Courtesy St. Michael’s Sports Information<\/p>\n
SOUTH BURLINGTON –\u2013 Junior Brendan Mitchell (North Scituate R.I.\/Pomfret School) scored with 15 seconds remaining in the third period to give the Saint Michael’s College men’s ice hockey team the 2-1 victory over Albertus Magnus College in the Purple Knights’ season opener Friday night at Cairns Arena.<\/p>\n
RECORDS
\n\u00b7 Saint Michael’s (1-0), Albertus Magnus (0-1)<\/p>\n
SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS
\n\u00b7 Junior Brandon Mitchell (North Scituate, R.I.\/Pomfret School), 1 goal
\n\u00b7 Sophomore Andrew DeCristoforo (Medway, Mass.\/South Shore Kings), 1 goal, 4 blocks
\n\u00b7 Junior Niall Foster (Newmarket, N.H.\/Walpole Express), 12-for-18 on faceoffs
\n\u00b7 Senior Tim Decker (Liverpool, N.Y.\/Canterbury School), 18 saves<\/p>\n
OPPONENT LEADERS
\n\u00b7 First-year Harley Michaels, 1 goal
\n\u00b7 Frist-year Pierce Diamond, 33 saves<\/p>\n
GAME FACTS
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights outshot the Falcons, 35-19, to open a two-game weekend series.
\n\u00b7 This was the first game for Albertus Magnus in program history.<\/p>\n
THE ACTION
\n\u00b7 Just 3:55 into the game, first-year Cameron Weitzman had a shot saved by Decker, but Michaels was there for the rebound to put the Falcons up 1-0 on a power play.
\n\u00b7 Junior Ethan Hendrickson’s (Budd Lake, N.J.\/New Jersey Rockets) shot was saved by Diamond with three minutes remaining in the first period, and first-year Connor Redden (Southbury, Conn.\/Team Maryland) got the rebound but was unable to get the puck in the net.
\n\u00b7 A power play early in the second period saw Foster and junior Sel Narby (Huntington, N.Y.\/Connecticut Junior Rangers) combine for four straight shots that were all saved by Diamond.
\n\u00b7 First-year Sam Johnson (Freeport, Maine\/Walpole Express) had a shot from the blue line saved a little more than six minutes into the second period, and classmate Matt Schreiner (Falmouth, Mass.\/Walpole Express) was there for a quick rebound shot that was also saved. DeCristoforo was finally able to put the second rebound in at 6:21 to tie the game up, crashing the right post.
\n\u00b7 At 12:30 of the second period, first-year Douglas Johnson had a breakaway toward the goal, but Decker was able to save the shot to keep the game tied.
\n\u00b7 At 15:49 of the third period, first-year Owen Allan had a shot snatched away by Decker’s glove to keep the game tied.
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights took the lead with 15 second remaining when Narby passed from behind the net to first-year Jeremy Routh (Hamden, Conn.\/New Hampshire Junior Monarchs), who passed it to Mitchell right in front of the net at the left post for a tap-in goal.
\n\u00b7 The Falcons pulled Diamond for the ensuing faceoff, and Douglas Johnson had a final bid go wide of the net.<\/p>\n
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL’S GAME
\n\u00b7 Saturday vs. Albertus Magnus, 4 p.m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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