COLMAR, PA (February 5, 2022) -- Tyler Blanchard recorded the first hat trick in program history and the King's College men's ice hockey team rallied from a 4-0 deficit to defeat Arcadia University 6-4 to earn an important three points in United Collegiate Hockey Conference action on Saturday afternoon at the Hatfield Ice Arena in Colmar.

The host Knights scored three times in the first period and 1:24 into the second to build a 4-0 lead in the game. The Monarchs fought right back as Blanchard tallied his first goal of the game on the power play at 5:47 of the period off assists by Kent Lee and Jack Cooper. A couple minutes later Lee scored his fifth goal of the season on the power play to cut the lead to 4-2. Mahingan Decontie recorded his third assist of the year on the goal by Lee.

King's came roaring out of the second intermission with Decontie scoring his fourth goal of the year 1:54 into the period off assists by Lee and Josh Edwards. The Monarchs evened the score with 8:38 left when Blanchard lit the lamp for the second time off a pass by Cooper. Aaron Frenkel gave the Monarchs the lead with 5:05 left as he scored the game-winner and fifth goal of the year off an assist by Lee. With Arcadia pressing for the tying goal Blanchard put the game away with an empty net goal with 20 seconds left to record his program record third goal of the game.

The Monarchs were boosted by a strong defensive performance by Matt Bidini who allowed just one goal and made 21 saves after entering the game for Brandon Daigle who made 19 saves on 22 shots in 18:42 minutes of work. Lee finished with one goal and three assists to equal the program records in assist and points. Cooper record two assists to give him nine on the season while breaking the program season record with his 19th point of the year. Blanchard sits right behind him with 18 points after he increased his season goal total to six. Blanchard led the squad in shots with 11 and faceoff wins with 10.

The three points allows the Monarchs to keep pace in the race for one of the final spots in the UCHC Tournament. King's currently sits three points behind Lebanon Valley College for the eighth and final spot with two weeks and five games remaining for the Monarchs. The win also gives King's their fourth win of the year, which is the most wins in program history, with still some games left to play.

King's will be back in action on Tuesday when they host Stevenson University at 7 pm.