SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team finished a Northeast-10 weekend set with a 4-1 victory against Southern New Hampshire University on Saturday in Cairns Arena. Junior Moseley Schwartz (Philadelphia, Pa./Phillips Academy) scored his first career goal to help pace the Purple Knights' offense.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (10-12, 8-6 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (8-11-2, 6-7-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 goal, 3 blocked shots
• Junior Moseley Schwartz (Philadelphia, Pa./Phillips Academy), 1 goal (1st career), 3 blocked shots
• Senior TJ Beaver (Enfield, N.H./Proctor Academy), 1 goal
• First-year Brayden Naumann (Boston, Mass./Dexter Southfield School), 1 goal
• Senior Gabriel Gagnon (Mascouche, Quebec/East Coast Wizards), 1 assist
• Junior Ryland Dukes (Nashville, Tenn./Walpole Express), 1 assist
• Sophomore Jake Lincourt (Smithfield, R.I./Walpole Express), 1 assist
• Sophomore Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School), 1 assist
• First-year Hans Forselius (Guilford, Conn./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 assist
• Sophomore Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 40 saves
• Senior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 17-for-24 faceoffs
• Junior Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 9-for-16 faceoffs

 
OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Tyler Murray, 1 goal
• Senior Matt Amante, 1 assist
• First-year Nic Dallaire, 1 assist
• First-year Sean Guerin, 33 saves
• Sophomore Brendan Lynch, 15-for-27 faceoffs

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights scored two goals on the power play.
• Saint Michael's held the advantage in blocked shots, 21-17, and faceoffs, 40-32.

THE ACTION

• Neither team found the back of the net during the first period as Manahan made 13 saves for the Purple Knights and Guerin stopped 10 for the Penmen.
• The Purple Knights broke the stalemate at 8:29 in the second period when Schwartz slotted the puck on the rebound of Lincourt's shot to give the Purple and Gold a 1-0 lead.
• Beaver notched the second goal for Saint Michael's at 10:31 in the second period on a slapshot from the point on assists from Dukes and Forselius during a power play.
• Naumann scored the third goal of the second period for the Purple and Gold after stealing the puck on an errant pass from a Penmen defender and beating Guerin on his glove side to give the Purple Knights a 3-0 lead for his team's third goal in a matter of 6:42.
• Ciancio took a wrister from the top of the right faceoff circle 38 seconds into the third period for the Purple Knights' fourth goal, and second power-play marker, on helpers from Gagnon and McCarthy.
• Murray netted the lone goal for the Penmen at 9:18 on a deflection off a slapshot from Amante at the point to cut the Purple Knight lead to 4-1.
• Manahan made six saves after the goal to keep the Penmen from shortening the lead any further.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday vs. Saint Anselm College, 7:10 p.m.