When and Where: February 10, 2024 – Manchester, N.H. (Sullivan Arena)
Score:  Saint Anselm College 8, Southern New Hampshire University 3
Records: SNHU 11-12-2 (9-8-1 NE10),  Saint Anselm 8-16-2 (5-11-2 NE10)
 
Senior Matt Amante (West Hempstead, N.Y.) scored twice, but SNHU saw its three-game winning streak snapped in an 8-3 loss to Saint Anselm College Saturday at Sullivan Arena.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS
 

• Amante – 2 goals
• Junior Jack Gray (Lowell, Mass.) – goal
• Junior Ryan Clear (Cherry Hill, N.J.) – 2 assists
• Sophomore Brendan Lynch (Nepean, Ont.) – 2 assists

 
KEY MOMENTS
 

• Luke Linart tallied at 11:14 of the first period to put the Hawks up 1-0.
• Saint Anselm added a pair of goals in the first four minutes of the second period on goals by Will Van Der Veen and Hunter Brackett to take a 3-0 lead.
• Amante's first goal cut the deficit to 3-1 just nine seconds into a power-play at 4:20.  Clear sent the puck to the right dot for the Amante shot with Lynch also getting an assist.
• The Hawks responded on a goal by Mark Blaney to make it 4-1.
• Amante scored his second power-play goal at 16:48 of the second period when he rebounded a shot by Clear to make it 4-2.  Junior Tucker Twardosky (Merrimack, N.H.) had the second assist on the marker.
• The Penmen made it 5-3 at 17:40 on a power-play goal from Gray off a feed from Lynch.  Senior Derek Flynn (Dracut, Mass.) also assisted on the play.
• The Hawks added three goals, two empty netters, in the final minutes for the 8-3 win.

 
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Saint Anselm had a 40-38 shot advantage for the game.
• The Penmen went 3-for-8 on the power-play while Saint Anselm was 1-for-1.
• SNHU had a 42-37 advantage on face-offs.
• Cam Carroll made 36 saves to earn the win.

NOTES

• Amante recorded his second two-goal game of the season, giving him nine for the season.
• Amante and sophomore Kurt Watson (London, Ont.) are tied for the team lead with nine goals.
• Watson leads the Penmen with 20 points (9 goals and 11 assists).
• Saint Anselm leads the all-time series 43-13-2 and won this year's series 2-1-1 to earn the Hawks two Queen City Cup points.  SNHU leads the annual competition 14-8 with two more points on the line at next weekend's NE10 Indoor Track & Field Championships.
• The Penmen hold second place in the Northeast-10 with two games remaining in the regular season.  SNHU (29) is one point ahead of Franklin Pierce (28) and Saint Michael's (28).  Assumption is the regular season champion.

UP NEXT

• The final regular season series with Assumption University is Friday (2/16) and Saturday (2/17) at The Ice Den Arena.  Both games are 7:40 p.m. and the Penmen seniors will be honored Saturday before the game with the Greyhounds.

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