When and Where: January 28, 2023 – The Ice Den (Hooksett, N.H.)
Score:  Saint Michael's College 5, Southern New Hampshire University 1
Records: SNHU 6-15-0 (5-11-0 NE10), Saint Michael's 9-9-1 (8-5-1 NE10)

Sophomore Jack Gray (Lowell, Mass.) buried a rebound for his first goal of the season, but Saint Michael's completed a sweep of the Penmen with a 5-1 win on Saturday at The Ice Den Arena in Hooksett.  

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Gray – goal
• Senior Andrew Ray (Cumberland, Maine) – assist
• Senior Tim Usalis (Danvers, Mass.) – assist

KEY MOMENTS
 

• The Penmen took a 1-0 lead at 10:31 of the first period.  Usalis sent a puck out of the SNHU zone to Ray, whose shot was saved.  Gray's slap shot found the net.
• Saint Michael's tied the game with less than a second to play in the first period on a blast from Paulius Macijauskas.
• A four-goal second period helped lift the Purple Knights to the win with Brennan McFarland and Zach Taylor each potting a pair of goals.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 

• SNHU had a 43-39 shot advantage for the game.
• There were no penalties in the first two periods.  The Penmen failed on both man-up opportunities in the third period while the Purple Knights did not have a power-play opportunity.
• SNHU played all three of its goaltenders in the contest, graduate student Adam Mercer (Belchertown, Mass.), sophomore Cam Bernard (Bedford, N.H.), and freshman Nathan Loisel (Blainville, Quebec.
• Loisel stopped all seven shots he faced in the third period while playing in his second game.
• Marshall Murphy stopped 42 shots to earn his second win of the weekend for Saint Michael's.
• Gray's goal was his first of the season.  He tallied seven times in 38 games as a freshman last season.

 
NOTES

• Saint Michael's wins the season series with the Penmen 3-1 and have now won seven of the last 10 with SNHU.  The all-time series stands at 47-27-6 in favor of the Purple Knights.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen will take on Franklin Pierce University in a pair of NE10 games next Friday and Saturday.  Friday's game (2/3) is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. start.  The teams will also play Saturday (2/4) at 3:10 p.m. at The Ice Den Arena in Hooksett, N.H.

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