Saint Michael's College

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team suffered its first loss of the season on Friday, losing a 6-2 decision to Franklin Pierce University during Northeast-10 Conference play in Cairns Arena. The Purple Knights opened their home slate with the contest.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-1, 2-1 NE10), Franklin Pierce (3-2, 2-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 1 goal, 10-for-19 faceoffs
• Junior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 goal
• Junior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 assist, 4 blocked shots
• Senior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles), 23 saves in 46:34, loss
• Sophomore Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 8 saves in 13:24 of relief
• Junior Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 11-for-19 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Matthew Horan, 1 goal, 3 assists
• Sophomore Douglas McGuire, 3 assists
• Sophomore Devin Rohrich, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Sophomore Tyson Springer, 2 goals
• Sophomore Austin Pick, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Brogan McDonald, 21 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple and Gold had been 4-0 to begin a season for only the second time, joining the 1998-99 team.
• Saint Michael's had its eight-game regular-season winning streak, the program's longest since 1998, snapped.

THE ACTION

• Pick found the top corner of the net directly off of senior Cody Rumsey's faceoff win to give the visitors a 1-0 lead 5:17 into the contest.
• Taylor stuffed home a rebound during a power play with 13:18 gone in the opening frame to knot the contest. Ciancio and first-year Hans Forselius (Guilford, Conn./Seahawks Hockey Club) assisted.
• Horan banked a shorthanded goal off of Murphy from along the goal line at 17:28 to put the Ravens ahead for good.
• Springer scored twice in a 3:35 span in the early going of the second period, first tapping in Horan's pass out front at 5:14 before putting home a rebound during a power play with 8:49 gone after McGuire had rung the crossbar.
• That proved to be the first of four consecutive power-play goals to end the game, as Rohrich extended the lead to 5-1 at 10:22 by finishing out front.
• Kantgias found the net from the slot at 14:40, with senior TJ Beaver (Enfield, N.H./Proctor Academy) and junior Ryland Dukes (Nashville, Tenn./Walpole Express) lending helpers.
• Rohrich scored again at 6:36 of the third period, roofing a shot from the left circle.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Franklin Pierce, 4 p.m.