WINCHENDON, Mass. - Eleven players collected points as the Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team doubled up Franklin Pierce University, 6-3, on Friday evening at Ritchie Ice Arena. The Northeast-10 Conference series continues on Saturday.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (3-2, 2-1 NE10), Franklin Pierce (3-2, 1-2 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Matt Schreiner (Falmouth, Mass./Walpole Express), 1 goal, 2 assists, +3, 11-for-17 faceoffs
- Senior Owen Rudicus (Duxbury, Mass./Tabor Academy), 1 goal, 1 assist
- First-year Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School), 2 assists
- Junior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 1 goal, 10-for-19 faceoffs
- Senior Jeremy Routh (Hamden, Conn./New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs), 1 goal
- Sophomore Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Colo./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 goal, +3
- Sophomore Jack Bavis (West Roxbury, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors), 1 goal
- Junior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles), 30 saves
- Sophomore David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 assist, 3 blocks
- First-year Jake Lincourt (Smithfield, R.I./Walpole Express), 5-for-10 faceoffs
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Graduate student Chris Stevenson, 1 goal, 1 assist
- Senior Conor Foley, 1 goal
- First-year Matt Horan, 1 goal
- Graduate student Kyle Martin, 25 saves
GAME FACTS
- The Purple Knights held a 30-29 edge in faceoff wins, while the Ravens led in shots, 33-31.
- Saint Michael's improved to 24-3-1 in the all-time series.
THE ACTION
- Bavis kickstarted a flurry of three Purple Knight goals in an 8:17 span of the first period, chasing a loose puck through neutral ice to gain a breakaway before making a move on Martin to finish up close at 7:51.
- Taylor later carried through neutral ice into the right circle and rung a shot off the post and in with 14:44 gone. Schreiner put home a third effort at 16:08 to push the led to 3-0.
- Murphy maintained the lead at 12:10 of the second period by going into a split to make a glove save of senior Dom Norris.
- Stevenson cracked the scoring column at 14:35, putting in a bouncing puck during a power play.
- A little less than three minutes later, quick passing led to another Saint Michael's goal, as first-year Ashton Allain (Brentwood, Tenn./Walpole Express) and Schreiner completed short passes to set Rudicus up at the doorstep at 17:31.
- Foley struck for another power-play goal at 7:42 of the third period, backhanding a shot from the right circle.
- The Purple Knights had a quick response, as McCarthy and Routh worked a give-and-go before Routh slipped a shot past Martin at 9:51.
- Horan beat the defense up the right wing to tally at 13:05, but Kantgias made a power move of his own through the left circle before finishing on an empty net with 31 seconds remaining.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday at Franklin Pierce, 1 p.m.
