PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team capped a two-game exhibition weekend with a 12-1 loss at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh on Saturday evening in Stafford Arena. The Cardinals qualified for the 2023 NCAA Division III Tournament and were ranked seventh in the final U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) national poll last spring.
 
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Hans Forselius (Guilford, Conn./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 goal
• Sophomore Ashton Allain (Brentwood, Tenn./Walpole Express), 1 assist, 2 blocks
• Sophomore Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School), 1 assist
• Sophomore Jake Leale (Suffern, N.Y./Connecticut RoughRiders), 4 blocks
• Sophomore Kyle Lee (Buffalo, N.Y./Finlandia), 3 blocks
• Senior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 8 faceoff wins
• Junior Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 8 faceoff wins
• Junior Ryland Dukes (Nashville, Tenn./Walpole Express), 7 faceoff wins
• Sophomore Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 30 saves in 32:15
• Sophomore Jackson Cole (Newark, Del./Vernal Oilers), 18 saves in 27:45 of relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Jack Ring, 4 assists
• Junior Jake Lanyi, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Sophomore Ryan Bonfield, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Junior Luk Jirousek, 2 goals
• First-year Dominik Bovan, 2 saves in 31:11
• Sophomore Eli Shiller, 5 saves in 28:38 of relief

THE ACTION

• Forselius scored 4:26 into the contest to give the Purple Knights the lead before Lanyi tallied the first of his team's three shorthanded markers 2:21 later.
• Sophomore Joshua Belgrave scored with 11:40 gone in the first period, Jirousek made it 3-1 at 7:13 of the second, and first-year Aaron Catron added a shorthanded marker 3:58 later.
• SUNY Plattsburgh pulled away with eight third-period goals, with six on power plays. The hosts scored six times in the final 6:19 of the contest alone.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at Manhattanville College for the regular-season opener, 7 p.m.