Courtesy St. Michael’s Sports Information<\/p>\n
SOUTH BURLINGTON — Junior defenseman Noah Muller (Amsterdam, The Netherlands\/D\u00fcsseldorfer EG) scored three times to help the Saint Michael’s College men’s ice hockey team beat Post University, 6-3, on Tuesday at Cairns Arena in a Northeast-10 Conference matchup.<\/p>\n
RECORDS
\n\u00b7 Saint Michael’s (8-4-1, 4-2 NE10), Post (2-8-1, 0-5 NE10)<\/p>\n
SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS
\n\u00b7 Junior Noah Muller (Amsterdam, The Netherlands\/D\u00fcsseldorfer EG), 3 goals
\n\u00b7 Junior Sel Narby (Huntington, N.Y.\/Connecticut Junior Rangers), 1 goal, 2 assists
\n\u00b7 Junior Andrew Olevitz (Winthrop, Mass.\/Northern Cyclones), 1 goal, 1 assist
\n\u00b7 Junior Thomas Flack (Toronto, Ontario\/Saint Michael’s Buzzers), 2 assists, 13-for-21 faceoffs
\n\u00b7 Sophomore Matt Egan (Hingham, Mass.\/Kimball Union Academy), 2 assists
\n\u00b7 First-year Jeremy Routh (Hamden, Conn.\/New Hampshire Junior Monarchs), 2 assists
\n\u00b7 Junior Cameron Stewart (Sabattus, Maine\/East Coast Wizards), 1 goal, 7-for-11 faceoffs
\n\u00b7 Senior William Santangeli (Oakville, Ontario\/Saint Mark’s School), 1 assist, 11-for-13 faceoffs
\n\u00b7 First-year Alec Lindberg (Bedford, N.H.\/Hampton Roads Whalers), 11 saves<\/p>\n
OPPONENT LEADERS
\n\u00b7 Junior Sean Castagna, 1 goal, 1 assist
\n\u00b7 Junior Evan Lugo, 1 goal, 1 assist
\n\u00b7 Senior Tyler Hackett, 2 assists
\n\u00b7 Junior Jake Raleigh, 1 goal
\n\u00b7 Junior Brandon Brown, 37 saves<\/p>\n
GAME FACTS
\n\u00b7 This was the first two-goal comeback for the Purple Knights since Feb. 24, 2018, against Assumption College in an NE10 Championship semifinal.
\n\u00b7 Muller has seven points and Routh has five points in the team’s last three games.
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights held the advantage in shots, 43-14, and faceoff wins, 44-26.
\n\u00b7 This is the first time the Purple Knights have faced the Eagles since they joined the NE10 as an associate member for ice hockey this year.
\n\u00b7 The Purple and Gold are undefeated at home through five games for the first time since the 2007-08 season.
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights now hold the 4-3 advantage in the all-time series against the Eagles.
\n\u00b7 Saint Michael’s picked up its eighth win, exceeding last year’s season victories total.
\n\u00b7 Purple Knight defensemen combined for five goals and three assists.
\n\u00b7 Muller is the first Saint Michael’s defensemen with a hat trick since Danny Divis ’17 on Jan. 7, 2014.<\/p>\n
THE ACTION
\n\u00b7 Post capitalized on a 5-on-3 power play with 9:16 gone in the first period when a shot by Castagna trickled past Lindberg for the first goal of the game.
\n\u00b7 Post scored a second goal less than a minute later on a power-play goal by Raleigh to put the Eagles up two with 10:05 gone.
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights cut the deficit to one on a power-play goal 17:18 into the period when Olevitz slotted a pass through defenders to a waiting Stewart, whose shot went past Brown.
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights tied the game up 55 seconds into the second period when Santangeli played a pass up the boards to junior Paul McAuliffe (Newton, Mass.\/Kimball Union Academy), who passed across the ice to Narby for the goal.
\n\u00b7 A power-play goal with 8:01 gone put Saint Michael’s on top when a shot from the blue line by Muller stayed low and stung the bottom left corner of the net.
\n\u00b7 The Eagles answered with a power-play goal with 18:41 gone on a shot from the blue line that was saved but collected by Lugo for a rebound goal.
\n\u00b7 The Purple and Gold took back the lead 58 seconds into the third period when Egan brought the puck from behind his net to the opponent blue line and passed for the front of the goal for Olevitz, who made a move on Brown and scored.
\n\u00b7 Saint Michael’s extended its lead 9:05 into the period on a four-on-four that resulted in a shot by Muller at the point that went to the top left corner of the net.
\n\u00b7 Muller finished his hat trick with 11:58 gone on a power play after a shot by Routh rebounded by Muller for the one-timer goal.<\/p>\n
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL’S GAME
\n\u00b7 Friday vs. Assumption College, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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