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THE BASICS:

- Score: Saint Michael's 4, Assumption 2

- Record: Assumption (2-2, 0-1), Saint Michael's (2-2, 1-0)

- Location: South Burlington Vt. 

The Lead: After heading into the second period leading 2-1, Assumption was unable to hold on, resulting in a 4-2 loss to Saint Michael's in a Northeast- 10 matchup on Tuesday evening. 

HOW IT HAPPENED:

- The Hound offense attacked just 1:52 into the first period when Ryan Gomez (Wayne, N.J./Washington Jr. Nationals (AJHL)) scored on a one timer at the left post with a pass from Cam Laughlin (Natick, Mass. / Portland Jr. Pirates (USPHL Premier)).

- Just four minutes later the Purple Knight's forward Eric Salzillo was left open in the slot to score a one timer from teammates Sam D' Antuono and Shawn Morrow on the power play to tie the game 1-1.

- Hound forward Peter McDonagh(Latrobe, Pa./ Boston Jr. Bruins (USPHL Elite)) netted a goal from Paul Amarone (Hamden, Conn. / Trinity-Pawling (Prep)) and Matt Damelio (Rochester, N.Y./ Northwood (Prep)) at 13:53 to make the score 2-1 heading into the second. 

- Saint Michael's would rally in the second period to score three unanswered goals from John Barry, Nic Hermary, D' Antuono, all on the power play to earn the 4-2 victory. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Assumption and Saint Michael's each totaled 36 shots in the contest. The Hounds got out shot 11-5 and 21-9 in the first and second period but the third period they were able to out shoot the Purple Knights 22-4. 

- Saint Michael's went 4-9 on the power play while the Hounds went 0-9. 

- Brian Nazzaro (Braintree, Mass. / Walpole Express (EHL)) made 32 saves in his first loss of the season while Purple Knights goaltender Chris Johnson made 34 saves in the win. 

UP NEXT:

- Assumption is on the road again Saturday at 7 p.m. as they travel to play Franklin Pierce in a Northeast-10 match up.

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