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Chris Cordeiro Skates Against Salem State
Jarod Minassian
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Salem St. SSU 2-7-2
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Saint Anselm STA 3-7-3
Salem St. SSU
2-7-2
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Final
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Saint Anselm STA
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 OT 2 F
Salem St. SSU 0 1 2 0 0 3
Saint Anselm STA 0 2 1 0 0 3

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Men’s Ice Hockey Opens 2026 with a Draw Against Salem State

MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College men's ice hockey team tied with Salem State University, 3-3, at Sullivan Arena in a non-conference matchup on Friday night.

Highlights
  • Freshman Nolan King scored his third collegiate goal with assists from junior Patrick DeMarinis, his third of the year, and sophomore Keaton Richards, his fourth of the season.
  • Richards netted his second career goal, DeMarinis scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season, and King assisted on a goal for the second time this year as the trio of Hawks recorded multi-point games.
  • Junior Chris Cordeiro and sophomore Justin Tremblay also tallied assists in the draw, with Cordeiro tallying his second and Tremblay recording his seventh, the second-most on the team.
  • Junior goaltender Cam Carroll made 27 saves as his record goes to 3-4-3 on the season.
  • Shots were even at 30 apiece while the Hawks held the edge in faceoffs, 39-29, over the Vikings.
  • Saint Anselm went 1-5 on the power play while Salem State went 0-2.
How it Happened
Both teams failed to score in the first period, with Saint Anselm edging out Salem State with eight shots on goal compared to just four for the Vikings.

The Hawks got on the board just 1:15 in the second period after a faceoff win from sophomore Keaton Richards that gave way to a quick pass from junior Patrick DeMarinis, who found freshman Nolan King waiting at the blue line for a left-handed wrist shot that went rifling past the Salem State goaltender.

The Vikings tied the score with an unassisted, shorthanded goal at 5:43 in the second as a tap out of the Hawks' offensive zone from Matt Babineau gave the forward a breakaway as he bested junior goaltender Cam Carroll to make the score 1-1.

Richards broke the tie just a few minutes later, after a nice centering pass from behind the net from DeMarinis found Richards waiting in the slot for a quick wrist shot that snuck past the Vikings' netminder.

Carroll made a flurry of impressive saves to keep the Hawks in front, making seven stops in a span of 45 seconds late in the second period. Salem State outshot Saint Anselm 17-12 in the second.

Salem State's James Tatro scored back-to-back third-period goals, one even strength and one short-handed, as the Vikings took a 3-2 lead 10 minutes into the third.

DeMarinis answered the call for the Hawks, deflecting a shot from the blue line off the stick of King into the back of the net to tie the score at 3-3 at 10:30 in the period. Neither team was able to break the tie, and the teams headed to a sudden-death, 3-on-3 overtime period.

The Hawks managed the only shot on goal during the five-minute overtime, and the non-conference foes went to a best-of-three shootout. Saint Anselm failed to convert on its first two shootout attempts, and the Vikings netted their first and third attempts to secure the shootout

Up Next
The Hawks (3-7-3, 3-3-1 NE10) travel to Waterville, Maine, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 4 p.m. for a non-conference matchup with Colby College (5-3-1, 3-2-0 NESCAC) at the Jack Kelley Rink.
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