GARDNER, M.A. (1/20/2024) – The Franklin Pierce men's ice hockey team completed their first sweep of the season, coming from behind 2-1 in the 3rd period to defeat St. Michael's 4-2.  

Score: Franklin Pierce 4, St. Michael's 2 
Records: (9-9-0, 7-5-0 NE-10), St. Michael's (9-11-0, 7-5-0 NE-10) 
Location: Gardner, M.A. (Gardner Veterans Arena)  
Date: Saturday, January 20, 2024 

 HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• The Ravens opened the scoring in the 1st period. Trevor Lawler (East Bridgewater, Mass.) dished a pass to Todd Branish (Littleton, Colo.) who ripped a shot, creating a rebound in front for Matt Horan (Methuen, Mass.) to tuck it in the back of the net, putting the Ravens up 1-0.  

• Case Kantgias buried the equalizer with just 1:08 left in the 2nd period after Hans Forselius fed a pass to Brennan McFarland, who then dropped it back for Kantgias to fire home a rocket from the top of the left circle, tying the game 1-1.  

• The Purple Knights wouldn't stop there, scoring another goal just 29 seconds later. Moseley Schwartz fed a pass to Nick Wracker at the right circle who then fired a shot and Jack Macdonald cleaned up the rebound at the left post, giving the Purple Knights the lead 2-1 heading into the locker rooms. 

• After a tough end to the 2nd period, the Ravens came out firing in the 3rd. Tyson Springer (East Palestine, Ohio) threw a puck toward the goal and Austin Pick () cleaned up the loose change and slid it past Marshall Murphy to tie the game at two apiece.  

• The Ravens capitalized for the first time on the power play with less than 5 minutes remaining in regulation. Matt Horan faked a slapshot and drove right to the goal, with Trevor Lawler on the doorstep and lifting the puck on his backhand for the 3-2 lead.  

• Matt Horan iced the game for the Ravens with an empty netter off a pass from Cody Rumsey (York, Pa.), giving them the 4-2 win.  

BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS:  

• Jackson Dobek (Natick, Mass.) played in his 100th career game as a Raven.  

• Trevor Lawler (East Bridgewater, Mass.) and Matt Horan (Methuen, Mass.) each had multi-point games. (Horan 2 G, 1 A and Lawler 1 G, 1 A).  

• Jeremy Connor (Hazlet, N.J.) picked up back-to-back wins in net, stopping 37-of-39 shots he faced. 

• The Ravens were perfect on the penalty kill, successfully killing 6 shorthanded situations.  

NEXT UP FOR THE RAVENS: The Ravens travel to Worcester, M.A. next weekend for a series against the Assumption Greyhounds. The first game of the series take place next Friday (1/26) with puck-drop at 6:50 P.M.