THE BASICS

-Score: Assumption University 8, Saint Michael's College 2 

-Records: Assumption University (6-7-1, 3-3 NE10), Saint Michael's (2-8, 2-4 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 six goals in the first and added one in the second and third period, giving the Hounds their second conference win in a row. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

-John Pigott (Arlington, Mass. / Tilton School) started the scoring just five minutes in when William Smith (Hyde Park, Mass. / Williston Northampton) played a pass back to Pigott in front of the net and Pigott fired it into the net to give the Hounds the 1-0 lead. 

-Dante Maribito (Georgetown, Mass. / Phillips Academy) scored a few minutes later when Ronny Paragallo (Huntington, N.Y. / New Hampton School) slid a pass to Mike D'Ambrosio (Centreville, Md. / Boston Junior Bruins) at the point and D'Ambrosio fired a shot on net that was initially saved by Marshall Murphy but Maribito was all over the rebound and put it in the back of the net for a 2-0 Hounds lead. 

-The Purple Knights got one back on the powerplay halfway through the first when Case Kantgias fired a wrister from the point through traffic beating David Altman (Bristol, R.I. / Northern Cyclones) to make the score 2-1. 

-Smith was the next Hound to score just a minute later when Robert Holyoke (Middleboro, Mass. / South Shore Kings) applied pressure in the corner, forced a turnover and sent a pass that found Smith in the slot and Smith fired his shot by Murphy to put the Hounds up 3-1. 

-Pigott scored his second of the game a minute later after a turnover by Saint Mike's, Pigott beat his man, picked up the puck and fired a shot past Murphy to put the Hounds up 4-1 and chase Murphy from the game. 

-Holyoke got the Hounds powerplay active with three minutes left in the first when D'Ambrosio found Holyoke at the point and he fired a wrister to beat the newly inserted Turcotte to give the Hounds a 5-1 advantage. 

-Devan Sheth (Ashland, Mass. / Islanders Hockey Club) scored with under a minute left in the first when he fired an initial shot on Turcotte that created a rebound and Sheth poked at the rebound and it slipped past Turcotte for a 6-1 Hounds advantage. 

-Saint Mike's got one back via the powerplay halfway through the second when Brennan McFarland jumped on a rebound after a shot from Gabriel Gagnon was initially saved by Altman, making the score 7-2 in favor of the hosts.

-Colin Philippon (Salem, N.H. / Vermont Lumberjacks) scored just seconds later when he sped through the neutral zone after a Saint Mike's turnover, held off his defender and fired a shot through the five-hole of Turcotte giving Assumption a 7-2 lead.

-Lucas Crawford (Saginaw, Mich / Heritage) scored in the third via the powerplay for the Hounds when Devan Sheth worked with the puck below the goal line, fired a pass to D'Ambrosio at the point who slid it to Crawford at the top of the circle and Crawford fired a wrister past Turcotte to create the 8-2 final. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

 - St. Mike's outshot the Hounds 35-32.

- The Purple Knights won 37 faceoffs on the night while Assumption won 32.

-David Altman made 33 saves on the night improving to 4-3-1. 

UP NEXT  

-The Hounds are back in action on Tuesday afternoon with a Northeast-10 Conference matchup versus Saint Anselm. Puck drop is set for 4:40pm.

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