Monsey, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Ice Hockey team closed the fall semester portion of its home schedule on Friday evening, cruising to a 7-2 victory over the United States Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point).

Noah Barr and Jason Desalvo tallied a pair of goals each, while John Brennan, Andrew Fenninger and Conner Suthard also scored a goal apiece in the contest. In net, Michael Pippo (W, 7-1-1) made 24 stops to pick up his seventh victory of the season in nine tries.

Game Summary

First Period Scoring Summary

USMMA Kings Point - No Scoring.

St. Thomas Aquinas College - Noah Barr (Jeremy Poggi, Sebastiano Vinci) 5:44.

First Period Penalty Summary

USMMA Kings Point - No Penalties.

St. Thomas Aquinas College - Greg Drefko (Head Contact/2:00 Minor) 1:39, John Brennan (Hooking/2:00 Minor) 11:47.

Second Period Scoring Summary

USMMA Kings Point - Henry Root (Unassisted) 14:34/SH, Ian Heiss (Michael Doshan) 18:19.

St. Thomas Aquinas College - John Brennan (Devin Niccoll) 2:57, Jason Desalvo (Andrew Fenninger, Daniel McKeon) 15:15/PP. 

Second Period Penalty Summary

USMMA Kings Point - Ian Heiss (Roughing/2:00 Minor) 9:44, Sean Ragonese (Check from Behind/2:00 Minor) 14:14.

St. Thomas Aquinas College - Illia Solodzhuk (Tripping/2:00 Minor) 4:57, Kevin Vitiello (Check from Behind/2:00 Minor) 5:23.

Third Period Scoring Summary

USMMA Kings Point - No Scoring.

St. Thomas Aquinas College - Noah Barr (Jeremy Poggi, William Thyberg) 6:34/PP, Jason Desalvo (Andrew Fenninger) 12:18, Andrew Fenninger (Jason Desalvo) 16:58, Conner Suthard (Devin Niccoll) 17:42.

Third Period Penalty Summary

USMMA Kings Point - Ian Heiss (Hooking/2:00 Minor) 1:59, Brock Chellgren (Tripping/2:00 Minor) 5:40, Michael Doshan (Check from Behind/2:00 Minor) 7:33, Xander Mallory (Tripping/2:00 Minor) 14:07.

St. Thomas Aquinas College - No Penalties.

Goalies

USMMA Kings Point - Ben Cloutier (Loss, 52:18), 26 Saves & Brayden Boggs (7:42), 6 Saves.

St. Thomas Aquinas College - Michael Pippo (Win, 60:00), 24 Saves.

Shots on goal 

USMMA Kings Point - 26

St. Thomas Aquinas College - 39

Up Next

St. Thomas Aquinas College (8-1-1, 6-0-1 MCHC) takes on SUNY Maritime College on Friday, November 17 (10:00 p.m.) at World Ice Arena in Queens, N.Y.