WINCHENDON, Mass. - Senior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club) scored twice, including the tie-breaking third-period game-winner, as the Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team defeated Franklin Pierce University, 3-2, on Friday evening during Northeast-10 Conference play at The Winchendon School's Jason Ritchie Ice Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (6-2, 4-2 NE10), Franklin Pierce (0-9, 0-5 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 2 goals, 3 blocked shots
• First-year Roman Winicki (Setauket, N.Y./Philadelphia Hockey Club), 1 goal, 1 assist
• First-year Evan Plunkett (Charlotte, N.C./Holderness School), 21 saves
• First-year Jack Tuite (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Springfield Jr. Pics), 11-for-14 faceoffs
• Sophomore Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 9-for-17 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Isaiah Frankel, 1 goal
• First-year Trent King, 1 goal
• Sophomore Riley Mastowski, 24 saves

GAME FACTS

• Ciancio netted a pair of even-strength goals after his last nine goals had all come on power plays.

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights held a 10-3 lead in shots during a scoreless first period.
• In the second period, junior Kyle Lee's (Buffalo, N.Y./Finlandia) bid from the left circle was turned away by Mastowski, but Winicki put home the rebound out front at 1:04.
• Only 34 seconds later, Ciancio backhanded in Winicki's pass into the slot to make it 2-0.
• With 11:20 gone, Frankel scored after taking a pass behind the defense and making a move on Plunkett.
• In the waning seconds, graduate student Dimitris Christou's dump from the right point was tipped in by King with 1.9 seconds remaining.
• Early in the third period, junior Jake Leale (Suffern, N.Y./Connecticut RoughRiders) sent a dump to the end boards and split a pair of Raven defenders to reach the loose puck first before slipping a pass through the slot for Ciancio, who reset to deke a defender before picking Mastowski's glove corner at 2:29.
• Plunkett made four saves in the ensuing two minutes alone while denying all 12 shots sent his way in the final period. The hosts gained a power play with 14:55 gone, but Plunkett stopped the lone bid in that two-minute stretch before saving a pair of bids with one second left in regulation to secure the victory.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Franklin Pierce, 2:50 p.m.