WINCHENDON, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team lost the back end of a Northeast-10 Conference weekend against Franklin Pierce University, 5-2, on Saturday at Ritchie Ice Arena.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-3, 2-2 NE10), Franklin Pierce (4-2, 2-2 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Owen Rudicus (Duxbury, Mass./Tabor Academy), 1 goal
• Sophomore Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 goal
• First-year Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 23 saves
• Senior Matt Schreiner (Falmouth, Mass./Walpole Express), 1 assist, 12-for-24 faceoffs
• Junior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 14-for-27 faceoffs
• First-year Jake Lincourt (Smithfield, R.I./Walpole Express), 8-for-10 faceoffs
• Sophomore Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 2 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jackson Dobek, 1 goal, 1 assist
• First-year Matt Horan, 1 goal, 1 assist
• First-year Tyson Springer, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Graduate student Anthony Nikolopoulos, 1 goal
• Sophomore Michael Flaherty, 1 goal
• Graduate student Kyle Martin, 29 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights held a 31-28 lead in shots while claiming a 38-35 edge in faceoff wins.
• Saint Michael's split its third consecutive weekend series to begin the season.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights went ahead just 2:20 into the contest, as Macdonald dumped a puck in deep and sophomore Ryland Dukes (Nashville, Tenn./Walpole Express) retrieved it behind the Raven net, quickly sending a pass from the boards out toward the left post, where Macdonald finished.
• Franklin Pierce was the beneficiary of a two-man advantage late in the opening stanza, as Flaherty shot below the right circle to finish the 5-on-3 power play at 19:05.
• Horan stuffed in a second effort at 9:26 of the second frame, but the Purple Knights answered 1:12 later during a power play. After Schreiner sent a shot from the slot off the boards, the rebound kicked back toward the left post, where Rudicus pushed home the tying marker.
• The Purple and Gold held a 14-9 lead in third-period shots, but the Ravens did all of the scoring, including as Springer potted the winner at 3:26, going to Manahan's glove side from out front after pouncing on a loose puck.
• Dobek converted another power-play goal with 11:07 gone, blasting a shot from above the left circle.
• With Manahan pulled for an extra skater, Franklin Pierce blocked a shot in its own end before Nikolopoulos backhanded the puck from his own slot and down into the vacated Purple Knight net with 46 seconds to go.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday vs. Saint Anselm College, 7 p.m.
• The Purple Knights host a Mobilization of Volunteer Efforts (MOVE) Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week food drive that night.