SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Seven different Purple Knights scored as the Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team finished a weekend sweep of Franklin Pierce University, 7-3, on Saturday afternoon during Northeast-10 Conference play at Cairns Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (13-8-2, 9-5 NE10), Franklin Pierce (0-20-1, 0-14 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 goal, 1 assist, 6-for-12 faceoffs
• First-year Roman Winicki (Setauket, N.Y./Philadelphia Hockey Club), 1 goal, 1 assist, 6-for-8 faceoffs
• Sophomore Hans Forselius (Guilford, Conn./Seahawks Hockey Club), 2 assists, 6-for-7 faceoffs
• Senior David Ciancio (Scituate, R.I./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Senior Jack Bavis (West Roxbury, Mass./Valley Jr. Warriors), 1 goal
• Sophomore Brayden Naumann (Boston, Mass./Dexter Southfield School), 1 goal
• Sophomore Ben Baxter (Hyannis, Mass./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 assist, 7-for-12 faceoffs
• First-year Evan Plunkett (Charlotte, N.C./Holderness School), 32 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Cooper Anderson, 1 goal
• Sophomore Nick Fish, 1 goal
• First-year Mario Paganini, 1 goal
• Sophomore Riley Mastowski, 14 saves in 20 minutes, loss
• First-year Jeffrey Reda, 14 saves in 39:53

GAME FACTS

• Neither team scored on the power play, with the Saint Michael's penalty kill negating seven man-up opportunities for Franklin Pierce.
• The Purple Knights held the advantage in faceoffs (35-31) and blocked shots (16-12), while both teams took 35 shots.
• Saint Michael's scored its most goals against the Ravens since tallying eight times on Feb. 1, 2022, on the road.

THE ACTION

• Franklin Pierce took an early lead at 1:17 of the first period when Anderson scored an unassisted goal to give the Ravens a 1-0 lead.
• Saint Michael's followed with four unanswered goals, starting with Naumann's tally at 8:49 on an assist from Baxter to equalize, the first of three goals in a matter of 52 seconds.
• Ciancio and Bavis scored just 11 seconds apart at 9:30 and 9:41, respectively, to give the hosts a 3-1 advantage. McCarthy and Forselius assisted the former, while first-year Patrick Last (Derry, N.H./Twin City Thunder) aided the latter.
• Winicki made it 4-1 at 14:56 on a deflection in front of the crease on assists from junior Jake Leale (Suffern, N.Y./Connecticut RoughRiders) and Macdonald.
• Paganini scored for the Ravens at 15:26 before McCarthy scored at 19:22 to give the Purple Knights a 5-2 lead at the end of the first period. Bloom and Forselius assisted.
• Bloom scored by batting the puck out of the air on an assist from Ciancio with three seconds left in the second period to make the score 6-2.
• Macdonald scored at 5:28 in the third period, with Winicki and senior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles) lending helpers.
• Fish scored on a breakaway at 12:34 to produce the final score.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at Southern New Hampshire University, 7:40 p.m.