KEENE, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team finished its first-semester slate with a 4-3 overtime loss to Keene State College on Saturday at Keene Ice.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (9-4), Keene State (4-5-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 goal, 1 assist, 6 blocked shots
• First-year Roman Winicki (Setauket, N.Y./Philadelphia Hockey Club), 2 assists
• Junior Ashton Allain (Brentwood, Tenn./Walpole Express), 1 goal
• Sophomore Brayden Naumann (Boston, Mass./Dexter Southfield School), 1 goal
• Junior Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 32 saves
• Sophomore Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 14-for-25 faceoffs
• Junior Jake Leale (Suffern, N.Y./Connecticut RoughRiders), 3 blocked shots

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Shane Mazur, 1 goal, 2 assists
• Senior Corey Tumenas, 1 goal
• First-year Thor Hansen, 1 goal
• First-year Kyle Gonzalez, 1 goal
• First-year Ben Skelton, 24 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights lost for the first time in five all-time meetings. The teams last met on Jan. 18, 1986, before Keene State revived the program this school year.
• Saint Michael's lost in overtime for just the second time in its last nine tries.

THE ACTION

• Hansen put the Owls ahead 2:30 after the opening faceoff, knocking home a rebound of a shot blocked by junior Nick Wracker (Columbia, S.C./Northeast Generals).
• Ciancio evened terms at 15:56, wristing in his Northeast-10 Conference-leading fourth power-play goal from the right point.
• With 8:01 gone in the second period, Tumenas scored from the right circle during a 5-on-3 power play to give Keene State a 2-1 edge.
• Allain struck for a tying strike with less than a second remaining, also during a power play, firing in a shot from the left circle.
• Saint Michael's went ahead for the first time at 7:54 of the third period, as Naumann redirected senior Jack Bavis' (West Roxbury, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors) pass into the slot.
• Mazur tossed in the tying goal from the left circle with 11:01 gone.
• Just before the end of a Purple Knight power play, first-year Sean Gray broke in alone on Manahan at 18:02 but sent a go-ahead bid wide as he neared the net.
• Manahan stopped the first two shots sent his way in overtime, including denying sophomore Marcus Chrisafideis' point-blank bid with 1:50 gone.
• At 2:35, Gonzalez converted Mazur's backdoor pass for the winner, picking a corner over Manahan.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Jan. 3 at State University of New York at Potsdam, 7 p.m.