Courtesy St. Michael’s and Middlebury Sports Information<\/p>\n
Two Stories Below … <\/p>\n
HOOKSETT, NH. –\u2013 The Saint Michael’s College men’s ice hockey team scored three goals in the third period to beat Southern New Hampshire University, 3-0, on Friday night at the Ice Den in a Northeast-10 Conference game. The win puts the Purple Knights into first place in the NE10, one point ahead of Assumption College.<\/p>\n
RECORDS
\n\u00b7 Saint Michael’s (13-8-2, 9-5-1 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (9-10, 7-5 NE10)<\/p>\n
SAINT MICHAEL’S LEADERS
\n\u00b7 Junior Thomas Flack (Toronto, Ontario\/Saint Michael’s Buzzers), 1 goal, +2
\n\u00b7 Junior Sel Narby (Huntington, N.Y.\/Connecticut Junior Rangers), 1 goal, 2 blocks
\n\u00b7 Junior Andrew Olevitz (Winthrop, Mass.\/Northern Cyclones), 1 goal
\n\u00b7 Senior Hadan Jordan (Colorado Springs, Colo.\/Boston Bandits), 1 assist
\n\u00b7 Junior Niall Foster (Newmarket, N.H.\/Walpole Express), 1 assist, 12-for-23
\n\u00b7 Junior Paul McAuliffe (Newton, Mass.\/Kimball Union Academy), 1 assist, +2
\n\u00b7 Sophomore Matt Egan (Hingham, Mass.\/Kimball Union Academy), 1 assist
\n\u00b7 Senior William Santangeli (Oakville, Ontario\/Saint Mark’s School), 10-for-15 faceoffs
\n\u00b7 First-year Matt Schreiner (Falmouth, Mass.\/Walpole Express), 9-for-14 faceoffs
\n\u00b7 Senior Tim Decker (Liverpool, N.Y.\/Canterbury School), 31 saves<\/p>\n
OPPONENT LEADERS
\n\u00b7 Sophomore JT Kossakowski, 31 saves<\/p>\n
GAME FACTS
\n\u00b7 Decker moves into a tie with Dave Donzanti ’15 for first in program history in career shutouts and he passed Andy Joy ’05 (1,279) for ninth in career saves (1,300).
\n\u00b7 This was Decker’s 10th win this year, making him the first Purple Knight to reach double-digit wins in a season since Tyler Bilton ’09 did so in the 2008-09 season.
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights hold a 40-23-6 all-time advantage over Southern New Hampshire.
\n\u00b7 Foster extended his point streak to six games, recording seven points in that span.<\/p>\n
THE ACTION
\n\u00b7 With 2:10 gone in the first period, Santangeli found space in front of the net and shot to the top left corner, but Kossakowski made a glove save to deny the early Purple Knight opportunity.
\n\u00b7 The Penmen had a scoring chance 18 seconds left in the period when sophomore Travis Quigley had a breakaway and beat Decker, but his shot went just wide of the net keeping the two teams tied.
\n\u00b7 On a Saint Michael’s power-play, with 5:37 gone in the second period a shot by McAuliffe from the blue line was batted down by Kossakowski, who then covered up the rebound with a Purple Knight crashing the net.
\n\u00b7 On a Southern New Hampshire power-play, junior Tyler Dorval (Liverpool, N.Y.\/Liverpool) blocked a shot and Decker made a save 10:40 into the period on a shot by Fiorino to kill the penalty successfully.
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights broke through 9:44 into the period when a shot by Egan from the blue line was blocked, but Flack knocked in the rebound, giving Saint Michael’s the lead.
\n\u00b7 The Purple Knights extended the lead with 18:23 gone after McAuliffe started a 2-on-1 and passed to Narby, who beat Kossakowski with a backhanded shot to the top part of the net.
\n\u00b7 Olevitz scored the final Purple Knight goal 18:49 into the period after Foster won a faceoff in the neutral zone and Olevitz’s long shot went into the empty net.<\/p>\n
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL’S GAME
\n\u00b7 Saturday at Southern New Hampshire, 3:20 p.m.<\/p>\n
HARTFORD, CT. — The Middlebury men’s hockey team (7-9-3, 5-5-3) suffered a 6-2 loss at #9 Trinity (13-5-1, 8-4-1) on Friday evening. The Panthers are back in action on Saturday when they head to Wesleyan for a 3:00 p.m. puck drop.<\/p>\n
Middlebury had a great opportunity to get on the board during a power play beginning at the 2:38 mark, but back-to-back shots by Bret Pastor were denied by Trinity netminder Teddy Loughborough. The Bantams opened the scoring with 5:24 expired when Barclay Gammill’s shot from the left faceoff circle eluded Panther goalie Jake Horoho glove-side for the 1-0 edge. Trinity looked to double its lead at the 9:12 mark, but Gammill’s bid hit the crossbar and careened away.<\/p>\n
Middlebury found the equalizer with 13:00 expired in the opening stanza. Conor Breen dumped the puck back to Billy Dobenski in the high slot, before Dobenski’s shot through traffic snuck past Loughborough, making it 1-1. The Bantams responded one minute later when Taggart Corriveau one-timed a pass on the doorstep to give the hosts a 2-1 edge.<\/p>\n
Trinity increased the advantage to 3-1 1:25 into the middle frame. An initial shot by Andrew Troy just inside the blue line was denied by Middlebury’s Horoho, but Gammell was there to one-time the rebound into the net for his second tally of the game. The Panthers cut the deficit to one at the 16:53 mark after Owen Powers intercepted a pass in transition. Pastor connected with Powers’ pass, before finding the back of the net stick-side to make it 3-2. The Bantams answered with 1:05 remaining in the second period. An initial shot by James Callahan was denied by Horoho, but Riley Prattson was there to one-time the loose puck into the net for the 4-2 lead heading into intermission.<\/p>\n
Trinity tallied a pair of third period goals, including a power play tally, to make it a 6-2 final.<\/p>\n
Middlebury’s Horoho stopped 23 shots in goal. Loughborough made 18 saves during the first 26:37, while Jonah Capriotti denied 13-14 shots in the final 33:23. The Panthers held a 34-29 advantage in shots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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