SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team lost to Franklin Pierce University, 5-1, on Saturday to finish a Northeast-10 Conference weekend series in Cairns Arena.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (7-9-1, 6-5-1 NE10), Franklin Pierce (9-12, 6-5 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Jeremy Routh (Hamden, Conn./New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs), 1 goal
- Senior Matt Schreiner (Falmouth, Mass./Walpole Express), 1 assist, 15-for-21 faceoffs
- First-year Ashton Allain (Brentwood, Tenn./Walpole Express), 1 assist, 3 blocks
- Junior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles), 31 saves
- Junior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 9 faceoff wins
OPPONENT LEADERS
- First-year Devin Rohrich, 3 goals
- Graduate student Chris Stevenson, 1 goal, 1 assist
- Senior Stephens Jacobs, 1 goal
- Graduate student Kyle Martin, 37 saves
GAME FACTS
- The Purple Knights' three-game winning streak came to an end, as they split an NE10 weekend for fourth time this season.
- Saint Michael's held leads in shots (38-36) and faceoff wins (32-31).
THE ACTION
- Murphy made 15 first-period saves to keep the Purple Knights in the game, but Rohrich scored with 4:50 gone, taking a giveaway in the left circle and finishing to the short side.
- Rohrich added another goal at 7:43 of the second frame, finishing from in close after sophomore Michael Flaherty picked off a pass at the blue line and fed him. Jacobs scored on the power play 1:48 later, connecting on a slapshot from the blue line.
- Routh got one goal back with 35 seconds remaining, sending in a rebound near the left post after Martin denied Schreiner's initial bid from below the right circle.
- With Franklin Pierce still holding a 3-1 lead in the late stages of regulation, Saint Michael's twice pulled Murphy in favor of an extra skater, but the Ravens scored from distance each time. Stevenson came up with a turnover in his own zone and dumped the puck the length of the ice into the vacated net at 17:03, and Rohrich scored from center ice to complete his hat trick at 18:40.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Friday at Southern New Hampshire University, 7:30 p.m.
