SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Senior Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School) scored twice to lead the Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team past Rivier University, 6-2, on Saturday at Cairns Arena. The Purple Knights extended their winning streak to four contests.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (7-4-3), Rivier (1-12-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• McCarthy, 2 goals
• Senior Ashton Allain (Brentwood, Tenn./Walpole Express), 2 assists, +3
• Junior Ben Baxter (Hyannis, Mass./Seahawks Hockey Club), 2 assists
• Senior Jake Lincourt (Smithfield, R.I./Walpole Express), 1 goal, 12-for-16 faceoffs
• Junior Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 1 goal, 5-for-11 faceoffs
• Junior Hans Forselius (Guilford, Conn./Seahawks Hockey Club), 1 goal
• Junior Brayden Naumann (Boston, Mass./Dexter Southfield School), 1 goal
• Sophomore Jack Tuite (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Springfield Jr. Pics), 1 assist, 10-for-14 faceoffs
• Senior Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 29 saves
• Sophomore Patrick Last (Derry, N.H./Twin City Thunder), 9-for-15 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Michael Caparco, 1 goal
• First-year Aaron Sawicki, 1 goal, 12-for-22 faceoffs
• Junior Mason Meyer, 30 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights have yielded three goals or less in 13 of 14 games this season.
• Saint Michael's held leads in faceoff wins (38-26) and shots (36-31).

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights took the lead just 1:19 into the contest. After junior defender Ben Nichols (Andover, Mass./Curry College) pinned the puck carrier to the boards near the blue line, Baxter and McCarthy worked a 2-on-1 for the rest of the ice, with McCarthy finishing from the right circle.
• Bloom's power-play slap shot from the left circle with 16:02 gone made it 2-0. Allain fed him for a one-timer, while sophomore Cole Douglas (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shady Side Academy) also assisted.
• Manahan made the lead stand up early in the second frame, first denying first-year Mason Rudrud's one-timer out front with 5:15 gone before making four saves during a 13-second flurry around the seven-minute mark to help kill a Rivier power play.
• McCarthy added to the lead at 17:10, one-timing Baxter's cross-ice pass from the right corner past Meyer from below the left hash mark. Tuite also assisted.
• Lincourt one-timed home Wracker's drop pass into the slot from behind the net 3:18 into the third period, with Allain adding a secondary helper, before Naumann took a giveaway in the right circle and scored alone on Meyer 56 seconds later.
• Forselius redirected first-year Colin Walsh's (East Greenwich, R.I./Saint George's School) pass into the slot from the left boards at 12:05, pushing the lead to 6-0.
• Sawicki scored only 12 seconds later, spoiling Manahan's shutout by tipping senior Ryan Cardow's pass from the right point.
• After Manahan made a brilliant glove save at 15:01 to help salt away Rivier's two-man power-play advantage, Caparco roofed a shot from in close to cap the scoring at 18:43.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at Wesleyan University, 4 p.m.