February 11, 2006                                                                           
Contact: Daniel O'Reilly
Phone: (802) 654-2929

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team (8-11-4, 7-10-4 ECAC East) beat Castleton State College (3-16-3, 1-12-3 ECAC East), 7-3, on Saturday afternoon at Cairns Arena in ECAC East action.
           
For the Spartans, freshman Ross Carmichael (Jacobstown, N.J./Tri-State Selects EmpJHL) scored a goal and added an assist, while classmate Jay Seals (Alma, Mich./Port Colborne GHL) stopped eight shots in net.
           
For the Purple Knights, senior Alex Watts (Cheshire, Conn./Berkshire School) tallied a pair of goals and assists, and junior Jared Silver (Montreal, Quebec/Tabor Academy) scored twice and added an assist, as senior Nick Dancey (Anaheim, Calif./American International) helped on three goals. Junior Derek Jackson (Clinton, N.Y./Gunnery School) made 23 saves, meanwhile, en route to his seventh win of the season.  
           
Castleton State jumped out on top early, when sophomore Travis Martell (Kelowna, British Columbia /MSU Bottineau) scored on the Spartans' first shot on goal, at the 8:38 mark, with assists credited to freshmen Ryan Bartlett (Brunswick, Maine/Portland AtJHL) and Andy Brolsma (Syracuse, N.Y./Buffalo OPJHL), and entered the first intermission with their first ever lead over the Purple Knights.
           
Watts evened the score 5:48 into the second period with help from Silver, who put the Purple Knights up for good six minutes later with a power play goal off of assists from Watts and senior Jonathan Perez (Sherman Oaks, Calif./Berkshire School), who also scored the game winner.
           
With Craig Geregosian's (North Andover, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors) assist on Silver's second goal at 15:46 of the third period, four Purple Knights seniors notched points in what would be the final regular season contest at Cairns Arena for five players: Nick Dancey, Geregosian, David Mullins (Montreal, Quebec/Governor Dummer), Perez, and Watts, who were honored prior to the contest.
           
Saint Michael's will travel to Colby College on Friday for a 7 p.m. match-up, while Castleton State will play Western New England on Tuesday at 7 p.m.