STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Marchant - goal, assist
• Sophomore Coleman Nee (Arlington, Mass.) - power-play goal
• Watson - power-play goal
• Junior Brendan Lynch (Nepean, Ont) - assist
• Senior Ryan Clear (Cherry Hill, N.J.) - assist
• Senior Derek Flynn (Dracut, Mass.) - assist
• Sophomore Collin Berke (Crofton, Md.) - 32 saves

KEY MOMENTS

• Southern New Hampshire struck first just 3:10 into the game on a goal by Marchant, who collected a deflected pass and put it in the net.
• The Hawks tied the game on a goal by Chase Reynolds at 7:19, and then took a 2-1 lead when Brendan Manning scored at 12:35 of the first period.
• SNHU converted a power-play opportunity 3:01 into the second period to make it 2-2.  Nee scored off a rebound of his own shot with assists to Marchant and Flynn.
• The Hawks reclaimed the lead on a slap shot by Luke Linart at 16:04 of the second period.  
• The Penmen converted a second power-play marker at 12:46 of the third period.  Freshman Ryan Kayser (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) took a slap shot that sophomore Stone Devlin (W. Falmouth, Mass.) rebounded, and passed to Watson for the shot that made it 3-3.
• A major penalty on the Hawks at 17:20 of the third period gave SNHU a sixth man-up opportunity of the contest that carried into the overtime period, but Hawk goalie Cam Carroll denied the Penmen a winning score.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Berke made 32 saves including 11 in the third period.
• Carroll had 34 saves.
• SNHU finished 2-for-6 on the power-play while the Hawks were 0-for-1.
• Saint Anselm had a 45-30 advantage on face-offs.
• For the first time this season, SNHU played in a best-of-three shootout.  Clear tallied for the Penmen as the second shooter, but the Hawks won the shootout 2-1.  It does effect the standings with each team earning one point in the NE10 standings.

NOTES

• Saint Anselm leads the all-time series with the Penmen 43-13-3.   
• The Penmen have now scored at least one power-play goal in 11 of the 14 games this season.  SNHU has scored 13 power-play goals this season and allowed only four.
• This was the first of four Northeast-10 Conference games with the Hawks.
• Watson leads the Penmen with seven goals and is tied for the team lead with junior Ryan Pomposelli (Needham, Mass.) with three power-play goals.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen and Hawks play again at Sullivan Arena on Saturday at 4 p.m.
• SNHU is back home Wednesday, Jan. 15 (3 p.m.) when it plays host to the State University of New York at Cortland at the Ice Den.
• All Northeast-10 Conference games, and SNHU home games, are streamed live and available on demand on FloCollege.