THE BASICS

-Score: Assumption University 3, Saint Michael's College 2 

-Records: Assumption University (5-7-1, 2-3 NE10), Saint Michael's (2-7, 2-3 NE10

-Location: Worcester, Mass. (Worcester Ice Center)

-The Lead: The Assumption University men's ice hockey team continued their season on Friday evening with their third game in five days with a Northeast 10 conference matchup versus the Purple Knights of Saint Michael's. The Hounds came out of the gate flying, putting up two goals in the first with Saint Mike's getting one back with just under a minute left in the first. The Purple Knight's tied the game with five minutes remaining in the second, making the final frame a high stress situation for both sides. A back and forth third period saw both goalies make big important saves, but the Hounds penalty kill came up clutch late and the Hounds scored seconds after to send the fans and bench into a frenzy, giving Assumption their first home conference win of the year.   

HOW IT HAPPENED

-Assumption opened the scoring via the powerplay halfway through the first period when Saint Mikes drew a holding penalty. The Hounds found the back of the net five seconds later when Robert Holyoke (Middleboro, Mass. / Phillips Andover) took a pass from Colin Philippon (Salem, N.H. / Vermont Lumberjacks) and Holyoke walked into the slot and fired a wrist shot over the glove of Hugo Turcotte to give the Hounds a 1-0 lead. 

-Holyoke scored his second of the game minutes later when Devan Sheth (Ashland, Mass. / Islanders Hockey Club) fired a wrister through traffic and Holyoke was able to tip it in to give the Hounds a 2-0 lead. 

-St. Mike's was able to get a goal back at the end of the first scoring with 19 seconds left when Sel Narby fired a pass to David Ciancio at the top of the circle and he fired it past David Altman (Bristol, R.I. / Northern Cyclones) to send the teams into the lockeroom with a score of 2-1. 

-Saint Mike's tied the game with five minutes remaining in the second when Narby got one timer in front of the net set up by Matt Egan and Thomas Flack and fired it past Altman to level the score at 2-2.

-After a high pressure, hire flying third period which saw both goalies make big saves, the Hounds found a winner in the final minutes right after a huge penalty kill effort by the Hounds. Altman made a big save in the dying seconds of the powerplay and Dante Maribito (Georgetown, Mass. / Phillips Academy) was able to win the puck in the defensive zone and carried it into the Purple Knights defensive zone and fired a shot that rang the post and in sending the Hounds and the fans into celebration and give Assumption the 3-2 victory. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

 - St. Mike's outshot the Hounds 41-37.

- The Purple Knights won 40 faceoffs on the night while Assumption won 37.

-David Altman made 39 saves on the night improving to 3-3-1.

UP NEXT  

-The Hounds are back in action on Saturday night with another Northeast-10 Conference matchup versus Saint Michaels. Puck drop is set for 7:30pm.

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