SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Seven different players scored, including three for the first time as collegians, as the Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team opened Northeast-10 Conference play with a 7-2 win over Southern New Hampshire University on Friday in Cairns Arena.

RECORDS

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

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Brennan McFarland (Greeley, Colo./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 goal, 2 assists
• Senior Matt Schreiner (Falmouth, Mass./Walpole Express), 1 goal, 1 assist, 12-for-21 faceoffs
• Junior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 1 goal, 1 assist, 13-for-25 faceoffs
• Junior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles), 35 saves, 1 assist
• Sophomore Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 goal, 2 blocks
• Junior TJ Beaver (Enfield, N.H./Proctor Academy), 1 goal
• Junior Gabriel Gagnon (Mascouche, Quebec/East Coast Wizards), 1 goal
• First-year Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School), 1 goal
• First-year Jake Lincourt (Smithfield, R.I./Walpole Express), 9-for-16 faceoffs
• Sophomore Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 8 faceoff wins
• Sophomore David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 3 blocks

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Dominic DiMambro, 1 goal
• Senior George Thurston, 1 goal, 11-for-21 faceoffs
• Graduate student Adam Mercer, 19 saves in 45:11
• Sophomore Cam Bernard, 2 saves in 14:42 of relief

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights' last seven wins over the Penmen have all come by at least three goals.
• Beaver, Gagnon and McCarthy all scored their first college goals.
• Murphy registered the first point by a Purple Knight goalie since Eric McGuirk '13 on Dec. 2, 2011, also the secondary helper on a power play.
• Saint Michael's went 45-for-85 on faceoffs, while Southern New Hampshire held a 37-28 lead in shots.

THE ACTION

• With 9:16 gone in the opening period and Southern New Hampshire on the power play, sophomore Ryan Clear sent a pass from the blue line that DiMambro redirected from the slot for the go-ahead tally.
• Murphy kept it 1-0 at intermission by denying first-year Alex Muthersbaugh and senior Ryan Coady on back-to-back shots out front in the dying seconds.
• Saint Michael's scored the next seven goals, beginning at 4:12 of the second frame when Taylor's backhanded pass from the boards sprung McCarthy for a breakaway. He finished five-hole.
• Taylor went blocker side on Mercer from the right circle during a power play with 9:20 gone, and Gagnon took a giveaway and immediately fired on net from the left circle to beat Mercer, who was under pressure from sophomore Jack Bavis (West Roxbury, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors) only 1:07 later.
• In the third frame, McFarland finished an odd-man rush with Schreiner just 56 seconds in by tallying over a prone netminder.
• Kantgias buried another power-play strike at 4:27, snapping a shot over Mercer's left shoulder from the right circle, and Beaver scored just 44 seconds later by whipping the puck on net from the right point.
• McFarland and Schreiner again combined on a goal at 11:50, with Schreiner tipping home McFarland's shot from the left circle.
• Thurston completed the bookending scoring for Southern New Hampshire by bursting past two defenders and over the blue line before making a nice move out front during a power play at 12:49.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Southern New Hampshire, 4 p.m.