Box Score MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Bryn Athyn College ice hockey team dropped the puck on the NCAA era with a 4-2 loss to Division II Saint Anselm College Friday night in Sullivan Arena. It was the start of the 50th season of ice hockey at Bryn Athyn, the first as an NCAA program.
The Lions' captain Anthony Notorfrancesco got the season off on the right foot scoring the first goal of the season at 9:17 to give Bryn Athyn (1-0-0) a first-period lead. Notorfrancesco's goal—assisted by Mike Perkett and Jimmy Lockamyeir—came with just 11 seconds remaining on Bryn Athyn's first power play of the year. Bryn Athyn finished the game 1-for-3 on the power play.
John Femia tied the game up at one with an even-strength goal just over four minutes after Bryn Athyn took the lead.
Despite being outshot 13-2 in the second period, the Lions reclaimed the advantage at 8:39 when Julion Lever lit the lamp with assists from Tanner Congdon and Alex Doyle. The lead was short-lived as the Hawks came back with back-to-back goals separated by 4:52 to go into the intermission ahead 3-2. Matt Chisholm tied the score with a power-play goal at 10:04. Then at 14:56, Mike Ferraro put Saint Anselm in front.
Bryn Athyn fired nine shots at the Saint Anselm goal in the final period but was unable to get one by Brenden Cain, who finished with 20 saves. Jeremy Carignan put the game away, scoring an empty-net goal with five seconds left in the game.
Lion goaltender McKenzie Chalmers recorded 24 saves in a losing effort.
Saint Anselm (1-0-0) owned a 28-22 shot-on-goal advantage.
Bryn Athyn (0-1-0) heads to New England College to face the Pilgrims on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m.
