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Pomposelli, Amante, and Lynch Lead Penmen Out Against Saint Michael's
Jim Stankiewicz

Penmen Fall In Overtime To Saint Michael's in NE10 Opener

Pomposelli's Two Goals, Assist, Lead SNHU Friday

Box Score When and Where: November 3, 2023 – Hooksett, N.H. (The Ice Den)
Score:  Saint Michael's College 5, Southern New Hampshire University 4 (OT)
Records: SNHU 1-1-0 (0-1-0 NE10), Saint Michael's 3-0-0 (1-0-0 NE10)

Sophomore Ryan Pomposelli (Needham, Mass.) scored two goals and added an assist, but SNHU Ice Hockey dropped its NE10 opener 5-4, in overtime, to Saint Michael's College Friday at the Ice Den.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Pomposelli – 2 goals, assist
  • Sophomore Brendan Lynch (Nepean, Ont) – goal, assist
  • Senior Matt Amante (West Hempstead, N.Y.) – goal, assist
  • Sophomore Alex Muthersbaugh (Gilford, N.H.) – 2 assists
 
KEY MOMENTS
  • Saint Michael's opened the scoring at 2:43 of the first period on a power-play goal by Brennan McFarland.
  • The Penmen tied the contest at 3:59 when Lynch found a loose puck a the Purple Knight goal.  Amante assisted with a long feed from the SNHU zone.
  • Ryland Dukes put Saint Michael's up 2-1 less than two minutes later with another power-play marker.
  • Trailing 3-1 late in the third period, the Penmen came up with a pair of goals within 46 seconds to tie on goals by Amante and Pomposelli.
  • After the Purple Knights went back up at 9:42 of the third on a goal by Case Kantgias, the Penmen quickly tied the game at 4-4 on Pomposelli's second goal from Murthersbaugh and freshman Nic Dallaire (Waltham, Mass.).
  • The Penmen picked up a penalty as regulation ended, and Saint Michael's connected on the game-winner with the extra skater just 36 seconds into overtime when Kantgias scored his second goal of the game.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • The shots ended 36-35 in favor of the Penmen.
  • Saint Michael's went 3-for-6 on the power play while the Penmen were 0-for-3.
NOTES
  • This was the Northeast-10 opener for both teams.
  • Saint Michael's leads the all-time series 48-27-6 and the Purple Knights have won three straight and four of the last five in the series.
  • The win for Saint Michael's Coach Damian Digiulian was his 100th with the program.
  • Pomposelli leads the Penmen with three goals in two games.
  • Freshman Collin Berke (Crofton, Md.) made 30 saves in his debut.
  • Dallaire earned his first collegiate point with his third period assist.
  • Saint Michael's goalie Marshal Murphy made 32 saves and beat the Penmen for the fourth time in two seasons.
  • The Penmen wore their new yellow jerseys for the first time sporting new logo for Southern New Hampshire University.
UP NEXT
  • The teams square off again on Saturday at 2:50 p.m. at The Ice Den.
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