SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team trimmed Southern New Hampshire University, 2-1, on Saturday during Northeast 10 Conference play in Cairns Arena. The Purple Knights played their fourth consecutive one-goal game, capturing their third win in that stretch, including both ends of a weekend sweep of the Penmen after taking a 3-2 decision on Friday.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (11-6-3, 6-2-2 NE10), Southern New Hampshire (6-9-1, 2-7-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 1 goal
• Sophomore Sj LeComte (Port Monmouth, N.J./Wisconsin Rapids RiverKings), 1 goal
• Sophomore Ian Wolanin (Pomfret, Conn./HC Rhode Island), 1 assist, 3 blocked shots
• Sophomore Evan Plunkett (Charlotte, N.C./Holderness School), 38 saves
• First-year Marshall Thomas (Canton, Mass./Ironwood Lumberjacks), 11-for-16 faceoffs
• Sophomore Jack Tuite (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Springfield Jr. Pics), 9-for-16 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Ryan Kayser, 1 goal
• Junior Collin Berke, 25 saves

GAME FACTS

• Plunkett moved into a tie for sixth in program history in career wins (23) with Bob Chancio '98 and Mike Dizgun '13.
• The Purple Knights have allowed two goals or less 15 times in 20 games this season.

THE ACTION

• Bloom scored the lone goal of the first period with 10.4 seconds to go. Wolanin chipped a pass from his own end up the ice, and senior Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School) won a 50/50 puck at the end boards and dropped a pass into the slot for a trailing Bloom, who one-timed a shot glove side on Berke.
• The Penmen held a 15-7 lead in shots during a scoreless second period.
• The Purple Knights went ahead 2-0 at 5:46 of the third frame after LeComte and junior Ben Baxter (Hyannis, Mass./Seahawks Hockey Club) finished a give-and-go sequence that started at their own blue line when LeComte tipped in Baxter's cross from the right circle. First-year Luke Clarner (East Burke, Vt./New Hampshire Avalanche) added his first college assist on the play.
• Kayser trimmed the deficit to 2-1 with 9:13 gone, lofting a shot from the blue line through a number of bodies out front.
• Plunkett made five saves during the ensuing 2:30 as the Penmen pushed to tie the game, but they put only one more shot on goal from that point.
• With 1:04 to go, Kayser had a shorthanded breakaway bid that McCarthy disrupted with a backcheck just outside the crease, and Plunkett touched the puck over the glass as it was released.
• With Berke pulled for the final 50 seconds, the visitors sent two bids wide of the net.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday vs. Saint Anselm College, 7 p.m.
• The Purple Knights host a Hope Happens Here Mental Health Awareness Game that night.