When and Where: January 27, 2024 – South Burlington, Vt. (Cairns Arena)
Score: Saint Michael's College 4, Southern New Hampshire University 1
Records: SNHU 8-11-2 (6-7-1 NE10), Saint Michael's 10-12-0 (8-6-0)
Sophomore
Tyler Murray (Barre, Vt.) scored his third goal in the last three games, but SNHU fell 4-1 at Saint Michael's College Saturday as the teams split the weekend set.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
- Murray (Barre, Vt.) – goal
- Senior Matt Amante (West Hempstead, N.Y.) - assist
- Freshman Nic Dallaire (Waltham, Mass.) - assist
KEY MOMENTS
- The game was a mirror image of Friday's series opener in which the Penmen opened up a 4-0 lead, and won 4-1.
- On Saturday, Saint Michael's took a 4-0 lead thanks to a pair of power-play goals before Murray lit the lamp at 9:18 of the final period.
- Murray was in a good position to tip Amante's slap shot into the net.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Penmen had a 41-37 shot advantage.
- The Penmen were 0-for-2 on the power play and the Purple Knights were 2-for-5.
- Freshman Sean Guerin (Chicago, Ill.) made 33 saves for the Penmen.
- Cole Manahan had 40 saves in the winning effort in net for Saint Michael's.
NOTES
- Murray's first three career goals have come in the past three games.
- Saint Michael's leads the all-time series 53-28-7 and won the season series with SNHU three-games-to-one.
UP NEXT
- SNHU will return home to play Franklin Pierce University next weekend at The Ice Den Arena. Friday's game will be at 7:40 p.m. and the teams will also place at 4:10 p.m. on Saturday.
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