This is the first win against the Hawks since 2015
NORTH ANDOVER, Massachusetts (February 11, 2020) – The Stonehill College ice hockey team held on for a 6-4 Northeast-10 Conference win over Saint Anselm College Tuesday night at Lawler Arena.
By the Numbers:
- Stonehill's (8-10-4, 5-5-3 NE10) Mike Seoane, Charles Page, Ryan Meade, Jack Hall, Sean Conley, and Cameron Wright each had a hand in the Skyhawks' 6-4 win.
- Meade and Hall each had an assist as well for a two-point game, while Teddy McElaney, Colin Quinn, John Peloso, Nicholas Godin, Zachary Frament, and Jack Scannell each chipped in an assist.
- Senior goaltender Matthew Schoen tallied 44 saves in the game.
- Saint Anselm College (11-11-2, 6-6-2 NE10) saw Anthony Iacullo, John Femia, and Mike Ferraro with a goal and an assist, while Trey Aiello notched the fourth goal. Sean Verrier, Matt Chisholm, and Kilian Hammersmith tallied assists for the Hawks, as Michal Soustal and Alex Daccord combined for 18 saves in net.
- The Hawks outshot the Skyhawks 48-24, as Saint Anselm was successful on 3-of-7 power play opportunities and Stonehill was 1-for-3.
How It Happened:
- Seoane got the scoring going for the Skyhawks as he netted his eighth goal of the season and ninth goal of his career with assists from Quinn and Scannell at 3:12 in the first period.
- Thirty seven seconds into the first power play of the game, Saint Anselm took advantage, as Ferraro put away the equalizer at 6:21. Iaculllo sent the puck from the left circle for a one-time blast from Ferraro at the right dot, sending the puck over Schoen's glove, 1-1.
- Stonehill then reclaimed the lead just over the midway point of the first frame as the Skyhawks scored two goals in two minutes and 21 seconds, 3-1. Page tallied his ninth goal of the season and 18th of his career for a 2-1 lead at 11:31. Meade tapped in his sixth goal of the season and 15th of his career at 13:52, as he found the loose puck following a shot from Hall that went wide and bounced off the end boards.
- With exactly six minutes gone in the second period, Stonehill extended its lead to three, 4-1. Hall skated down the middle of the slot, battling off a defender as he was able to send in a back-handed shot just floating over the line for his second goal of the season and 19th career tally.
- The Hawks put away their second power play goal of the game, as Femia received a pass from Chisolm at the 7:42 mark cutting the deficit to two, 4-2.
- Stonehill put their lead back to three and then quickly extended it to four with two goals in 37 seconds. Conley recorded his first-career power play goal and his third goal of the season at 12:43, followed by Wright's 14th goal of the season and 37th tally of his career at 13:20.
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Saint Anselm continued to chip away at the score in the third period netting two goals. Iacullo wristed a shot from the right circle through a screen of players and it flew past Schoen at 10:58 for a 6-3 deficit. Aiello then took a shot in front of the net and the dish took a weird bounce off of Schoen's back finding the back of the net to come within two, 6-4, at 14:22.
Meade tallied his fourth-career multi-point game with a goal and an assist against the Hawks (PHOTO BY: Mary Gettens) - Stonehill held on for the win as Saint Anselm held on to the shot advantage through the remaining time, 12-2, including when the Hawks pulled their goaltender for an extra man advantage.
Outside the Glass:
- This was the first win against Saint Anselm College since the 2015-16 season, when Stonehill defeated the Hawks 5-2 on January 26 during regular season play, before Stonehill captured their second NE10 Tournament Championship as the final game was not rescheduled due to a health issue on the Saint Anselm team.
Up Next:
Stonehill will host Post University for the final two games of the three-game series next week on Friday, February 14 and Saturday, February 15. Both games will be played at Thayer Sports Center in Braintree, Massachusetts with a puck drop at 7:50 p.m.
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