BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Geneseo men's ice hockey team used a pair of power play goals and a short-handed tally to down host Bowdoin 7-4 on Saturday evening.

The seventh ranked Knights (5-1-1) responded quickly as Polar Bears (2-2) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the opening minute of play. 

Game Highlights

• Bowdoin scored quickly, just 45 seconds into action, to take an early 1-0 lead. Austin Ricci slid a pass to Matthew Lison along the left boards, allowing Lison to find Cody Todesco in the middle. Sitting outside the crease, Todesco buried a one-timer off the cross.
• Geneseo responded quickly at 1:06 off a solo effort. Trevor Hills collected a loose puck behind the net and wrapped around to the right post. Hills found an opening on the far side.
• The Knights took their first lead of the game 6:29 into the period. Conlan Keenan pulled Peter Cronin towards the right post and fed Andrew Romano on the left. Romano buried the open look for the 2-1 advantage.
• Geneseo scored its third consecutive goal with 2:32 remaining in the opening period. Connor Anthoine set up on the right point and hit RJ Burns with a cross to the opposite post. Burns tipped the puck in for a deflection goal.
• The Polar Bears tallied their second of the game with 1:29 remaining in the period. Michael Brown teed up a shot from the high slot that Devin McDonald turned away. Camil Blanchet shoveled the rebound back on net to cut Geneseo's lead to one.
• After quick goals in the first, it took nearly seven minutes of the second period before the Knights went up 4-2. Jack Ceglarski controlled a pass from Arthur Gordon below the left faceoff circle. Ceglarski fed Keenan low in the slot who found the back of the net before Cronin could adjust.
• Geneseo put away two quick goals to open the final frame. Hills one-timed off a cross for the power play finisher and Devin Brink did the same from the opposite side eight second later.
• Bowdoin put another goal on the board at 7:17 following a two-on-one opportunity. Lison drew the Geneseo defender to the right and slid a pass towards Todesco on the left. Todesco pulled the puck from post to post and slipped a shot inside the right pipe.
• Todesco capped his hat trick with a power play goal at 13:20, pulling the Polar Bears within two. The Knights answered with a short-handed tally one minute later by Keenan.

By the Numbers

• The hat trick was Todesco's second of his career.
• Hills and Keenan each pitched in two goals
• Bowdoin held a 34-28 edge in shots, while the Knights went 2-for-5 on the power play. The Polar Bears were 1-for-7 with extra skater and allowed one short-handed goal.
• Cronin made 21 stops with McDonald making 30 saves.

Up Next

• Both teams play at Colby for day two of the Bowdoin/Colby Faceoff. The Polar Bears play Becker at 1:00 p.m.
• Geneseo will play host Colby at 4:00 p.m.