SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Stonehill College men's ice hockey senior Ryan Meade scored 2:44 into overtime as second-seeded Saint Michael's College lost to the No. 3 Skyhawks, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon during a Northeast-10 Conference Championship semifinal in Cairns Arena.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (15-9-3), Stonehill (12-11-5)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Sel Narby (Huntington, N.Y./Connecticut Junior Rangers), 1 goal, 1 assist, 4 blocks
• Junior Noah Muller (Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Düsseldorfer EG), 2 assists
• Junior Thomas Flack (Toronto, Ontario/Saint Michael's Buzzers), 1 goal, 10-for-18 faceoffs
• First-year Jeremy Routh (Hamden, Conn./New Hampshire Junior Monarchs), 1 goal
• Junior Ethan Hendrickson (Budd Lake, N.J./New Jersey Rockets), 3 blocks
• Senior Tim Decker (Liverpool, N.Y./Canterbury School), 28 saves
• Junior Niall Foster (Newmarket, N.H./Walpole Express), 14-for-20 faceoffs
• First-year Matt Schreiner (Falmouth, Mass./Walpole Express), 8-for-12 faceoffs
• Senior William Santangeli (Oakville, Ontario/Saint Mark's School), 4-for-7 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Nicholas Godin, 1 goal
• Senior Ryan Meade, 1 goal
• Senior Jack Scannell, 1 goal
• First-year Brendan Nehmer, 1 goal
• Senior Matthew Schoen, 34 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights held a 37-32 edge in shots while going 38-for-59 on faceoffs.
• Saint Michael's faced the same team for three straight games for the first time in program history, having gone 1-0-1 against Stonehill last weekend. The Skyhawks went 2-1-1 in the season series, with each game decided by two goals or fewer.
• The teams met in the NE10 Championship semifinals for the third time in seven years, with Saint Michael's now 5-1 all-time in the postseason series, with five meetings one goal-affairs.
• The Purple Knights had a six-game unbeaten streak (5-0-1), the longest in the NE10, come to an end against a Stonehill squad that is 6-1-3 in its last 10 games with conference foes.
• Saint Michael's lost only its second NE10 semifinal in 10 tries at Cairns Arena.
• The Purple and Gold finished 4-2-3 in overtime games this season, setting a program record by playing nine overtime contests.
• Narby, the NE10 Defensive Player of the Year, finished the season with 19 assists, the most by a Purple Knight since AJ Pieprzak '15 had 20 in 2014-15, and the most by a Saint Michael's defender since Matt Rigtrup '11 notched 21 in 2009-10. Narby netted his seventh power-play goal on Saturday, as Eric Salzillo '18 in 2016-17 had been the most recent Purple Knight with that figure. The last defender with seven power-play strikes had been Tim Geverd '10 in 2009-10.
• An all-conference goalie as a senior, Decker will graduate with the top three season goals-against averages in program history, with his 2.81 this year good for third all-time. His .914 save percentage is also good for third in a season. As far as career numbers go, Decker ends up first at Saint Michael's in GAA (2.62) and save percentage (.914), tied for first in shutouts (4), tied for third in wins (27), seventh in minutes (3,064:16) and eighth in saves (1,425).

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights held a 17-3 advantage in shots during a scoreless opening period, but Decker made the first big stop, denying sophomore Charles Page's bid from the left circle with his right shoulder just 57 seconds in.
• Sophomore defender Colin O'Connor's (North Haven, Conn./Connecticut RoughRiders) one-timer from the left circle was the initial shot for the hosts, but Schoen, the NE10 Goalie of the Year, made the stop at 3:30, and senior Zachary Frament nearly broke the deadlock at 5:11 but rung the crossbar.
• Sophomore Matt Egan (Hingham, Mass./Kimball Union Academy) ripped a one-timer at 7:00 that was stopped, and classmate Andrew DeCristoforo's (Medway, Mass./South Shore Kings) tip-in soon thereafter was also saved.
• During a Stonehill power play, Decker turned in time to repel senior Cameron Wright's point-blank one-timer at the right post with 11:14 gone before stopping sophomore Mike Seoane's redirection out front during a 2-on-1 rush at 12:10 during a 4-on-4 situation.
• Foster tipped a teammate's blast off of Schoen's helmet at 14:00, and Saint Michael's had two shots a couple minutes later, with Schreiner blocked by a Skyhawk skater at the left post around 15:40 before being denied at the right post on the rebound.
• Narby drove a slap shot on net during a power play at 17:00 that Schoen saved, and the rebound popped into space near the right post, but no Purple Knight could knock it into the vacated net with the netminder prone.
• Both teams found the net twice in the second period, with Decker keeping the game scoreless early on. After a pair of Skyhawk shots were blocked by skaters, Decker denied Scannell's tip-in attempt and stopped senior Colin Quinn's shot with his shoulder at 1:23. Classmate Jack Hall had a point-blank bid stopped 33 seconds later.
• The Purple Knights broke through at 4:12, as Routh sent the puck across the crease, off of Schoen's leg pad and in.
• Nehmer knotted the game just 2:05 later, taking first-year Teddy McElaney's pass in the low right circle and roofing a backhanded shot.
• Schreiner rung the crossbar at 11:14 before Scannell gave the Skyhawks a 2-1 lead 45 seconds after that, one-timing home Quinn's one-time pass from the low left circle.
• With Saint Michael's nearing the end of a 5-on-3 power play, Narby picked the upper left corner of the net to tie the teams at 18:48.
• Godin gave Stonehill the lead back 3:39 into the third period, roofing a shot from up close near the right post after a quick touch from junior Kayser Raei.
• Saint Michael's found the equalizer during a power play 1:42 later, as Muller had a shot from the right circle saved, but Flack sent the rebound home from the low left circle.
• Decker kept the teams tied with a point-blank stop of Meade at 6:10, and Stonehill earned a five-minute major at 11:43. During the man advantage, Decker denied Nehmer front out front at 13:15 and made a blocker save of Wright with 16:22 gone. With the teams now at even strength, Decker turned away Nehmer's tip-in attempt at 17:45, and the teams headed to overtime.
• During an odd-man rush early in the extra session, Schreiner rung the crossbar 50 seconds in, and junior Paul McAuliffe (Newton, Mass./Kimball Union Academy) saw a redirection stopped at 1:58.
• Stonehill netted its overtime goal in somewhat controversial fashion with 2:44 gone. After Hall sent a pass untouched through the slot, a teammate made contact with Decker while sliding through the crease under pressure from a Purple Knight. With the net now partially vacated and the netminder out of position, Meade sent the rebound into the net. Following a couple minutes of deliberation, the officials deemed it a good goal.