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Matt Amante skating against Saint Anselm College
Jim Stankiewicz
6
Winner St. Anselm STA 10-5-1, 6-3-1
1
Southern N.H. SNH 5-9-0, 4-6-0
Winner
St. Anselm STA
10-5-1, 6-3-1
6
Final
1
Southern N.H. SNH
5-9-0, 4-6-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
St. Anselm STA 1 3 2 6
Southern N.H. SNH 1 0 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Matt Amante Scores Fifth Goal of Season for SNHU

Penmen Fall 6-1 to Saint Anselm In First Game of New Year

When and Where: January 6, 2023 – Hooksett, N.H. (Ice Den Arena)
Score:  Saint Anselm College 6, Southern New Hampshire University 1
Records: SNHU (5-9-0, 4-6-0), Saint Anselm (10-5-1, 6-3-1)
 
Junior Matt Amante (West Hempstead, N.Y.) tied the game with his fifth goal of the season late in the first period, but Saint Anselm used a decisive second period to pull away for a 6-1 win over the Penmen on Friday night at The Ice Den.


STANDOUT PERFORMERS KEY MOMENTS
  • The Hawks opened the scoring at 12:41 of the first period when Hunter Brackett beat SNHU graduate student goaltender Adam Mercer (Belchertown, Mass.) on the glove side with a slap shot.
  • Amante tied the game at 18:22, cleaning up a scrum in front of winning goalie Nick Howard.  Thurston and Cantelmo had the assists.
  • Saint Anselm's game-winning goal came at 5:22 of the second period.  Chase Reynolds converted a short-handed opportunity.  The Hawks then added two goals, 34 seconds apart in the final minute of the period to take a 4-1 lead.
  • Saint Anselm's Luke Linart tallied the second short-handed goal of the night for the Hawks midway through the final period.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 
  • SNHU went 0-for-4 on the power play and Saint Anselm was 0-for-2.
  • The Hawks had a 29-22 shot advantage.  Mercer made 19 saves before giving way to sophomore Cam Bernard (Bedford, N.H.) in the final 11 minutes.
 
NOTES
  • Cantelmo picked up his first career point by setting up the score by Amante.
  • The Hawks win the season series against the Penmen 3-1.   Saint Anselm leads the all-time series 41-12-1.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The Penmen have a week to get ready for a home conference set with Assumption University.  The teams will play Friday, January 13 (7:30 p.m.) and Saturday, January 14 (6:40 p.m.) at The Ice Den Arena in Hooksett.
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