Waterville, Maine (January 11) -- The Saint Anselm men's hockey team had its three-game winning streak snapped with a 6-2 loss to Colby on Friday night in Waterville, Maine. The win improves Saint Anselm to 5-1-3, while the loss drops the Mules to 5-5-0.

Colby struck first, as Joe Rothwell scored at the 5:34 mark in the first on a 4-on-4 situation, assisted by Josh Reber and Arthur Fritch. The Mules took the 1-0 lead into the second period.

The Mules scored a pair of goals quickly into the second, as T.J. Kelley scored at the 1:02 mark, assisted by Reber and Fritch, while Eric Simmons scored at the 1:57 mark, assisted by Matt Ahern and Ryan Chrenek. Colby extended the lead to 4-0 when Kelley struck again, this time on the power play, assisted by Reber and Fritch.

The Hawks got on the board late in the second as Mike Adams (Bedford,Mass.) netted his second goal of the season at the 16:14 mark. However, the Mules responded later in the period to get back the four-goal lead, when Kelley polished off his hat trick, assisted by Reber and Chrenek, at the 19:28 mark. The Mules took the 5-1 lead into the third period.

The Hawks scored quickly into the third period, as Matt Grazioso (Quincy, Mass.) scored just 13 seconds into the period, assisted by Ryan Butler (Arlington, Mass.), cutting the Mules' lead to 5-2.

The Mules finished off the scoring when Eric Simmons scored at the 2:35 mark to account for the 6-2 final.

With the loss, the Hawks fall to 5-2-3 overall and 3-2-3 in ECAC East play, while Colby improves to 6-4 overall and 5-1-0 in league play. The Hawks return to the ice tomorrow, January 12th, as Bowdoin hosts the Hawks at 4 p.m. at the Sid Watson Ice Arena.