MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team lost to Northeast-10 Conference leader Saint Anselm College, 4-2, on Friday evening in Sullivan Arena.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (14-10-2, 10-7 NE10), Saint Anselm (14-9-2, 13-3-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Case Kantgias (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Northern Colorado Eagles), 1 goal
• Junior Nick Wracker (Columbia, S.C./Northeast Generals), 1 goal
• First-year Evan Plunkett (Charlotte, N.C./Holderness School), 32 saves
• Junior Ashton Allain (Brentwood, Tenn./Walpole Express), 3 blocked shots
• Senior Jack Macdonald (Baraboo, Wis./Seahawks Hockey Club), 8 faceoff wins
• Sophomore Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 5-for-12 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Hunter Brackett, 1 goal
• Senior Richie Colarusso, 1 goal
• Junior Tim Duffy, 1 goal
• First-year Brendan Manning, 1 goal
• Sophomore Cam Carroll, 24 saves

GAME FACTS

• With three regular-season games remaining, Saint Anselm clinched the NE10 regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in the postseason. The Purple Knights slipped into third place, one point behind second-place Southern New Hampshire University; the top two seeds receive first-round byes into home semifinals.

THE ACTION

• Wracker scored the only goal of the opening period with just 2:45 gone, pushing home the rebound after first-year Cole Douglas (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shady Side Academy) had an initial shot saved.
• Kantgias made it 2-0 at 2:39 of the second frame, picking the corner from the right circle.
• Saint Anselm scored the final three goals of the period, first when Manning snuck a shot inside the right post following a scramble out front at 6:16.
• Colarusso finished a 2-on-1 breakout with a shorthanded tally at 13:14 to Plunkett's glove side from in close.
• Duffy put his team in front at 16:03 by firing a shot from the right point through a handful of bodies directly off of a faceoff win.
• Brackett padded the lead at 11:03 of the third period, roofing a rebound glove side during 4-on-4 play.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Saint Anselm, 4 p.m.