WORCESTER, Mass. - The second-place Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team lost to first-place Assumption University, 5-1, on Friday evening in a meeting between the Northeast 10 Conference's top two teams at the Worcester Ice Center. The Greyhounds extended their unbeaten streak to nine games (8-0-1).
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (12-8-3, 7-4-2 NE10), Assumption (15-7-2, 9-2-2 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Roman Winicki (Setauket, N.Y./Philadelphia Hockey Club), 1 goal
• Senior Jake Leale (Suffern, N.Y./Connecticut RoughRiders), 1 assist
• Junior Danny Keegan (Braintree, Mass./Williston Northampton School), 1 assist
• Sophomore Evan Plunkett (Charlotte, N.C./Holderness School), 19 saves in 25:48, loss
• Senior Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 24 saves in 34:11 of relief
• Junior Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 9-for-16 faceoffs
• First-year Marshall Thomas (Canton, Mass./Ironwood Lumberjacks), 7-for-12 faceoffs
• Sophomore Jack Tuite (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Springfield Jr. Pics), 7 faceoff wins

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Jake DiNapoli, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Sophomore Shane McElhaney, 1 goal, 2 assists
• Senior Thomas McGaffigan, 1 goal
• First-year Jake Russell, 1 goal
• Sophomore Michael Salvatore, 45 saves

THE ACTION

• The Purple Knights kept the Greyhounds, who came in averaging 5.3 goals during their eight-game unbeaten streak, off the board until McElhaney scored from a tough angle below the left circle at 14:03 of the first period.
• Assumption added three special-teams goals during a 7:59 stretch in the second period. DiNapoli scored the first on a power play at 3:21 before tallying again at 5:49, netting a shorthanded strike from the slot. Russell redirected a pass out of the air out front at 11:20 for a power-play goal.
• Winicki cut into the deficit at 16:18, tapping in a loose puck in the crease following shots from Keegan and Leale.
• McGaffigan scored only 1:10 after that from along the goal line for the final goal.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Assumption, 4:20 p.m.