SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team opened a weekend series against nationally-ranked Salve Regina University on Friday with an 8-2 loss in Cairns Arena. The Seahawks were 14th in this week's U.S. College Hockey Online (USCHO) Division III national poll.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (8-5-3), Salve Regina (15-2)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Quinn McCarthy (Melrose, Mass./Holderness School), 1 goal
• Sophomore Patrick Last (Derry, N.H./Twin City Thunder), 1 goal
• Junior Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 12-for-23 faceoffs
• First-year Marshall Thomas (Canton, Mass./Ironwood Lumberjacks), 4-for-8 faceoffs
• Senior Cole Manahan (Hermantown, Minn./Vernal Oilers), 22 saves in 41:12, loss
• Sophomore Evan Plunkett (Charlotte, N.C./Holderness School), 5 saves in 9:09 of relief
• Senior Jackson Cole (Newark, Del./Vernal Oilers), 3 saves in 9:39 of relief
• Senior Ashton Allain (Brentwood, Tenn./Walpole Express), 3 blocked shots

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Logan Calder, 3 goals, 2 assists, +5, 12-for-18 faceoffs
• Cody Plaza, 2 goals, 2 assists, +5
• Matthew Brunton, 3 assists, +4
• Parker Mabbett, 1 goal, 1 assist, 8-for-11 faceoffs
• Manny Egbali, 17 saves

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights saw their five-game winning streak end while losing to Salve Regina for the first time in five-all-time meetings. The teams met for the first time since Dec. 30, 2011.

THE ACTION

• Calder put the Seahawks ahead 11:14 into the first period. After Brunton's initial shot was saved, Calder had a shot from the slot blocked by sophomore Roman Winicki (Setauket, N.Y./Philadelphia Hockey Club), but Calder got his own rebound and beat Manahan to his blocker.
• In a frenzied second period that saw five goals, McCarthy netted a tying tally on a power play at 4:30, digging the puck out of the corner and going high on Egbali from in tight. Junior Ben Baxter (Hyannis, Mass./Seahawks Hockey Club) and sophomore Jack Tuite (Shrub Oak, N.Y./Springfield Jr. Pics) assisted. Exactly three minutes later, Last tipped in sophomore Ian Wolanin's (Pomfret, Conn./HC Rhode Island) shot from the left point just seconds after being stoned out front by the goalie. First-year Colin Walsh (East Greenwich, R.I./Saint George's School) added a helper.
• Salve Regina scored three times in a matter of 4:34 in the late stages to pull in front. Calder put home a rebound at 14:55 for the tying strike, junior Karsten Kruska tallied from the right circle at 18:22, and Plaza chipped a shot just out of Manahan's reach on an open net only 1:07 after that, suddenly making it 4-2.
• The Seahawks extended the run to five goals in 7:20 - including the final four in 3:53 - when Plaza scored on a rebound 1:12 into the third period and first-year Brendan Abban got a step on the defense and scored from the left circle at 2:15. The visitors added two goals 59 seconds apart in the middle of the frame.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. No. 14 Salve Regina, 4:10 p.m.
• The Seahawks' national ranking is according to this week's USCHO Division III poll.