Box Score SHELTON, Conn. – The Saint Anselm College men's ice hockey team dropped a Northeast-10 Conference game in overtime to Post University by a final score of 3-2. The Hawks fell to 4-7-2 in conference play while the Eagles picked up their second league win of the season.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm will wrap up the conference tilt against the Eagles on Saturday, January 27 for the series finale. The game is slated for a
Score: Saint Anselm 3, Post 3
Records: Saint Anselm 6-13-2 (4-7-2 NE10) | Post 3-16-1 (2-12-1 NE10)
Location: Shelton, Conn. (Sports Center Arena)
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Attendance: 150
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Hawks fired the opening three shots on frame forcing a few early saves from the Eagles goalie Drew Blodgett. Less than a minute into the period, Saint Anselm earned their first power play chance after Tommy Buis was whistled for cross-checking. The Eagles defense prevented the Hawks from registering a shot and with a few seconds left in the power play, Hugh McGuigan used his speed to score a short-handed
- Shortly after, sophomore Garret Alberti (Wilmington, Mass.) answered for Saint Anselm by netting the equalizer off the helper from junior Mark Blaney (Braintree, Mass.) to make it a 1-1 game. The Hawks had another man advantage producing five shots, all of which Blodgett saved, featuring a pair of shots each by senior Tommy Schwartz (Ridgefield, Conn.) and junior Max Burum (Marshfield, Mass.). At the 10:53 mark, freshman goalie Cam Carroll (Putnam Valley, N.Y.) posted his first save of the game to deny a shot by Tommy Buis. The Eagles would go on the man advantage to end the first period, but two blocks by Schwartz and one from Burum would keep the score level heading into the second.
- Both teams exchanged shots to begin the second period before the Hawks earned their third power play of the game at the 1:08 mark. Sophomore Luke Linart (Holland, Mich.) and Jac Cordeiro (Barnstable, Mass.) each ripped a shot on target but the Blodgett would make the stops to keep the Hawks off the scoreboard. After each side killed a power play midway through the period, Linart found the back of the net at the 16:33 mark to put Saint Anselm ahead 2-1.
- In the third period, Post quickly tied the game back up thanks to a score by Nathan McDevitt less than two minutes into the final period. Approaching the halfway point of the third, junior Richie Colarusso (Tewksbury, Mass.) fired a shot on target but Blodgett posted the stop. The Hawks would successfully kill another Eagles power play late in the period to force the game into overtime tied at 2-2.
- Carroll recorded two early saves to start the overtime period for Saint Anselm. Junior Luke Mix (Winchester, Mass.) and Schwartz each ripped a shot in the final minutes of overtime. With just four seconds left to go, Jack Engdahl wristed a shot past Carroll to seal the overtime victory by a 3-2 score.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Saint Anselm outshot Post by a 42-36 margin in the game while both team were even on blocks with eight total apiece.
- Both teams went 0-for-4 with the extra skater with Post registering 10 total shots in comparison to Saint Anselm's 6 shots.
- The Hawks also dominated from the faceoff dot winning 37-of-58 draws with Burum winning 17 of his 24 faceoffs in the contest.
- Alberti and Linart each notched their fourth score of the season while Mix, Blaney, and Corderio each tallied an assist for the Hawks.
- Carroll posted 33 total saves and allowed three goals in net for Saint Anselm including 16 in the second period.
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