GENEVA, N.Y. – The Castleton University men's hockey team scored three times in its first five shots, but fell to nationally fifth-ranked Hobart, 8-3, thanks to seven unanswered goals scored by the Statesmen.

Spartan freshman goalie Brandon Collett was tagged with all eight goals against, but recorded 51 saves, the most for a Spartan goalie since Jeff Swanson (2005-09) turned aside 54 shots in a 5-2 loss to Trinity in 2006.

Glenn Wiswell scored twice in the first 1:29 of play to kick things off for Castleton. He drove in a rebound for a power play tally at the 1:07 mark after a shot by Nick Gravina wouldn't go. Troy Taylor collected his fifth assist of the year on the play. 

Then, Wiswell made it 2-0 just 22 seconds later on an unassisted goal on a wrist shot. Calvin Moïse banked the puck off the backside of the Hobart goalie at the 12:54 mark to make it 3-0 for Castleton. Gravina earned his second assist of the night on the goal, while Mark Shroyer got his first point of the year with a helper. 

Hobart scored twice in a 1:47 span to cut the deficit to one by the first period's end. The Statesmen dominated play in the second half, finishing with a 19-1 margin in shots on goal, and tallied goals 1:36 apart in the late stages of the middle frame to take the lead. 

Hobart got three more in the opening 6:11 of play in the third and another with 6:30 left on the clock to complete the scoring. 

Travis Schneider finished with two goals and an assist to lead Hobart (4-1-0, 3-1-0 NEHC). Julien Denicourt finished with a goal and two assists, Lawson MacDougall provided three helpers, while Zach Sternback had a goal and an assist. Seven different players scored for Hobart, while 10 registered at least one assist.

Joe Halstrom needed just eight saves to earn the victory, as the shot battle ended 61-14.

Castleton (1-3-1, 1-2-1 NEHC) went 1-for-3 on the power play, while Hobart was unsuccessful in two attempts with the man-advantage. 

Castleton returns to action Nov. 22-23 when it hosts NEHC foes UMass Boston and Babson.