Saint Michael's College

WORCESTER, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College men's ice hockey team scored the final four goals to nab a 4-2 victory over Worcester State University on Friday afternoon at the Worcester Ice Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-0-1), Worcester State (0-3)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Brayden Naumann (Boston, Mass./Dexter Southfield School), 1 goal, 1 assist
• First-year Cam Fahey (Reading, Mass./Islanders Hockey Club), 1 goal, 1 assist
• First-year DJ Parouse (Los Angeles, Calif./Connecticut Jr. Rangers), 1 goal (1st career), 1 assist
• Junior Cole Douglas (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shady Side Academy), 1 goal (1st career)
• First-year Griffin Davis (Nashua, N.H./P.A.L. Junior Islanders), 28 saves (college debut)
• First-year Killian Wright (Arlington, Mass./Thunder Hockey Club), 1 assist, 12-for-25 faceoffs
• Sophomore Evan Dresser (Everett, Mass./Belmont Hill School), 1 assist
• First-year Beckett Homlish (Cherry Hills Village, Colo./New Jersey Rockets), 1 assist
• Senior Ty Bloom (Helena, Mont./Helena Bighorns), 10-for-17 faceoffs

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Christian Howanitz, 1 goal
• Senior Matt Lombardi, 1 goal
• Junior Dominic Walecka, 20 saves

GAME FACTS

• The old Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Northeast counterparts met for the first time since Feb. 3, 2001, with the Purple Knights improving to 6-1 in their last seven contests.
• The Lancers held leads in shots (30-24) and faceoff wins (38-34), but Saint Michael's nearly doubled them in shots during the third period, 14-8.

THE ACTION

• Lombardi put the Lancers ahead at 11:42 of the first period, sneaking a shot glove side past Davis from the right circle.
• Only 41 seconds into the second stanza, Howanitz one-timed sophomore Hudson Perry's pass out of the left corner from out front to make it 2-0.
• The Purple Knights halved their deficit at 10:23, as Parouse backhanded home the rebound of Dresser's saved slap shot from the right point. Parouse nearly found the late equalizer but rung the right post with 14 seconds to go.
• After his first 23 career points went as assists, defender Douglas netted his first college goal at 5:16 of the third period on the power play, tying the game on a shot from the edge of the left circle. Fahey and Homlish assisted.
• Saint Michael's nabbed its first lead with 11:58 gone, as Fahey took a pass from Parouse in the slot and went unabated to the net. Wright also lent an assist.
• Worcester State pulled Walecka at 17:34, but Davis denied a weird hop off the back wall mere seconds later for the Lancers' best chance before they committed a penalty at the 19-minute mark and put Walecka back in the net. Naumann later forced a giveaway on the right boards before going in alone and scoring an insurance tally on the netminder with 31 seconds to go.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Post University, 7:30 p.m.