BOSTON, Mass. (October 4, 2025) – The Stonehill College men's hockey team dropped its season-opener, 5-3, to Lake Superior State at the Warrior Ice Arena in Boston, Massachusetts Saturday night.
 
Highlights

• Freshman Pat Murphy lit the lamp for his first career goal, while sophomore Cole Melady and graduate student Evan Orr each found the back of the net for their first goals of the season.
• Junior Billy Renfrew dished out two assists on the night, and Orr added a helper of his own to record his first multi-point game of the campaign.
• Sophomore Justin Mexico led the Skyhawks in the faceoff circle, going 13-for-18 at the dot.
• Between the pipes, sophomore Linards Lipskis made 18 saves for Stonehill.
• The Lakers' offense was powered by five different goal scorers — Calem Mangone, Carter Batchelder, Wilson Dahlheimer, Tyson Galloway, and Hunter Ramos.
• Mangone, Bryan Huggins, and William Ahlrik each registered multi-point efforts for Lake Superior State.
• Rorke Applebee earned his first win of the season in goal, turning aside 40 of 43 shots faced.

 
How It Happened
Lake Superior State wasted no time jumping out to an early lead, as the Lakers struck twice in the opening five minutes of play. Goals from Mangone (3:07) and Dahlheimer (5:08) put LSSU ahead 2-0 just over five minutes into regulation. However, the Skyhawks quickly answered less than a minute later when Melady redirected a shot from Renfrew into the back of the net to cut the deficit in half.

In the final minutes of the first period, Orr found Murphy, who buried his first collegiate goal on the power play to even the score at 2-2 heading into the first intermission.

The Lakers regained control in the second period with goals from Galloway (00:56) and Ramos (13:48), before Batchelder added another midway through the third (14:30) to extend the LSSU advantage to 5-2.

Despite trailing by three late, Stonehill continued to press offensively and was rewarded at the 17:43 mark when Renfrew connected with Orr for his first goal of the season, bringing the Skyhawks within two. The comeback effort, however, would fall short as the Skyhawks dropped their season opener to LSSU, 5-3.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (0-1-0) rounds out its season-opening two-game series against Lake Superior State tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 PM at Warrior Ice Arena in Boston, Mass.
 
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