HOOKSETT, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team lost to Northeast-10 Conference leader Southern New Hampshire University, 3-2, on Friday evening in the Ice Den. The Penmen are the lone NE10 squad remaining with a perfect record.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-3, 1-2 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (7-3, 6-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Brennan McFarland (Greeley, Colo./Northern Colorado Eagles), 2 assists
• Junior Connor Redden (Southbury, Conn./Team Maryland), 1 goal, 6-for-8 faceoffs
• First-year Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 goal
• Senior Thomas Flack (Toronto, Ontario/Saint Michael's Buzzers), 1 assist, 14-for-24 faceoffs
• Senior Colin O'Connor (North Haven, Conn./Connecticut RoughRiders), 1 assist
• Junior Matt Schreiner (Falmouth, Mass./Walpole Express), 21-for-26 faceoffs
• First-year Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 12-for-23 faceoffs
• Senior Hugo Turcotte (Gap, France/Kimball Union Academy), 37 saves
• Senior Sel Narby (Huntington, N.Y./Connecticut Junior Rangers), 3 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Phil Heisse, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Senior Alex Ring, 1 goal
• Sophomore Matt Amante, 1 goal
• Senior Adam Mercer, 32 saves

GAME FACTS

• Kantgias and Redden both netted their team-leading second goals of the year. Redden had three goals in 19 games as a first-year.
• The Purple Knights held a dramatic 60-31 lead in faceoff wins, while the Penmen edged them in shots, 40-34.
• The first four goals of the game came on power plays.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights scored a pair of power-play goals in the opening period.
• Kantgias snapped a shot home from between the circles at 13:44 before quick puck movement made it 2-0 at 19:16. McFarland sent a pass from the left boards toward the right post for Flack, who immediately passed back to the left post for Redden, who tapped it in.
• Southern New Hampshire was held off the board until 16:44 of the second period, when Ring potted a 5-on-3 tally on a slap shot from the left point.
• Heisse knotted the game at 15:24 of the third period, sending the equalizer in from the right circle.
• With just 15 seconds left in regulation, Amante tapped in senior Jake Cox's cross out front.
• Turcotte was pulled for the remainder of the contest, with Schreiner twice winning faceoffs down the stretch, but his team sent no tying bids toward the net.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tomorrow vs. the State University of New York at Potsdam, 7:30 p.m.