Amherst, Mass. (February 15) -- Led by a pair of goals from Matt Grazioso (Quincy, Mass.), the Saint Anselm men's hockey team won its third straight game with a 2-1 victory over Amherst on Friday night.

The Hawks got on the board with 19:36 gone in the opening period when Grazioso scored on the power play for his seventh goal of the season and 1-0 lead into the first intermission.

In the second period, the Lord Jeffs outshot the Hawks by an 18-8 margin, but it was Grazioso that found the back of the net first with his eighth goal of the season for the eventual game winner. Will Collins scored for Amherst with just 22 seconds left in the middle stanza to cut the lead to 2-1.

The two teams were nearly even in the third period, but the Hawks hung on for the road victory behind a spectacular 45-save evening from netminder Pat Gallagher (Framingham, Mass.). Cole Anderson made 32 saves in the loss for the Lord Jeffs.

With the win, the Hawks improve to 8-10-3 overall, while Amherst fals to 11-7-3 overall on the season. Saint Anselm completes the weekend road swing on Saturday as the Hawks take on Hamilton at 3 p.m.