The Hobart College hockey team struck first and never let go of the lead, defeating Elmira College 5-3 in an ECAC West game played in Pine Valley, N.Y., tonight. The Statesmen have now won five straight games.
Hobart is 5-1-1 overall and 5-0-0 in ECAC West play. The Soaring Eagles fall to 1-4-0 overall and 1-4-0 in conference play. The two teams will meet again tomorrow night, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. in Pine Valley.
Senior Sean Rudy (Long Sault, Ontario) led Hobart with a goal and an assist in the win. Senior goaltender Lino Chimienti (Montreal, Quebec) made 42 saves in all 60 minutes. Carter Shinkaruk led the way for Elmira with two goals. Kenny Tencza added a goal and an assist.
First-year Trevor Poirier (St. Albert, Alberta) put the Statesmen on top 1-0 with 4:26 left in the opening period. His wrister came right after a faceoff win by Rudy. Just 1:20 into the second period, junior Mitch Beyer (Clifton Park, N.Y.) extended Hobart’s lead to 2-0. His goal came off assists from sophomore Jordan Haskell (Tooele, Utah) and junior Nick Bingaman (Paradise Valley, Ariz.).
At 9:41 into the middle period, Shinkaruk put Elmira on the board. His goal came off passes from Tencza and Tommy Sumi. However, the Statesmen quickly took back the momentum with two goals in the final minute of the second. Rudy scored with 56 seconds left off a feed from sophomore Andrew Silard (Greenwich, Conn.), and junior Connor Simon (Manchester, N.H.) logged his first goal of the year with eight seconds on the clock. Senior Ben Gamache (Longlac, Ontario) was credited with the assist.
Seven minutes into the final period, senior Brad Robbins (Murrietta, Calif.) capitalized on an Elmira turnover and scored top shelf to make it 5-1. It was Robbins’ fifth goal of the season. The Soaring Eagles netted back-to-back goals by Shinkaruk and Tencza in the final two minutes of the game for the final score.
Sandro Aeschlimann played 59:23 in goal for Elmira and finished with 35 saves. The Soaring Eagles logged a 45-40 advantage in shots. The Statesmen went 0-for-2 on the power play and killed off all three of Elmira’s power play chances.
Goals by Period 1 2 3 Total
Hobart 1 3 1 5
Elmira 0 1 2 3
1st period – 1, HOB, Trevor Poirier/2 (Sean Rudy/3) 15:44.
Penalties – Tanner Shaw, HOB (interference) 1:38; Mitch Atkins, ELM
(interference) 5:29; Andrew Silard, HOB (hooking) 17:58.
2nd period – 2, HOB, Mitch Beyer/2 (Jordan Haskell/3, Nick
Bingaman/4) 1:20. 3, ELM, Carter Shinkaruk/2 (Kenny Tencza/1, Tommy
Sumi/3) 9:41. 4, HOB, Sean Rudy/3 (Andrew Silard/4) 19:04. 5, HOB,
Connor Simon/1 (Ben Gamache/5) 19:52. Penalties – Noah Anderson, ELM
(contact to the head) 4:33; Noah Anderson, ELM (game misconduct) 4:33;
Carl Belizario, HOB (10-minute misconduct) 19:04.
3rd period – 6, HOB, Brad Robbins/5 7:00. 7, ELM, Carter
Shinkaruk/3 (Brian Depp/4, Mitch Atkins/2) 18:00. 8, ELM, Kenny
Tencza/1 (Jeremy Marginsky/1) 19:02. Penalties – Andrew Silard, HOB
(cross-checking) 8:13; Michael Martin, ELM (cross-checking) 8:13;
Mitch Beyer, HOB (interference) 13:56; Jarryd ten Vaanholt, ELM
(slashing) 19:54; Jonas Toupal, HOB (embellishment) 19:54.
Shots on goal – HOB 12-20-8 40; ELM 12-14-19 45.
Power plays – HOB 0 of 2; ELM 0 of 3.
Penalties – HOB 6 (20 min); ELM 5 (21 min).
Goalies – HOB, Lino Chimienti 5-0-1 (60:00 minutes, 45 shots-42
saves); ELM, Sandro Aeschlimann 1-2-0 (59:23, 40-35) , EMPTY NET
(00:37, 0-0).
Penalty shots – None.
A-877 T-2:10
Three stars: 1. None 2. None 3. None
Referee:Will O’Malley; Michael Jones Linesman:Daniel Iulianello
Win-Lino Chimienti (5-0-1). Loss-Sandro Aeschlimann (1-2-0).
