SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team lost to the State University of New York at Potsdam, 3-2, in overtime on Saturday afternoon at Cairns Arena. Sophomore Matti Tauriainen (Grapevine, Texas/Valley Jr. Warriors) netted his first career goal during the first period of the contest.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-9), SUNY Potsdam (4-10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 1 goal, 7-for-14 faceoffs
• Sophomore Matti Tauriainen (Grapevine, Texas/Valley Jr. Warriors), 1 goal (1st career)
• Senior Alex Dalton (Andover, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors), 1 assist
• Junior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 assist
• Junior Brennan McFarland (Greeley, Colo./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 assist
• Senior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles), 30 saves
• Junior Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 15-for-26 faceoffs
• Senior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 3 blocked shots
• Sophomore Jake Lincourt (Smithfield, R.I./Walpole Express), 8-for-12 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Mason Hoehn, 2 goals, 7-for-15 faceoffs, 2 blocked shots
• Senior Michael Olszewski, 1 goal
• Junior John Werber, 30 saves
• Sophomore Max Klanow, 8-for-17 faceoffs

GAME FACTS

• With his 10th save of the night in the second period, Murphy passed Tim Decker '20 for eighth in program history in career saves. Murphy now has 1,446 stops.
• The Purple Knights held the advantage in faceoffs, 33-26.
• SUNY Potsdam held narrow leads in shots, 33-32, and blocked shots, 17-16.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights netted the first goal of the contest at 11:05 in the first period on the power play when Bloom took a wrist shot from the top of the left faceoff circle that found the upper right corner of the net on helpers from McFarland and Kantgias.
• Tauriainen netted his first career goal a little over a minute later at the 12:13 mark when Dalton skated along the boards and slid a pass to Tauriainen, who crashing in front of the net and was able slot the puck past the goaltender to make the score 2-0.
• Murphy made 10 saves in the second period, including a big save at 15:54 on a 2-on-0 breakaway to keep the Bears from scoring. 
• Hoehn scored 40 seconds into the third period to cut the Purple Knight lead in half.
• SUNY Potsdam's power-play unit cashed in at 7:45 when Olszewski took a one-timer on a pass through the middle from first-year Eli Doughart-Wood that tied the game.
• Murphy helped force overtime after stopping a penalty shot that was awarded to the Bears with 9.2 seconds remaining in regulation.
• The Bears converted on the only shot during overtime, when Hoehn took a shot from the point on a pass from sophomore Michael Campbell at 3:35 to win the game.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Thursday vs. Post University, 6:10 p.m.