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Date: December 3, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby men's hockey at 7-0 after defeating Skidmore

WATERVILLE, Maine --- The 13th-ranked Colby College men's hockey team improved to 7-0 overall as Ryan Chrenek (Grande Prarie, Alberta) had three goals in a 7-4 victory over Skidmore College at Alfond Rink on Saturday.

Skidmore (0-5) took a 1-0 lead just 1:26 into the game on a goal by Rob Hutchison (Waterville, N.Y.). However, the Mules got goals from Todd O'Hara (Minneapolis, Minn.) and Cass Buttafuoco (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) to take a 2-1 lead at the break.

Greg Osborne (Stoughton, Mass.) gave the Mules a 3-1 lead at 7:41 of the second period, but Skidmore kept it close after two when Mike Gibbons (Braintree, Mass.) scored at 11:02.

Chrenek put the game away with goals at 50 seconds and at 6:30 of the third period.

After a goal by Skidmore's Scott Schaub (Pennington, N.J.) cut the lead to 5-3, Chrenek tallied again at 12:26. Skidmore's Mike Gibbons (Braintree, Mass.) and Colby's Adam Marino (Lexington, Mass.) traded goals in the final six minutes.

Colby 7, Skidmore 4

Skidmore 1#1#2--------4

Colby 2#1#4--------7

1st period

S: Rob Hutchison (Tim Welsh), 1:26

C: Todd O'Hara (Matt Ahern), 9:35

C: Cass Buttafuoco (Josh Reber, Jake Bayley), 19:31

2nd period

C: Greg Osborne (Patrick Rutherford, Jake Bayley), 7:41

S: Mike Gibbons (Eric Lampman, Rob Hutchison), 11:02

3rd period

C: Ryan Chrenek (Greg Osborne, Joel Covelli), :50

C: Ryan Chrenek (Joe Rothwell, Greg Osborne), 6:30

S: Scott Schaub (Morgan Nelson, Cameron Clark), 11:55

C: Ryan Chrenek (Josh Reber, T.J. Kelley), 12:26

S: Mike Gibbons (Morgan Nelson), 14:00

C: Adam Marino (Adam Carlson, Mike DiMaggio), 15:20

Shots: Skidmoreo 32, Colby 43. Goalies: Mike Mansfield (Skidmore, 60 minutes, 36 saves); Ben Grandjean (Colby, 60 minutes, 28 saves).