Box Score GENEVA, N.Y.—#6 Hobart College used a five-goal second period to take control and eventually earned an 8-4 win over #15 UMass Boston men's hockey on Friday night at The Cooler. 
 
THE BASICS
#6 Hobart College 8, #15 UMass Boston 4
(UMass Boston 4-2-1, NEHC 3-1-1) 
(Hobart College 4-1-1, 2-0-1) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
After UMass Boston took a 3-2 lead into the first intermission, Hobart scored five goals in the second period, including three goals in the final 6:52 of the stanza. UMass Boston would score the opening goal of the third period to get back within three but that would be as close as the Beacons would get in the matchup of ranked conference teams. 
 
Jeffrey Skinner (Katy, Texas), Kolye Bankauskas (Coventry, R.I.), Andy Walker (Detroit, Mich.) and Alex Duncan (Andover, Mass.) all scored in the loss for the Beacons. Bankauskas' goal marked the first goal of the freshman's collegiate career. 
 
Senior Chris Peters (Fairport, N.Y.) paced the Beacons with a team-high two assists. 
 
In net, Sam Best (Woburn, Mass.) stopped 14 of 21 shots over the first two periods. Sophomore Connor McAnanama (Agawam, Mass.) made eight saves on nine shots in his second collegiate appearance. 
 
Six different Statesmen scored in the victory, with Aaron Maguyon leading the way with a pair of goals. 
 
Liam Lascelle was pulled after the first period, when he allowed three goals on nine shots. Fellow senior Joe Halstrom came on in relief and stopped 18 of 19 shots over the final two periods. 
 
UMass Boston held the upper hand in the first 20 minutes. 
 
After Hobart took the lead just past the midway point of the period, Skinner tied the game at 11:20 off of passes from Michael Krupinski (Dallas, Texas) and Ethan Nitkin (Miami, Beach, Fla.). 
 
Bankauskas gave the Beacons the lead at 16:05 off a feed from Gino Carabelli (Shelby Township, Mich.). 
 
The hosts tied the game at 18:16, only for Walker to score a go-ahead, power-play tally at 19:32. Joe Petruzzella (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Peters earned assists on the play. 
 
Hobart turned the game on it's head in the second period. The Statesmen tied the game 41 seconds into the second and took the lead on a short-handed goal at 4:13. They added two power-play goals and an even-strength goal in the final 6:52 of the period to take a 7-3 advantage into the third period. 
 
Duncan gave the Beacons life early in the third when he scored a power-play goal three minutes into the stanza. Evan Rochowiak (Livonia, Mich.) and Peters were credited with assists. 
 
UMass Boston continued to pepper the Statesmen's net but couldn't find a way to get another goal back. 
 
Hobart iced the game with 2:22 to play, when Mark Benemerito scored to cap off the 8-4 win. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Hobart earned a slight 30-28 edge in shots and 38-35 lead in face-offs. 
• With the loss, UMass Boston is now 6-6-2 all-time against the Statesmen. Hobart has gone unbeaten in the past four meetings (3-0-1). 
• The Beacons finished the game 2-6 on the power-play, while Hobart went 3-6. 
• Peters recorded his fourth-straight, multi-point game. The senior is up to 13 points on three goals and 10 assists.

WHO'S NEXT 
 
UMass Boston will travel to take on Elmira College at 3 p.m. in their first-ever NEHC Conference meeting between the two programs. The two sides haven't played since 2000 and six of the seven all-time meetings came between 1983 and 1992.