RUTLAND, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team lost to Vermont State University Castleton, 7-4, on Tuesday night at Spartan Arena in a non-conference matchup. Senior Alex Dalton (Andover, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors) and sophomore Nick Wracker (Columbia, S.C./Northeast Generals) scored their first career goals.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-5), VTSU Castleton (5-7)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School), 3 assists
• Junior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 2 assists
• Junior Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 2 assists
• Senior Alex Dalton (Andover, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors), 1 goal (1st career)
• Junior Brennan McFarland (Greeley, Colo./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 goal
• Sophomore Nick Wracker (Columbia, S.C./Northeast Generals), 1 goal (1st career)
• Senior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles), 31 saves
• First-year Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 10-for-24 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Zach Trempner, 1 goal, 3 assists, +2, 13-for-17 faceoffs
• First-year Avvi Tanasiyenko, 1 goal, 3 assists, +3
• Junior Andrew Stefura, 1 goal, 2 assists, +2
• First-year Matteo Turrin, 1 goal, 1 assist, +2
• First-year Josef Vyvial, 1 goal, 1 assist, +2, 18-for-24 faceoffs
• Junior Zach Papapetros, 2 assists, +2
• Sophomore Josh Ward, 19 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple and Gold scored on two power plays on the night.
• Murphy is now ninth in program history in career saves (1,381), passing Dave Donzanti '15.
• The Spartans had seven different players tally a goal in the contest.

THE ACTION

• Sophomore Zack Whittaker scored the first goal of the contest at 5:06 of the opening period with a wrist shot.
• The second Spartan goal came right at the 11:00 mark off the stick of Stefura on a 2-on-1 breakaway opportunity.
• The lead extended to three for VTSU Castleton at 13:56 when the Trempner scored on a loose puck in front of the net.
• Wracker scored his first career goal in front of the crease shortly into the start of the second period at 2:20 on assists from McCarthy and Ciancio.
• The Spartans responded 29 seconds later when Turrin scored on a breakout play by skating in front of the crease and moving to his backhand to score and push the Spartan lead back to three.
• Dalton scored his first tally at 10:14 by taking a one-timer on a bank pass off the boards from Ciancio and sending the puck into the upper corner of the net to cut the Spartan lead back down to two.
• Junior Romeo Torain and Vyvial scored at 13:58 and 18:10, respectively, to round out the Spartans' second period, extending the lead to four.
• The Purple Knights scored the first goal of the third period at 3:23 when McFarland took Kantgias' stretch pass for a breakaway and deked the goaltender before scoring with his forehand.
• VTSU Castleton scored its final goal of the night at 7:57 as Tanasiyenko scored off the rebound of a Murphy save and slotted the puck.
• Saint Michael's scored the final goal of the evening with 58 seconds left when McCarthy sent a cross-ice pass to Kantgias, who sent a wrist shot past Ward.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday vs. State University of New York at Canton, 7:10 p.m.