SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT. – The Assumption University men's ice hockey team scored five-unanswered goals, including four in the third quarter, to rally for a 5-2 Northeast 10 Conference win at Saint Michael's College, Friday evening.
THE BASICS
Score: Assumption University 5, Saint Michael's College 2
Records: Greyhounds (4-1-0, 1-1-0 NE10) | Purple Knights (2-1-1, 1-1-0 NE10)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Saint Michael's opened the scoring at 10:23 of the first period, as DJ Parouse scored on the power play off assists from Roman Winicki and Jack Tuite to give the Purple Knights a 1-0 advantage. The hosts doubled their lead at 19:02 when Killian Wright netted an unassisted shorthanded goal, sending Assumption into the first intermission trailing 2-0.
Michael Salvatore made 13 saves in the opening frame to keep the Greyhounds within striking distance.
Assumption began to chip away at the deficit in the second period, as
Cayden Miceli scored his first goal of the season at 5:09 off an assist from
Jamison Alicandro, cutting the Purple Knights' advantage to 2-1. The Greyhounds continued to generate offensive opportunities, outshooting Saint Michael's 15-13 in the period, but could not find the equalizer before the second intermission. Salvatore added another 13 saves to keep Assumption within one heading into the final 20 minutes.
The Greyhounds wasted little time evening the score in the third period, as
Jake DiNapoli scored his first goal of the season just 1:22 into the frame off an assist from
Caden Connors. Assumption completed the comeback at 6:06, when
Sean Donoghue netted his second goal of the season off assists from
Andrew Duval and
Tyler Bourgea, giving the Greyhounds their first lead of the evening at 3-2.
Assumption continued its offensive surge less than three minutes later, as Miceli recorded his second goal of the night at 8:51 off assists from
Daniel Lemanski and Alicandro, extending the lead to 4-2. The Purple Knights attempted to mount a comeback, but Salvatore and the Greyhounds' defense held firm.
Leo Piandes capped the scoring with an empty-net goal at 17:50 off an assist from Connors, securing the 5-2 victory.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Salvatore delivered a strong performance between the pipes, making 37 saves, including 13 in each of the first two periods.
- Assumption outshot Saint Michael's 41-39 and recorded 11 blocked shots, led by Shane McElhaney with five.
- The Greyhounds scored five unanswered goals, including four in the third period, to complete the comeback.
- Miceli led Assumption with two goals, while Alicandro and Connors recorded two assists apiece.
- Donoghue finished with the game-winning goal, while DiNapoli and Piandes each added a tally. Jake Russell paced the Greyhounds with six shots on goal, while Donoghue and Piandes recorded five each.
- Saint Michael's still leads the all-time series 45-35-4.
UP NEXT
- Assumption at Saint Michael's College, Saturday, November 14, 3:00 pm.
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