SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Junior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles) buried his second goal of the game with 6:14 remaining to lift the Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team past Northeast-10 Conference foe Saint Anselm College, 3-2, on Saturday at Cairns Arena. Playing their regular-season home finale, the Purple Knights erased a 2-0 deficit on Senior Day.
 
The Purple Knights honored their five seniors during the contest: TJ Beaver (Enfield, N.H./Proctor Academy), Alex Dalton (Andover, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors), Gabriel Gagnon (Mascouche, Quebec/East Coast Wizards), Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles) and Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings).
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (12-12, 10-6 NE10), Saint Anselm (7-15-2, 5-9-2 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 2 goals, 3 blocked shots
• First-year Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 1 goal
• Junior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 assist, 3 blocked shots
• Senior Marshall Murphy (Little Canada, Minn./Northern Colorado Eagles), 28 saves
• Senior Zach Taylor (Hanover, Mass./South Shore Kings), 15-for-23 faceoffs
• Sophomore Jake Lincourt (Smithfield, R.I./Walpole Express), 12-for-16 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Max Burum, 1 goal, 11-for-22 faceoffs
• Senior Liam Lyons, 1 goal
• First-year Cam Carroll, 41 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights remained in third place in the NE10 with four regular-season games remaining.
• Saint Michael's swept the four-game regular-season season series for its first four-game winning streak ever against Saint Anselm. This was the 11th time in the last 15 meetings the teams were separated by a goal or less.
• Saint Michael's has registered at least a dozen wins in consecutive seasons for the first time since a five-year run between 1995-96 and 1999-2000.
• Murphy is now alone in third in program history in career wins (28) while sliding into seventh in saves (1,608), passing Tyler Bilton '09 (1,602).
• Kantgias struck for his 16th career power-play goal, moving into a tie for eighth in program history with Josh Ralph '00 and Jason Harrington '01.
• The Purple Knights held leads in shots (44-30) and faceoff wins (37-27).

THE ACTION

• Burum gave the Hawks the lead with 13:21 gone in the opening frame, scoring from in close shortly after the Hawks won an offensive-zone faceoff.
• Lyons doubled his team's advantage 59 seconds into the second period, converting on a breakaway after senior Will Christensen blocked a shot in his own right circle.
• Taylor nearly broke through at 4:51 but rung the post during a power play.
• Kantgias got the Purple and Gold on the board with 5:19 gone, picking Carroll's blocker corner from the right circle on a power play.
• The Hawks had a key opportunity to nab another two-goal lead, but Burum's one-timer during a 2-on-0 break was denied by Murphy's right toe at 14:03. Only seven seconds later, Murphy again stopped Burum, this time on a deflection below the left circle.
• The Purple Knights drew even a 17:59, as Bloom tapped home Ciancio's cross into a vacated net with Carroll out of position.
• Carroll turned away Taylor's breakaway bid with his paddle at the 9:04 mark of the third period.
• Kantgias found the net for the second time at 13:46, finding space above Carroll's glove corner from the right circle for the eventual game-winner.
• With Carroll pulled for an extra skater, sophomore Alex Hoitt tossed a shot on net from the left point with 1:05 remaining in regulation, but the Hawks didn't garner a dangerous chance in the closing minute.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at Assumption University, 4:40 p.m.