PITTSTON, Pa. – The Manhattanville College men's ice hockey team picked up a 6-4 United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) victory on the road Saturday afternoon, Dec. 7, over King's College (Pa.). Rookie forward Noah Bradley (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) – the defending UCHC Rookie of the Week – continued his strong play of late and notched four points (2G, 2A) in the win.
 
The Valiants (5-6-1, 3-5 UCHC) started off quickly and scored a pair of goals in the first 14:25 of the initial period to go up 2-0. Bradley started it off with the game's first goal at 7:31 into the period – assisted by sophomore forward Niko Happo (Kauniainen, Finland/Haukilahti Upper Secondary School) and fellow first-year forward Dylan Pollak (New Fairfield, Conn./South Kent School) – to make it 1-0. Happo followed up with his second goal in as many games, and of the season, this time on the man-advantage, following an interference call on King's (1-7, 1-6 UCHC) to make it 2-0 at 14:25. Freshman forward Nick Prestia (Niagara Falls, Ont./Salisbury School) and sophomore forward assistant captain Alex Rowella (Ridgefield, Conn./Holy Cross (H.S.)) assisted on the score.
 
The hosting Monarchs fired back quickly in under two minutes to tie it at 2-2 and even out the game's momentum. However, senior co-captain defenseman Ryan Jackson (Montreal, Que./Pomfret School) scored his second goal in as many games, and of the season, as well to give the Valiants a 3-2 lead – assisted by rookie forward Conner Hunt (Frisco, Texas/iSchool High) – with 1:37 remaining until the first intermission.
 
After a five-goal first period, the teams combined for four more goals in the second. King's started off the scoring to tie it up on the powerplay at 4:46 into the period, but Bradley fired back less than two minutes later – also on the powerplay – to make it 4-3 at 6:31 into the second. Happo and Prestia picked up their second assists on the day as well. Prestia struck next for the Valiants – the first of his collegiate career – at 8:15, once again on the powerplay to make it 5-3 as Bradley picked up his first assist on the day. The Monarchs got one back before the end of the period to make it 5-4 heading into the third. Senior forward assistant captain Ken McLean (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) was able to ice the game in an otherwise scoreless period just 00:28 into the third – assisted by fellow fourth-year assistant captain defenseman Joel Knight (Stoney Creak, Ont./Orchard Park Secondary School) and Bradley.
 
Manhattanville will now break for the rest of 2019 before resuming play in 2020 at the Middlebury Holiday Classic, hosted by Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt., on Jan. 3 and 4. The Valiants face Babson College on the Friday at 7:00 p.m., and then will face either the hosting Panthers or Saint Michael's College on that Saturday at 2:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m.