Men’s Hockey Fall at St. Michael’s

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The MCLA Men's Ice Hockey team's season-opening road trip wrapped up this evening at the Cairns Arena for a non-conference matchup with the St. Michaels College Purple Knights. Mathew Gover had 33 saves, but four different Purple Knights lit the lamp as St. Michael's took the game 4-0.

THE BASICS:

• Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024
• Score: MCLA 0, St. Michael's 4
• Records: MCLA Trailblazers 0-2-0 (MASCAC 0-0-0) | St. Michael's College Purple Knights 2-0-0 (NE10 0-0-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Following a scoreless first period, St. Michael's scored the first goal of the game at the 8:28 mark of the second period. Patrick Last was credited with the goal, and Hans Forselius assisted.
• The Purple Knights added three more goals in the third period. The goals were scored by Ty Bloom (5:23, assisted by Ashton Allain and David Ciancio), SJ LeComte (8:33, Brennan McFarland and Bloom), and Matti Tauriainen (16:12, Forselius and Ian Wolanin).
• Sophomore goalie Mathew Gover (Atkinson, NH / East Coast Wizards) stopped 33 of the 37 shots on goal that he faced but still dropped to 0-2-0 for the season. Evan Plunkett kept a clean sheet to move to 1-0-0.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Shots: MCLA 19, St. Michael's 37
• Saves: MCLA 33, St. Michael's 19
• Faceoffs Won: MCLA 32, St. Michael's 34
• Penalty/Minutes: MCLA 4/8:00, St. Michael's 6/23:00
• Power Plays: MCLA 0 for 4, St. Michael's 0 for 2

UP NEXT:

On Saturday, MCLA will be back in action when they travel to Salem State for a MASCAC matchup with the Vikings at the Rockett Arena. The puck will drop at 2 p.m.

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