SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team stood tied with the State University of New York at Potsdam until fewer than four minutes remained on Friday during a 5-2 loss in Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-8), SUNY Potsdam (3-10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Nick Wracker (Columbia, S.C./Northeast Generals), 1 goal
• First-year Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 1 goal
• Junior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 4 blocked shots
• Sophomore Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 30 saves
• Sophomore Jake Lincourt (Smithfield, R.I./Walpole Express), 9-for-16 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Mathieu Parent, 1 goal, 1 assist, 8-for-12 faceoffs
• First-year Eli Doughart-Wood, 1 goal, 1 assist, 3 blocked shots
• First-year Jakub Hall, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Senior Jack Loran, 2 assists
• Senior Michael Olszewski, 1 goal
• Junior Drew Rose, 1 goal
• First-year Lenny Perno, 26 saves

THE ACTION

• Manahan made his finest first-period saves back-to-back around 17:28, first turning away Parent before extending with his right toe to deny Doughart-Wood at the left post.
• Parent put SUNY Potsdam ahead with the lone goal of the period with 18:22 gone during a power play, skating onto Loran's lead pass in the left circle and chipping a shot over Manahan's left shoulder.
• The Purple Knights took the lead with a pair of goals 1:16 apart early in the second period. After sophomore Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School) had a shot saved from the slot, Bloom knocked the puck out of the air out front and tied the game at 1:32. Wracker then gave his team the lead by tapping home junior Jack Bavis' (West Roxbury, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors) backdoor pass to the right post with 2:48 gone.
• McCarthy nearly made it 3-1 but rung the post at 9:15.
• Doughart-Wood found the equalizer with another Bear power-play strike, converting Loran's backdoor pass to the left circle with 13:34 gone.
• Manahan kept it 2-2 heading into the third period by smothering Olszewski's one-timer from the left circle with 20 seconds to go.
• Manahan denied a pair of Loran go-ahead attempts in the final frame, stopping him from out front during a power play at 8:34 and again from the slot with 16:01 gone.
• Olszewski put the Bears ahead for good only 22 seconds later, tallying from out front to finish an odd-man opportunity.
• With Manahan out of the net for various stretches in the closing minutes, Rose (17:20) and Hall (19:32) both score empty netters from their own zone to close out the contest.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. SUNY Potsdam, 2 p.m.