BOSTON, Mass. (October 5, 2025) – The Stonehill College men's hockey team came up just short in a narrow 3-2 loss to Lake Superior State Sunday afternoon at Warrior Ice Arena in Boston, Massachusetts. With the result, the Skyhawks fell to 0-2 to start the season, while the Lakers improved to 2-0.
 
Highlights

• Sophomore Justin Gibson and Zach Nicolas each scored their first goals of the season for the Skyhawks.
• Graduate student Evan Orr and sophomore Billy Renfrew dished out their second and third assists of the weekend, respectively, while freshman Matthew Rafalski tallied his first collegiate point with an assist on Gibson's goal to close out the first period.
• Graduate goaltender Connor Androlewicz made 21 saves between the pipes for the Skyhawks.
• Calem Mangone lit the lamp twice, while John Herrington netted his first goal of the season for the Lakers.
• Adam Barone and Connor Milburn recorded two assists apiece, and William Ahlrik added a helper on Herrington's shorthanded tally in the first period.
• Goaltender Andrew Oke made his first collegiate start and earned his first career win, stopping 27 of 29 shots faced.

 
How It Happened
Lake Superior State opened the scoring at the 4:44 mark of the first period while shorthanded, as John Herrington found the back of the net for his first goal of the season off an assist from William Ahlrik. After a back-and-forth 15 minutes of play, Stonehill evened the score late in the frame when a Rafalski shot was blocked in the slot, allowing Renfrew to corral the loose puck and find Gibson, who fired a shot into the top-right corner to tie the game at one heading into the first intermission.

The Lakers regained the lead just 1:21 into the second period when Calem Mangone tallied his first of two goals on the day, this one coming on the power play. Despite the early deficit, Stonehill responded well on the defensive end and continued to generate offensive pressure, registering 16 shot attempts over the next 10 minutes of play. The Skyhawks capitalized midway through the period when Orr maintained possession in the offensive zone, leading to a loose puck that found Nicolas, who buried his first goal of the season to knot the score at 2-2.

Coming out of the second intermission, Lake Superior State once again struck early—this time just 1:03 into the third period—as Mangone netted his second goal of the game and third of the weekend to put the Lakers ahead 3-2.

Stonehill nearly found the equalizer midway through the frame when Frankie Ireland redirected a shot off the crossbar at the 13:03 mark, but the Skyhawks were unable to capitalize down the stretch. Despite strong back-and-forth play to close out regulation, Stonehill's comeback effort fell just short in the 3-2 decision.
 
Up Next
Stonehill (0-2-0) returns to action on Friday, October 10, hosting UMass at the Warrior Ice Arena in Boston, Mass., at 7 PM.
 
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