SHELTON, Conn. – After jumping out to a 3-0 lead on Saturday afternoon, Post University Men's Ice Hockey would end the weekend with a split against Saint Anselm College at home in the Sports Center of Connecticut as four unanswered goals from the Hawks between the second and third periods helped them pull off a 4-3 comeback win. 

THE BASICS

Post University 3, Saint Anselm College 4 

Post University (2-4-0, 1-3-0 NE10)

Saint Anselm College (4-2-1, 3-1-0 NE10) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
After scoring three goals in the first period yesterday, the Eagles made it five total goals in the opening period for the weekend after netting two more to take a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. For the second straight day, junior forward Hugh McGuigan found the back of the net while freshman forward Bradley McMains earned his first collegiate assist, and junior forward Jacob Howell assisted as well to give Post an early 1-0 lead. Minutes later, senior defenseman Tanner Glasrud connected on a shot from the blue line with the help of freshman forward Holden Beckett, who got his first collegiate assist and point with the goal.

Momentum would continue in favor of Post for the first part of the second period as junior forward Conner Murray beat sophomore goalie Cam Carroll for the third goal of the contest that gave the Eagles a commanding 3-0 lead before the tables would turn in favor of Saint Anselm. Senior forward Chase Reynolds got the scoring started for the Hawks with a power-play goal just over halfway through the frame, getting assistance from senior defenseman Luke Mix and junior forward Luke Linart on the score.

Mix and Linart would help out again on the power play just under five minutes later as junior forward John Myers beat junior goalie Zach Richards with a shot to make it a one-goal game. Completing a stretch of three goals in under seven minutes was freshman forward Brendan Manning as senior defenseman Mark Blaney and freshman forward Conor Kelly fed him a pair of passes for the equalizer heading into the third and final period.

Recording his third point of the afternoon, Mix set up senior forward Hunter Brackett along with sophomore forward Patrick DeMarinis for the go-ahead goal at the 9:34 mark of the third which stood up as the game-winner as Carroll made seven third-period saves and with the goalie pulled, Post would not be able to beat the sophomore to tie the game, falling 4-3 and splitting the weekend series. 

BY THE NUMBERS   

• Cam Carroll earned the win for Saint Anselm College in the net with 21 saves on 24 attempts by Post University
• In his first start of the 2024-25 season, Zach Richards made 28 stops on 32 shots for Post University in the loss 
• For the fourth straight game, Joe Santoro led all Post University players with the most face-off wins in a game after winning 17-of-31 today
• Aidan Canady finished the weekend with three points after recording three assists in two games and now has four assists for four points in six games this season

WHO'S NEXT 
Post University starts a three-game road trip which will feature a pair of conference matchups next weekend against Southern New Hampshire University on Friday and Saturday. The two teams will take the ice on Friday night at 7:40 PM followed by 1:20 PM on Saturday afternoon. Last year, the Eagles fell to the Penmen in the Northeast-10 Tournament Quarterfinals, 4-1, and have lost six straight games to them since the 2022-23 season.