When and Where: February 3, 2024 – Hooksett, N.H. (The Ice Den Arena)
Score:  Southern New Hampshire University 3, Franklin Pierce University 2 (OT)
Records: SNHU 10-11-2 (8-7-1 NE10),  Franklin Pierce 9-13-0 (7-9-0)


Senior Matt Amante (West Hempstead, N.Y.) scored in overtime to lift SNHU Ice Hockey to a 3-2 win over Franklin Pierce University Saturday afternoon in Hooksett, N.H.
 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Amante - goal
• Senior Derek Flynn (Dracut, Mass.)– goal
• Sophomore Jim Minnig (Auburn, Pa.) – goal
• Junior Tucker Twardosky (Merrimack, N.H.) – 2 assists
• Freshman Sean Guerin (Chicago, Ill.) – 27 saves

KEY MOMENTS

• Franklin Pierce took a 1-0 lead at 12:16 of the first period on a goal by Payton Jones.
• The Penmen scored a pair of power-play goals late in the second period to rally into the lead.
• Minnig tied the game at 1-1 at 14:58.  He knocked home a rebound of a shot by Twardosky.  Junior Connor Ball (Webster,  N.Y.) earned an assist on the play.
• Deep into another power play less than four minutes later, Flynn picked up the rebound of his own miss and buried a slap-shot from just inside the blue line.  Assists on the play went to Twardosky and freshman Coleman Nee (Arlington, Mass.).
• It took the Ravens just 20 seconds of the third period to draw even when Nick Fish finished off a perfect feed in front from Wyatt De Lise.
• SNHU picked up a break when Franklin Pierce was assessed a major penalty for a hit-from-behind with 3:24 to play.
• With the penalty carrying to overtime, Amante converted in the 4-on-3 situation with a slap shot to win the game.  Sophomore Kurt Watson (London, Ont.) took one shot, and sophomore Brendan Lynch (Nepean, Ont.) sent the puck to Amante.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• The Penmen had a 41-29 shot advantage.
• The Penmen were 3-for-7 on the power play and the Ravens were 0-for-6.
• SNHU recorded a 48-28 advantage on face-offs.
• Guerin earned the win.
• Franklin Pierce freshman Riley Mastowski, making his collegiate debut, took the loss in net, but made 11 saves in relief of Jeremy Conner.

NOTES

• Flynn entered the series with one career goal and scored in both games for the Penmen.
• Watson's assist gives him a team-leading 19 points.
• SNHU leads the all-time series with Franklin Pierce 39-19-9.
• The Penmen earned five points (win and an overtime win) for the weekend and won the season series from Franklin Pierce.
• SNHU is currently in second place in the NE10 standings with 26 points, one point ahead of Saint Michael's College.
• SNHU has won five of its last six games. 

UP NEXT

• The Penmen will play at Saint Anselm College next Friday and Saturday before completing the regular season with a pair of games against Assumption College (February 16-17) at The Ice Den Arena.

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