AMHERST, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team lost to Amherst College, 6-1, on Tuesday evening at Orr Rink in a non-conference affair. Junior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles) scored in the third period for the Purple Knights.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-2), Amherst (1-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 goal, 2 blocked shots
• Junior Brennan McFarland (Greeley, Colo./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 assist
• First-year Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 1 assist
• Senior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 8-for-19 faceoffs
• Sophomore Jake Leale (Suffern, N.Y./Connecticut RoughRiders), 5-for-12 faceoffs, 2 blocked shots
• Sophomore Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 41 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Ryan Tucker, 2 goals, 2 assist, +4
• Sophomore Zachary Murray, 2 goal, 2 assists, 9-for-13 faceoffs, +3
• Senior Quinton Fox, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Ben Kuzma, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Matt Toporowski, 9-for-13 faceoffs
• Junior Connor Leslie, 9 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights had won their last three games before this matchup with Amherst.
• The Purple Knights were 5-1 in their last six games, all of which were NE10 matchups.

THE ACTION

• The Mammoths scored their first goal of the night when Murray scored on a breakaway at 1:53 of the opening period on an assist from Tucker to put Amherst up 1-0.
• Tucker scored his first goal on the night when Murray found him in between the faceoff circles on a pass from the goal line at 12:04 to double the Mammoth lead.
• Murray netted another shot at 19:08 after a strong pass from Tucker.
• Fox scored the lone goal in the second period after a deflected shot from the point was loose in front of the crease and he was able to wrap the puck into the net at 1:31.
• The fifth unanswered goal by the Mammoths came at 3:02 in the third period when Kuzma scored on a breakaway.
• Kantgias took a slapshot and scored for the Purple Knights at 11:05 when Bloom sent a pass across the middle to an unmarked Kantgias.
• The Mammoths netted their last goal at 17:04 on the breakaway as senior Alton Machen found Tucker alone in front of the net for the tap-in goal.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Dec. 1 vs. Assumption University, 7:10 p.m.