Men’s Hockey Goes the Distance in Season Opener Falling to St. Mike’s in Shootout

Luc Fricchione and Cade Herrera scored for MCLA in non-conference stalemate against St. Michael’s this evening.

Josh Girard made 37 saves in MCLA's hockey opener vs St. Mike's.
Josh Girard made 37 saves in MCLA's hockey opener vs St. Mike's.
October 31, 2025
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The MCLA Men's Ice Hockey team kicked off their 2025-26 season this evening when they welcomed the St. Michael's College Purple Knights to the Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink for a non-conference showdown. Luc Fricchione and Cade Herrera provided the Trailblazers with an early two goal lead before St. Michael's reeled them back in to knot the game at 2-2.

THE BASICS:

  • Date: Friday, October 31, 2025
  • Score: St. Michael's 2, MCLA 2, St. Michael's win shootout 2-0
  • Records: St. Michael's College Purple Knights 0-0-1 (NE10 0-0-0) | MCLA Trailblazers 0-0-1 (MASCAC 0-0-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • MCLA opened the scoring a bit more than seven minutes into the game when junior defenseman Luc Fricchione (West Springfield, MA / Worcester State) (7:07 of 1st period, assisted by White & Zis) knocked home the rebound of a shot from junior forward Cody White (Orange, CT / East Coast Wizards). Sophomore forward Sam Zis (Boulder, CO / Connecticut Chiefs) was also credited with an assist. The goal and the assists were the first of the season for all three players.
  • The Trailblazers' doubled their lead just under five minutes into the second period when junior forward Cade Herrera (Brentwood, CA / Seahawks H.C) (4:47 of 2nd, unassisted) put away the rebound of his own shot.
  • The Purple Knights cut the lead in half just before the end of the second frame, scoring a short-handed goal with four seconds left on the clock. The goal was credited to Ty Bloom (19:56 of second, Dresser) with an assist going to Evan Dresser.
  • St. Mike's needed less than 100 seconds of the third period to totally eliminate MCLA's lead. Dresser (1:34 of 3rd, Wracker & Leale) was noted as the goal scorer with the assists going to Nick Wraker and Jake Leale.
  • MCLA's sophomore goalie Josh Girard (Clifton, ME / Walpole Express) stopped 37 of 39 shots, while the Purple Knights' Cole Manahan withstood 41 of 43 shots. Both backstops will open the season 0-0-1.
  • Roman Winicki and Sj Lecommte each scored in the shootout to clinch the game for St. Mike's.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • Shots: St. Michael's 39, MCLA 43
  • Saves: St. Michael's 41, MCLA 37
  • Faceoffs Won: St. Michael's 33, MCLA 38
  • Penalty/Minutes: St. Michael's 3/6:00, MCLA 4/10:00
  • Power Plays: St. Michael's 0 for 4, MCLA 0 for 3

UP NEXT:

On Saturday, MCLA will be back in action when it concludes their two-game series with St. Michael's at the Peter W. Foote Vietnam Veterans Memorial Rink. The puck will drop at 5 p.m.

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