidmore Upends Men’s Hockey, 6-1

Skidmore Upends Men’s Hockey, 6-1

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Suffolk men's hockey team could not hold off a red-hot Skidmore squad that scored six unanswered points to take down the Rams, 6-1, Friday night at Saratoga City Rink. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Skidmore 6
RECORDS: Suffolk (8-15-0, 5-12-0 NEHC) | Skidmore (12-9-3, 8-6-3 NEHC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Skidmore lit the lamp twice in each period to put Suffolk in a six-goal hole it could not climb out of.  

Joseph Mortillaro was able to erase the shutout for the Rams as the sophomore put the blue-and-gold on the board at the 13:23 mark of the third. Jared McCracken and Brian Brooks set-up the forward on the power play.  

The goal came too little too late as the Rams were unable to rally around it as the score stood 6-1 in the Thoroughbreds favor.  

NETMINDER NOTES

  • Michael Levine had 34 saves in the setback. 
  • Brandon Kasel collected 25 stops in the victory.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

  • Mortillaro was responsible for Suffolk's lone goal with McCracken and Brooks each recording an assist on the score. 
  • Skidmore outshot Suffolk, 40-26. 
  • The Thoroughbreds edged out the Rams in the face-off dot, 35-34. 
  • Each squad went 1-for-4 on the power play.  

NOTEWORTHY

  • Brooks is on a two-game point streak in which he racked up four points on one goal and three helpers. 
  • McCracken matched a career-high in points (1) and assists (1). 
  • Mortillaro found the back of the net for the sixth time this season.  

POST-GAME PIC
  

COMING UP
Suffolk caps off the regular season tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 9 at No. 11/13 Hobart. Game time is set for 4 p.m.