RUTLAND, Vt. – The University of Southern Maine men's ice hockey team was defeated 4-3 by Castleton University after trailing 4-0 after the first two periods.
 
When and Where: Friday, November 18, 2022 – Rutland, Vermont
 
Score: Spartans 4, Huskies 3
 
The Records:  Castleton: 2-4-0 (2-1-0 NEHC); Southern Maine: 1-5-0 (1-4-0 NEHC)
 
The Goaltenders:  Josh Ward: 1-0-0, 31 saves, three goals allowed; sophomore Kyle Penton (Waltham, Mass./Albany Academy): 1-4-0, 17 saves, four goals allowed;
 
How It Happened/Inside the Boxscore:

• The Spartans scored two powerplay goals in the first period thanks to Andrew Stefura and Brandon Picard.
• Castleton added two more goals in the second period to go up 4-0.
• Nolan McElhaney (Natick, Mass./Long Island University) scored his second goal of the season 46 seconds into the third period with Cole Ouellette (Lewiston, Maine) and Curtis Judd (Newton, Mass./Albany Academy) assisting.
• Freshman Dylan Hullaby (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington) scored the first goal of his collegiate career in the third to make the score 4-2. Ouellette and sophomore Zach Desmarais (St. Cyrille, QC, Canada) provided the assists.
• Desmarais scored his second goal of the season in the final two-minutes with graduate student Tyler Gardiner (Watertown, Mass.) notched his second assist of the season.
• Sophomore Mason Palmer (Cumming, Ga./Connections Academy) played 17:20 in net and made a save.
• Jackson Edwards and Jason Atkinson each logged two points off a goal and an assist for Castleton while nine total Spartans recorded points.
• Penton made at least 10 saves in each of the three periods and made 16 stops in the third.

Up Next: The Huskies will travel to Saratoga Springs, N.Y. for a NEHC game against Skidmore College tomorrow at 4PM.