MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team defeated Saint Anselm College, 3-2, on Saturday night at Sullivan Arena to complete a Northeast-10 Conference weekend sweep.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-1, 5-1 NE10), Saint Anselm (1-7-1, 1-4-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 1 goal, 16-for-27 faceoffs
• Junior Ryland Dukes (Nashville, Tenn./Walpole Express), 1 goal
• First-year Ben Baxter (Hyannis, Mass./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 goal (1st career), 6-for-14 faceoffs
• Junior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 assist, 2 blocked shots
• Junior Brennan McFarland (Greeley, Colo./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 assist, +2
• Sophomore Jake Leale (Suffern, N.Y./Connecticut RoughRiders), 1 assist, 2 blocked shots
• Senior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles), 23 saves
• Junior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 6 blocked shots

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Will Christensen, 1 goal, 11-for-19 faceoffs
• Junior Luke Mix, 1 goal
• Junior Chase Reynolds, 5-for-12 faceoffs, 3 blocked shots
• Sophomore Garrett Alberti, 11-for-17 faceoffs
• First-year Cam Carroll, 34 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights are 7-1 for the first time since 1998-99.
• Saint Michael's has won five one-goal games this season.
• The Purple and Gold blocked 15 shots, four more than the Hawks.
• The Purple Knights have now won their past three games.
• This is the Purple Knights' first weekend sweep of Saint Anselm since February of 2020.

THE ACTION

• Dukes scored the first goal of the night on the power play at 9:17 of the opening period when Kantgias' pass deflected off a Hawks defender then off the goaltender's blocker for Dukes to gather and shoot in.
• The Hawks responded at 3:40 in the second period when Mix took a shot from the point that found a shooting lane.
• The Hawks scored the second straight goal after senior Tommy Schwartz took a shot that Murphy stopped with his blocker, and Christensen wrapped a follow-up backhander around Murphy to give the Hawks the lead at 13:11.
• Taylor scored his third goal in two days after first-year Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns) found his stick in front of the crease, and Taylor was able to tap in the puck at 16:20 to tie the game.
• Baxter scored the game-winner on a slap shot from the point at 3:30 in the third period to give the Purple Knights the lead for good on assists from Leale and McFarland.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at Amherst College, 4 p.m.