MANCHESTER, N.H. - In a rematch of the 2025 Northeast 10 Conference Championship title game, the defending-champion Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team opened league play a 4-1 victory against Saint Anselm College on Friday evening in Sullivan Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-0-1, 1-0 NE10), Saint Anselm (0-3, 0-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 47 saves
• Senior Nick Wracker (Columbia, S.C./Northeast Generals), 1 goal
• Junior Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 1 goal, 1 assist, 6-for-9 faceoffs
• Sophomore Jack Tuite (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Springfield Jr. Pics), 1 goal, 11-for-20 faceoffs
• First-year Colin Walsh (East Greenwich, R.I./Saint George's School), 1 goal (1st career)
• Junior Brayden Naumann (Boston, Mass./Dexter Southfield School), 1 assist, 3 blocked shots
• First-year Marshall Thomas (Canton, Mass./Ironwood Lumberjacks), 6-for-10 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Brendan Manning, 1 goal
• Senior Tucker Hanson, 13 saves

GAME FACTS

• Each of Wracker's last four goals have come at Saint Anselm, accounting for more than half of his seven career tallies.
• Saint Michael's is riding a seven-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1) dating back to last season, its longest since a nine-game winning streak in January-February 1998. The Purple and Gold has won five straight against NE10 foes.
• After being outscored 19-9 while being swept by the Hawks during the four-game 2024-25 regular-season series, Saint Michael's has held a 9-2 scoring lead while winning the past two meetings.
• The Purple Knights held a 33-31 edge in faceoff wins, while the Hawks had a 48-17 lead in shots.

THE ACTION

• Wracker put the Purple Knights ahead to stay 15:06 into the contest, firing a shot from the left circle that Hanson denied before pouncing on the rebound and tallying from out front. Naumann and senior Kyle Lee (Buffalo, N.Y./Finlandia University) were credited with assists.
• Only 35 seconds later, Walsh doubled the lead, picking Hanson's blocker corner from out front after receiving junior Hans Forselius' (Guilford, Conn./Seahawks Hockey Club) pass from behind the net. Bloom also assisted.
• Manning trimmed the deficit to 2-1 4:25 into the second period, touching home first-year Nolan King's pass from behind the net toward the left post.
• Bloom one-timed a power-play blast from the slot at 12:32 off of sophomore Roman Winicki's (Setauket, N.Y./Philadelphia Hockey Club) pass from the right circle to reestablish the two-goal lead. First-year Evan Dresser (Everett, Mass./Belmont Hill School) lent the secondary helper.
• Tuite padded the lead 34 seconds into the third stanza, streaking into the Hawk zone and taking senior Quinn McCarthy's (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School) pass from the blue line before finishing to Hanson's blocker side after getting behind the Saint Anselm defense. Sophomore Cole Douglas (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shady Side Academy) started the breakout with a stretch pass to McCarthy in the neutral zone.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Saint Anselm, 3 p.m.