SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Saint Anselm College men's ice hockey team was swept by the Purple Knights of Saint Michael's College on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 3-2. The Hawks are now 5-9-2 in Northeast-10 Conference (NE10) play while the Purple Knights secured their 10th league win of the season.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm returns to the Hilltop for their next two-game conference series against crosstown rivals Southern New Hampshire University starting on Friday, February 9. The game is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. puck drop from the Sullivan Arena.
Score: Saint Anselm 2, Saint Michael's 3
Records: Saint Anselm 7-15-2 (5-9-2 NE10), Saint Michael's 12-12-0 (10-6-0 NE10)
Location: South Burlington, Vt. (Cairns Arena)
Date: Saturday, February 3, 2024
Attendance: 424
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Senior Tommy Schwartz (Ridgefield, Conn.) fired the opening two shots of the game with one on frame to force an early save from Saint Michael's goalie Marshall Murphy. Freshman Cam Carroll (Putnam Valley, N.Y.) posted his first save of the day after stopping a shot attempt from Hans Forselius less than two minutes into the first period. After about three minutes of play, respectively, the Purple Knights earned a two-man advantage after back-to-back penalties were called on the Hawks. Saint Michael's registered five total shots with Carroll making three saves and senior Alec Garce (Laguna Hills, Calif.) posting a block to keep the Purple Knights off the scoresheet.
- Saint Michael's continued to push their attack outshooting Saint Anselm 10-3 approaching the midway point of the period. Shortly after the Hawks killed another Purple Knight power play, junior Max Burum (Marshfield, Mass.) slipped the puck around Murphy to put Saint Anselm in the lead 1-0 at the 13:21 mark.
- The Hawks quickly doubled their advantage to start the second period with a score from senior Liam Lyons (Gloucester, Mass.) off the assist from senior Will Christensen (Ridgefield, Conn.) to make it 2-0. A few minutes later, Saint Michael's earned their fourth power play chance and capitalized thanks to Case Kantgias finding the back of the net to cut Saint Anselm's lead in half to 2-1.
- Following Saint Michael's goal, Saint Anselm went 0-for-2 with the extra skater registering a total of four shots combined between the two power play opportunities. At the 17:59 mark, the Purple Knights tied the game up at 2-2 with a late score by Ty Bloom just before the final intermission.
- Carroll produced three saves along with a block by Schwartz in the opening two minutes of play of the third period. Both teams continued to exchange shots as the period waned until Kantgias notched his second goal of the day to give the Purple Knights the 3-2 lead with about seven minutes remaining in the game. The Hawks continued to battle firing eight shots in final minutes, but Saint Michael's sealed the series sweep with the 3-2 win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Saint Michael's outshot Saint Anselm by a 44-30 margin but the Hawks held a slight 16-14 edge in total blocks in the game. Senior Connor Snowdy (Cary, N.C.) lead the team with three blocks.
- The Purple Knights were favored from the faceoff dot winning 37-of-64 draws with Burum recording a team-high 11 wins off 22 draws for the Hawks.
- The Hawks went 0-for-3 on the man advantage while the Purple Knights score once during their seven power-play chances registering a combined nine total shots.
- Burum notched his eighth score of the season, ranking him second most on the squad, and producing a team-high six shot attempts. Lyons tallied his third goal along with two blocks and a plus-one on-ice rating.
- Carroll made his 20th start in net for the Hawks posting 41 saves in the game, including 17 in the second period, and allowed three goals.
- This marks the 54th all-time meeting between these two programs. Saint Anselm is now 31-19-4 overall against Saint Michael's.
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