RUTLAND, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team lost to Vermont State University Castleton, 3-2 in overtime, on Wednesday evening in Spartan Arena. Senior Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers) came within two saves of a school record by making 62 stops.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-4-3), VTSU Castleton (5-5-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Manahan, 62 saves (career high)
• Junior Brayden Naumann (Boston, Mass./Dexter Southfield School), 1goal
• First-year Aj Sacco (Middleton, Mass./Islanders Hockey Club), 1 goal
• Junior Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 1 assist
• Junior Hans Forselius (Guilford, Conn./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 assist
• First-year Marshall Thomas (Canton, Mass./Ironwood Lumberjacks), 1 assist

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Tyler Burke, 2 goals
• Sophomore Luke Chakrabarti, 1 goal
• First-year Marcus Bellomo, 2 assists
• Sophomore Charles Watson, 31 saves

GAME FACTS

• Manahan's 62 saves tied for second in program history, matching Simon Theberge's '02 effort against Skidmore College on Dec. 29, 2001. Only Bill Heney '92 ever made more, turning away 64 shots at Fitchburg State University on Dec. 8, 1990. Manahan posted just the fourth 60-save game in school annals, after Theberge also denied 61 shots against Hamilton College on Nov. 30, 2001.
• The Purple Knights lost a 3-2 overtime contest for the second straight game. They have allowed exactly two regulation goals seven times in 10 outings this season, going 2-2-3 in those games.

THE ACTION

• After a scoreless opening frame, the Purple Knights struck for a pair of goals 2:12 apart in the second period.
• Sacco backhanded a shot past Watson directly off of Thomas' faceoff win in the left circle with 4:20 gone, and Naumann ripped home a rebound from the same spot at 6:32 to make it 2-0. Bloom and Forselius assisted the second tally.
• Manahan made 30 saves in the third period alone, but Burke scored twice in 7:56 to pull his team even.
• With Watson pulled for an extra attacker on a delayed penalty, Burke tapped in Bellomo's cross-crease pass at 7:51 to put his team on the board. He poked in a loose puck under Manahan to tie the game at 15:47.
• In the late stages of the 3-on-3 overtime, Manahan stopped a shot before the rebound kicked out to Chakrabarti, who blasted a close-range slap shot for the winner with 3:30 gone.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday at Franklin Pierce University, 7 p.m.