SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team lost to the State University of New York at Canton, 4-1, on Friday night at Cairns Arena in non-conference play. Sophomore Kyle Lee (Buffalo, N.Y./Finlandia) netted his first career goal in the second period.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-6), SUNY Canton (2-10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Kyle Lee (Buffalo, N.Y./Finlandia), 1 goal (1st career), 4 blocked shots
• Senior Gabriel Gagnon (Mascouche, Quebec/East Coast Wizards), 1 assist, +1
• First-year Hans Forselius (Guilford, Conn./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 assist, 2 blocked shots
• Junior Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 10-for-16 faceoffs
• Sophomore Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 32 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Lucas Roy, 1 goal
• Junior Brendan Morrow, 1 goal, 17-for-23 faceoffs
• Sophomore Evan Pringle, 1 goal
• First-year Connor Liu, 1 goal
• Senior Nic Herringer, 2 assists
• Senior Sebastien Paquette, 1 assist, +2
• Sophomore Kelson Hooper, 11 saves in 30:52, win
• Sophomore Nate Hopkins, 10 saves in 29:08 of relief

GAME FACTS

• The last matchup between the two squads took place on November 5, 2019, where the Purple Knights came away with a 3-2 overtime victory.
• Neither team converted on the power play during the game.
• The Kangaroos evened the all-time series, 2-2, by winning tonight's matchup.
• Both teams blocked 13 shots on the night.
• Four of the night's five goals came in the second period.

THE ACTION

• Neither team was able to convert on any chances in the first period.
• The Kangaroos struck first in the second period at 4:42 when Liu took a shot from the point that found a shooting lane to break the stalemate on an assist from sophomore Jack Seamans.
• Lee equalized just 16 seconds later, scoring his first career goal on assists from Forselius and Gagnon.
• Morrow scored the next goal for the Kangaroos at 10:52 in the second period assisted by Herringer and Paquette on a rebound in front of the net to put the Kangaroos up 2-1.
• The third goal for the Kangaroos came at 12:10 in the second period, when Pringle skated behind the net and took a wrist shot from the faceoff circle that found a way into the net to give SUNY Canton a 3-1 lead.
• The final goal of the night for SUNY Canton came at 8:54 in the third period on another wrap around goal, this one unassisted off the stick of Roy, to solidify a 4-1 lead for SUNY Canton.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Dec. 29 vs. Babson College, 4 p.m.