When and Where: February 14, 2025 – Hooksett, N.H. (The Ice Den Arena)
Score:  Saint Anselm College 4,  Southern New Hampshire University 2
Records: SNHU 11-13-2 (10-7-2 NE10), Saint Anselm 16-9-2 (15-3-1 NE10)

Senior Jack Gray (Lowell, Mass.) and junior Tyler Murray (Barre, Vt.) scored goals, but Southern New Hampshire University Ice Hockey fell 4-2 to Saint Anselm College on Friday night at The Ice Den Arena.

 
STANDOUT PERFORMERS

• Gray - goal
• Murray - goal
• Sophomore Stone Devlin (W. Falmouth, Mass.) – assist
• Graduate student Derek Flynn (Dracut, Mass.) – assist
• Sophomore Anthony Marchant (Norwood, Mass.) – assist
• Sophomore Collin Berke (Crofton, Md.) – 29 saves

 KEY MOMENTS
 

• The Penmen struck for a 1-0 lead just 53 seconds into the contest on a goal by Gray.  Flynn fired a shot from just inside the blue line that rebounded out to Devlin who took a swipe at it, and it landed for Gray to score.
• At 7:00, the Hawks tied the contest on a breakaway goal by Chris Cordeiro.
• The Hawks took the lead at 10:03 when Max Burum scored off a rebound of a shot by Mark Blaney while on a power play.
• Richie Colarusso made it 3-1 Saint Anselm at 13:56 of the first period.
• The only goal of the second period came at 18:52 when Steve Armstrong finished off a Hawk rush with assists from Cordeiro and Luke Linart.
• The Penmen cut the deficit to 4-2 at 14:00 of the final period as Murray finished off an exchange of passes with Marchant.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• SNHU had 48 shots on goal for the contest while Saint Anselm had 34.
• The Hawks converted the only power play of the night, finishing 1-for-4.  The Penmen were 0-for-2.
• SNHU had a 33-29 advantage on face-offs and 8-6 on blocked shots.

NOTES

• The Penmen fell to third place in the Northeast-10 standings, one point behind second-place Saint Michael's College. 
• SNHU is guaranteed a home game in the upcoming Northeast-10 Championship but can earn a bye to the semifinals if they can finish ahead of the Purple Knights
• Saint Anselm clinches the season series with the Penmen, earning two Queen City Cup points for the Hawks.  SNHU leads the annual competition 15-9.
• Gray's goal was his third of the season and 16^th of his career.
• Murray has six goals this season and nine for his career.
• Cam Carroll came up big with 46 saves for the Hawks.

UP NEXT

• The Penmen will finish the regular season on Saturday (2/15) at 7:40 p.m. against Saint Anselm College.

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