WORCESTER, Mass. – The Saint Anselm College men's ice hockey team saw their season end on Saturday evening after falling to the Greyhounds of Assumption University, 7-5, during the Northeast-10 Conference Semifinals. The Hawks concluded the 2023-24 season with a 10-18-2 overall record and went 7-11-2 in league play.
Score: Saint Anselm 5, Assumption 7
Records: Saint Anselm 10-18-2, Assumption 24-7-0
Location: Worcester, Mass. (Worcester Ice Center)
Date: Saturday, February 24, 2024
Attendance: 783
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Senior Tommy Schwartz (Ridgefield, Conn.) fired the opening shot on frame for Saint Anselm forcing an early save from Greyhound goalie Thomas McLarnon. Soon after, freshman goalie Cam Carrol (Putnam Valley, N.Y.) made his first stop of the night to deny Ronny Paragallo.
- Assumption got their attack going registering 17 shot attempts before the midway point of the period with Carroll producing 11 saves. Both teams continued to exchange shots as the first period winded down until Schwartz buried the puck into the net off a centering pass from junior Chase Reynolds (Middletown, Conn.) at the 16:33 mark to give the Hawks the 1-0 lead. The Greyhounds posted five late shots but three more saves from Carroll and a blcok by Schwartz kept Saint Anselm ahead 1-0 heading into the first intermission.
- Exactly 21 seconds into the second period, senior Jac Cordiero (Barnstable, Mass.) netted his third score of the season to double Saint Anselm's advantage to 2-0 to kickstart period two. A few minutes later, Saint Anselm opened the floodgates scoring two quick goals less than a minute apart to extend their lead to 4-0. Sophomore Luke Linart (Holland, Mich.) tallied a goal at the 4:19 mark to make it 3-0 followed by a score from junior Max Burum (Marshfield, Mass.) during the first Hawk power play of the game at the 5:05 mark.
- Assumption broke their scoring drought at the 8:50 mark with the extra skater to make it 4-1 approaching the halfway point of the period. The Greyhounds then quickly cut the Hawks lead in half after Camron Roberts found the back of the net at the 9:28 mark. Both teams continued to exchange shots for the remainder of the period however Saint Anselm held on to their two-goal lead at the end of period two.
- Once again, the period began with an early score this time by the Greyhounds just 45 seconds into the final period of regulation to make it a 4-3 game. Midway through the period, Saint Anselm went on the man advantage and capitalized thanks to Burum who notched his second goal of the night to bring the score to 5-3. About a minute after, Assumption responded by narrowing the Hawks lead back to one goal.
- Shortly after, the Greyhounds tied the game at 5-5 thanks to Jake DiNapoli with under eight minutes left in regulation. Saint Anselm earned another man advantage late in the period but three saves from Assumption goalie Callum Welch helped the Greyhounds kill off the Hawks power play.
- At the 17:47 mark, Sean Corliss notched what would ultimately be the game-winning goal for Assumption. The Hawks continued to battle registering four shot attempts late in the period, but an empty-netter score by Leo Piandes cemented the 7-5 win for the Greyhounds.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Assumption outshot Saint Anselm by a 45-39 margin and also held a 10-6 edge in total blocked shots in the game as well.
- The Greyhounds held a slight 40-39 edge in faceoff wins in the contest with Burum leading the Hawks winning 13- of his 26 faceoffs.
- Saint Anselm went 2-for4 on the power play registering 13 total shots across the man advantages. Assumption capitalized on both of their power play chances going for 2-for-2 on the night with three shots.
- Burum ended the game with two goals while Schwartz, Cordiero, and Linart each tallied one score apiece. Senior Alec Grace (Laguna Hills, Calif.) and junior Hunter Brackett (Harwick Port, Mass.) each dished out a pair of assists for the Hawks.
- Carroll produced 38 saves in net for Saint Anselm including 20 in the first period and allowed seven goals.
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