BOSTON, Mass. (November 12, 2024) – The Stonehill College men's hockey team took down Merrimack College, 4-3, in overtime Tuesday night at the Warrior Ice Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. With the win, the Skyhawks improved to 4-7 overall, while the Warriors dropped to 3-6-1 on the season.

Highlights

• Sophomore Anthony Galante paved the way for the Skyhawks' offensive attack, registering his team-leading third multi-point game of the season with a goal and an assist on the night.
• Junior Evan Orr recorded his first career two-goal game, including the overtime game-winner for the Skyhawks.
• Junior captain Frank Ireland netted his first goal of the season.
• Sophomore Dominick Campione dished out a pair of assists on the night, while seniors Henri Schreifels and Kyle Heath as well as the freshman trio of Leo Chambers, Zach Nicolas, and Zach Aben added helpers of their own.
• Graduate netminder Connor Androlewicz picked up the win in net for the Skyhawks after tallying a career-high 41 saves in between the pipes for the Skyhawks.
• Freshman Caelan Fitzpatrick and graduate student Antonio Venuto netted their third goals of the season, while junior Tyler Young scored his second of his career.
• Graduate student Josef Mysak tallied a pair of assists for the Warriors on the night.
• Sophomore netminders Max Lundgren and Nils Wallström split time in net and registered 15 total saves for Merrimack.

 
How It Happened
Just over five minutes into the opening frame, Merrimack nearly jumped out to the first lead of the game when, on a three-on-one break into its offensive zone, freshman Vann Yuhas glanced a shot off the crossbar. However, less than 15 seconds after the Warriors' early scoring opportunity, the Skyhawks would respond and take a one-goal lead at the 6:04 mark of the period.
 
After Ireland forced a Merrimack turnover on their defensive blue line, the junior captain would capitalize and rifle a shot into the back of the cage off an assist from Aben below the Warrior's goal line. Three minutes later, at the 8:51 mark of the opening 20 minutes of action, Orr would net his third goal of the season and give the Skyhawks a two-goal lead on the power-play after receiving a pass through the crease from Galante and Nicolas.
 
Coming out of the break, Stonehill wasted little time extending its lead to three when Campione sent an up-ice pass off the boards to Galante, who whistled a shot past Wallström for his team-leading fifth goal of the season. Despite jumping out to a three-goal lead early in the second period, the Warriors would cut their deficit to one midway through the second after a pair of goals from Fitzpatrick and Venuto at the 7:55 and 8:32 marks of the frame, respectively.
 
Merrimack would send the game into the second intermission knotted at three aside after Young sent a rebounded shot past Androlewicz and into the back of the net for his second goal of the season and of his career at the 14:06 mark of the middle frame.
 
The third and final frame of regulation would be a back-and-forth battle over the opening minutes of play until 5:41, where Schreifels rocketed a point-blank shot off the post, nearly regaining the Skyhawk's advantage on the scoreboard. Despite the early opportunities, Androlewicz and the Stonehill defense would hang on to force overtime after being outshot 18-4 over the final 20 minutes of regulation.
 
Although Stonehill started the extra frame on the power play, the Skyhawks would come up empty on that skater advantage but would net the game-winner as play continued four-on-four without a stoppage. At the 3:11 mark, Campione would send a cross-ice pass over to Orr, who one-timed a slapshot into the back of the cage for his second goal of the night, sealing Stonehill's 4-3 overtime victory.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (4-7-0) returns to action this weekend, hosting Long Island University at the Bridgewater Ice Arena. Puck drop between the Skyhawks and Sharks during Friday's series opener is set for 7 PM.
 
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