PAXTON, MA – Freshman Niko Happo (Kauniainen, Finland/Grankulla IFK Hockey Club (FIHA)) recorded a career-best four points and senior goalie Tyler Feaver (Whitby, Ont./Whitby Fury (OJHL)) stopped 27 shots for the Manhattanville College men's hockey team who posted its biggest shutout win in more than five years with a 7-0 victory over the Anna Maria College Amcats Tuesday, Jan. 29.

Happo scored one goal and assisted on three others for Manhattanville (10-7-3), who got a goal and an assist apiece from junior Kenny McLean (New Rochelle, N.Y./New York Bobcats (EHL)) and senior Oscar Arfelt (Stockholm, Sweden/Connecticut Oilers (EHL)). The Valiants' special teams performed exceptionally, killing all four of Anna Maria's (4-16-4) power play opportunities and converting on three of seven themselves.

Junior Joel Knight (Stoney Creak, Ont./Markham Royals (OJHL)) opened the scoring on the power play at 4:03 off assists from Happo and senior Nigel Slade (St. Catherines, Ont./Niagara Falls Canucks (GOJHL)); Knight's score extended his goal-scoring streak to four games. Happo added to the lead with a goal of his own at 8:28 off assists from classmate Shane Selan (Pickerington, Ohio/Charlotte Rush (USPHL)) and senior Axel Walltott (Stockholm, Sweden/Varmdo HC J20 (SWE)).

Fellow senior Bryan Platt (Trumbull, Conn./Springfield Pics (USPHL)) made it 3-0 just shy of the midway point of the second period off an assist from freshman Kyle Miller (Bristol, Conn./Trinity-Pawling). Platt's goal was Manhattanville's lone score of the period, but far from its last goal of the night.

The duo of McLean and Arfelt factored into each of the first two goals of the third period. McLean made it 4-0 off assists from Arfelt and fellow senior Marco Ferraro (Toronto, Ont./St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL)) on the power play at 9:27, then Arfelt made it 5-0 off assists from McLean and senior Matt Lippa (Richmond Hill, Ont./Oakville Blades (OJHL)) exactly three minutes later.

Manhattanville's massive period was only getting started, as senior Cory Anderson (Bakersfield, Calif./Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)) converted on the power play off Happo's second assist of the night to make it 6-0 at 13:58. Happo added a third assist on a goal by sophomore Braeden Cross (Sechelt, B.C./Cochrane Crunch (CJHL)) also assisted on by fellow freshman Alex Rowella (Ridgefield, Conn./Connecticut Roughriders (EHL)).

The 7-0 final marked Manhattanville's biggest shutout since a 6-0 win over the Connecticut College Camels on Dec. 3, 2013.

The Valiants wrap up the 2018-19 regular season with five straight United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) games, beginning this Friday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. against the Chatham University Cougars from Playland Ice Casino.