7:00: I’m in the pressbox in Geneseo, looking forward to seeing my first D-III action of the season. I passed on broadcasting RIT-Mercyhurst tonight to catch this one. I’ll make the trip to Erie tomorrow, with a stop in Jamestown, NY with my son for his Bantam game.

First Period

0:00 Let’s play hockey!

0:15: Curry scores on its first rush of the game. George Cademartori puts a nice feed from Ricky Helmbrecht past Derek Jokic to make it 1-0 Colonels.

1:24: Curry takes its first penalty of the game. The Colonels are one of the most penalized teams in D-III, and have been for the past several seasons. They kill off the Geneseo power play.

6:25: Now it’s Genny’s turn to take some penalties – two in a row in fact, but no damage done.

12:43: We’re skating four on four. Not a big crowd here, but they’re loud and the pep band is excellent.

14:55: Very impressed with Geneseo’s Mitch Stephens so far (as usual), as well as Curry netminder Zach Cardella, who foiled Stephens on a shorthanded opportunity a couple of minutes ago.

18:44: Another Geneseo power play, and a nice backdoor attempt by dan Brown goes just wide.

19:05: Oops. I weak shot by Curry’s Bill McCreary somehow eludes Jokic and it’s 2-0 Curry.

20:00: Shots on goal 9-7 in favor of Curry. Genny picks up a holding call at the buzzer.

Second Period

0:00: Back to action.

0:32: McCreary again, this time on the power play, on a wrap-around. 3-0 Curry. As Geneseo SID George Gagnier told me in between periods, “The first and last minutes of the period have not been kind.”

8:45: Curry’s forwards look good. Getting the puck down low well and going hard to the net. They’re also backchecking well. Genny can’t get good looks at the net.

9:19: A bad givaway leaves Curry’s Trevor Spiridi all alone in the Genny zone, and he makes no mistake, beating Jokic glove side on the breakaway to make it 4-0.

10:01: Genny gets on the board in a 4-4 situation. The Ice Knights work the puck down low and Chris Kestell puts it past Cardella to make it 4-1.

14:03: Geneseo kills off a Curry penalty, but just after it expires, the Colonels score again on a backdoor pass from McCreary to Jonathan Whitham. 5-1. That chases Jokic – Jeff Pasemko in net for the Ice Knights.

14:36: Wow. As I was typing the above, Curry scores AGAIN. Didn’t see it, but the call is Steve Murphy, unassisted. 6-1 Colonels.

18:19: Four whole minutes without a goal. Shocking.

18:29: 5×3 for Geneseo. They need a goal…bad.

19:19: Stephens has a cannon. But after some missed shots, he give Kestell a chance from the other point. He scores to make it 6-2. Geneseo still on the power play as there were four seconds left on the 5×3.

20:00: Two periods in the books. Several players have to be seperated at the buzzer. SOG 17-15 in favor of Curry. Score is 6-2 Colonels. Just gave the Genny radio guys some out of town scores from the message board. They’re doing an excellent job.

Third Period

0:00: Well, if this is like the first two periods, somebody’s gonna score pretty quickly.

4:12: Just after their power play expires, Curry makes it 7-2. Ross Enmark had some nice chances with the man advantage, and he finally converts just after Geneseo returns a skater.

7:45: SOG now 25-21 Curry. Skating 4×4 now.

8:41: Curry again on a 4×3 power play. Don Rankin’s shot from the point redirected by Trevor Spiridi. 8-2. Ouch.

12:31: Ah. Tenacious D. The band, not the action on the ice. Nice job by the DJ. On the ice, not much going on.

13:23: Geneseo on a 4×3 power play. Pushing after every whistle.

16:41: Garbage time. Nice rendition of the theme to “Family Guy” by the pep band. I wonder if they’d let me sit in some time?

20:00: And that does it. 8-2 final. Shots 29-27 Curry. Heading down to interview the coaches if I can. I’ll wrap things up later. It’s been fun!