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CLINTON, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team (3-1-0, 2-1-0 ECAC East) suffered its first loss of the season on Friday evening, falling at Hamilton College, 4-1.

For Hamilton (3-2-0), Anthony Ruberto recorded a goal and an assist, while Brandon Broad, Joe Houk and Michael DiMare also scored a goal apiece. Scott Hefferman stopped 41-of-42 shots to earn the victory.

For the Purple Knights, senior Alex Higgins (Phoenix, Ariz./Kent School) scored his second goal of the season off of assists from sophomore Petr Soustal (Unicov, Czech Republic/Gymnazium Unicov/Quinnipiac) and classmate Josh Geary (Wellesley, Mass./Phillips Andover Academy). Sophomore Mike Dizgun (Kirkland, Que./OCN Blizzard) turned aside 36-of-40 shots in the loss.

Hamilton never trailed in the game, but couldn't seal the win until the waning minutes of the third period. The Continentals opened the scoring 2:32 into the first period on DiMare's power play score, but Saint Michael's evened the score at 1-all 7:22 into the second period.

Seven minutes later, Hamilton took the lead for good on Houk's even-strength score. The score remained 2-1 until just 4:03 left in the game, as Broad's first goal of the year gave the hosts a two-goal edge. Hamilton completed the scoring with 1:21 to go on Ruberto's 5-on-5 goal. 

Saint Michael's returns to action on Saturday with a 3 p.m. contest at Amherst College.

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