SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team began a Northeast-10 weekend set with a 4-1 setback against Southern New Hampshire University on Friday evening in Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (9-12, 7-6 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (8-10-2, 6-6-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Brennan McFarland (Greeley, Colo./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 goal
• Sophomore Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School), 1 assist
• First-year Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 1 assist
• Senior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 13-for-26 faceoffs
• Junior Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 11-for-23 faceoffs, 3 blocked shots
• First-year Ben Baxter (Hyannis, Mass./Seahawks Hockey Club), 8-for-10 faceoffs
• Senior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles), 19 saves in 35:03, loss 
• Sophomore Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 6 saves in 24:44 of relief
• Senior Gabriel Gagnon (Mascouche, Quebec/East Coast Wizards), 3 blocked shots
• Sophomore Ashton Allain (Brentwood, Tenn./Walpole Express), 3 blocked shots

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Alex Muthersbaugh, 1 goal
• Sophomore Jim Minnig, 1 goal
• Sophomore Tyler Murray, 1 goal
• Sophomore Ryan Pomposelli, 1 goal
• First-year Collin Berke, 30 saves
• Sophomore Alex Hirschberger, 1 assist, 8-for-15 faceoffs
• Sophomore Brendan Lynch, 1 assist, 15-for-27 faceoffs

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights held the advantage in shots on goal, 32-29, and faceoffs, 40-36.

THE ACTION

• Southern New Hampshire struck first at 8:50 in the first period when Hirschberger won a faceoff back to junior Ryan Clear, who found Murray for a wrist shot in between the two faceoff circles that beat Murphy on the glove side to give the Penmen a 1-0 lead.
• Southern New Hampshire converted on the power play at 14:32 when Muthersbaugh took a slapshot from the point to double the Penmen's lead.  
• The Penmen scored the third goal of the night at 15:06 of the second period when Minnig took a wrist shot from the point that deflected off a Purple Knight defender and past Murphy to give the Penmen a 3-0 lead.
• Southern New Hampshire scored on the power play with 1:30 left in the second period when Pomposelli netted the puck on the rebound off a shot from junior Connor Ball for the fourth goal of the night.
• McFarland netted the Purple Knights' goal at 8:15 of the third period on a slapshot from the point, assisted by Bloom and McCarthy, on the power play to make the score 4-1.
• The Purple Knights took 10 more shots following the goal from McFarland but could not convert to shorten the Penmen's lead.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. Southern New Hampshire, 4 p.m.
• The Purple Knights will hold a Pride Game tomorrow afternoon.