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Brendan Lynch advances the puck for SNHU Ice Hockey
Jim Stankiewicz
5
Winner Southern N.H. SNH 2-3-1, 1-3-1
2
Assumption ASM 5-2-1, 3-1-1
Winner
Southern N.H. SNH
2-3-1, 1-3-1
5
Final
2
Assumption ASM
5-2-1, 3-1-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Southern N.H. SNH 0 3 2 5
Assumption ASM 1 1 0 2

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Penmen Ride Special Teams, First-Time Scorers to 5–2 Road Win at Assumption

Lynch Scores First Career Short-Handed Goal Friday in Worcester

When and Where:  November 21, 2025 – Worcester, Mass. (Worcester Ice Center)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 5, Assumption University 2
Records: SNHU 2-3-1 (1-3-1 NE10), Assumption 5-2-1 (3-1-1 NE10)

The Southern New Hampshire University men's ice hockey team scored three times in the second period and netted a pair of short-handed goals on the way to a 5–2 Northeast 10 victory over Assumption University on Friday night. Five different Penmen found the back of the net, including first-career goals from freshman forward Gavin Simon (Monticello, Minn.) and sophomore winger Jory Veenstra (Kansas City, Mo).

The win sets up a Saturday rematch between the two teams, also in Worcester.

KEY MOMENT

With SNHU protecting a 2–1 lead midway through the second period, senior center Brendan Lynch (Nepean, Ont.) delivered the turning point. Killing a penalty, Lynch connected on his first career short-handed goal with an assist to Simon.  

NOTES

  • Simon posted a two-point night, recording his first collegiate goal on a late short-handed empty-netter and adding an assist earlier in the game.
  • Veenstra buried his first career goal at 5:13 of the second period, finishing off a feed from freshman Bryan Kim (Calgary, Alberta), who picked up his first collegiate point on the play.
  • Sophomore Kenny Thurston (Plymouth, Mass.) also recorded his first career point with an assist on SNHU's opening goal, scored by senior Ryan Pomposelli (Needham, Mass.) at 1:43 of the second period.
  • Junior goaltender Sean Guerin (Chicago, Ill.) was outstanding, stopping 37 of 39 shots to earn the win.
  • Senior Kurt Watson (London, Ont.) added a third-period goal, his third of the season.
  • SNHU went 0-for-5 on the power play but struck twice while short-handed. Assumption had the game's lone power-play goal in six opportunities.
  • The Penmen take a 45-44-5 lead all-time vs. the Greyhounds.
UP NEXT
  • SNHU and Assumption conclude their two-game Northeast 10 series on Saturday night in Worcester (7:00 p.m.)
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