RYE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College men's hockey team scored once in the first period, twice in the second period and three times in the third period in a 6-4 win over the Chatham University Cougars in United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) action Friday, Feb. 1 from Playland Ice Casino.

Senior Cory Anderson (Bakersfield, Calif./Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)) and sophomore Braeden Cross each scored twice for Manhattanville (11-7-3, 7-4-3 UCHC), while senior defensemen Oscar Arfelt (Stockholm, Sweden/Connecticut Oilers (EHL)) and Axel Walltott (Stockholm, Sweden/Varmdo HC J20 (SWE)) netted a goal apiece and freshman Niko Happo (Kauniainen, Finland/Grankulla IFK Hockey Club (FIHA)) registered a game-high two assists. Michael Lamison had two goals for Chatham (5-13-2, 3-9-1 UCHC).

Chatham struck first on the shorthand at 8:03 when Chad Bell beat senior goalie Tyler Feaver (Whitby, Ont./Whitby Fury (OJHL)), but the Valiants were quick to respond, scoring 47 seconds later on the same power play on a Happo-to-Cross connection. The 1-all game carried over to the second period, when Lamison scored his first of the night, putting Chatham back up by one. After 10 minutes without a goal, Cross and Anderson (on another power play) sancwiched goals around Lamison's second of the night, as the game entered the third period tied at three.

Just 34 seconds into the third, Arfelt fired a perfectly-placed wrist shot from just inside the blue line past the glove of Chatham goalie Ricardo Gonzalez. Anderson threw in another wrist shot through a series of bodies in front for a 5-3 lead at 10:54. Anderson's goal proved to be far more crucial when Andrew Breda drew Chatham back within one, 5-4, just 23 seconds later. Still down one in the waning moments, Chatham pulled Gonzalez for an extra skater, but Walltott iced the game with a shot from beyond center ice into the net at 19:46.

Manhattanville returns to Playland Ice Casino tomorrow for a 3:30 opening puck drop with the Stevenson University Mustangs. Prior to the game, both the men's and women's hockey programs will celebrate 20 years as an NCAA varsity sport during alumni day festivities running throughout the morning and afternoon from Playland.