SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Three players scored, first-year Evan Plunkett (Charlotte, N.C./Holderness School) posted his second shutout of the season, and the Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team blanked Wesleyan University, 3-0, on Friday evening in Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (9-3), Wesleyan (1-6)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Kyle Lee (Buffalo, N.Y./Finlandia), 1 goal
• Sophomore Hans Forselius (Guilford, Conn./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 goal
• First-year Jake Tuite (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Springfield Jr. Pics), 1 goal
• First-year Evan Plunkett (Charlotte, N.C./Holderness School), 29 saves
• Junior Jake Leale (Suffern, N.Y./Connecticut RoughRiders), 1 assist, 4 blocked shots
• Sophomore Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 15-for-21 faceoffs
• First-year Patrick Last (Derry, N.H./Twin City Thunder), 7-for-14 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Ethan Fehrenbaker, 28 saves

GAME FACTS

• Plunkett posted his second shutout of the season, tying Mike Dizgun's '13 school record for rookies, set in 2009-10.
• The teams are now 5-5-2 in the all-time series, with Saint Michael's improving to 5-1-1 at home behind its first win over the Cardinals since Jan. 23, 2010.
• Saint Michael's held a 31-29 edge in shots, while both teams won 29 faceoffs.

THE ACTION

• Saint Michael's went ahead just 3:23 after the opening faceoff, as sophomore Brayden Naumann (Boston, Mass./Dexter Southfield School) backhanded a pass from behind the net into the slot for Tuite, who found the lower left corner of the cage.
• Forselius made it 2-0 with 40.6 seconds remaining on a power play, drilling the net from the mid-slot.
• At 6:25 of the second period, senior Owen Sweet made a nice move in the slot before being denied by a Plunkett left pad save.
• The Purple Knights added to their lead with 15:01 gone, as junior Ashton Allain (Brentwood, Tenn./Walpole Express) sent a cross-ice pass to classmate and defensive partner Lee, who tapped the puck into an open net.
• With 32.9 seconds remaining, Plunkett turned away sophomore Hayden Hanes' redirection in the slot.
• Forselius nearly scored again at 5:14 of the third period, beating the final defender to the net before having a backhanded bid stopped by Fehrenbaker's left pad.
• Wesleyan earned a power play with 32 seconds left, but two Cardinal attempts in that time were off frame and the third was blocked by senior Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), helping secure the shutout.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Keene State College, 5 p.m.