Henniker, N.H. (January 27)-The Saint Anselm College men's ice hockey team dropped an ECAC East game to New England College 5-1 at Lee Clement Arena Tuesday night. The loss drops the Hawks to 4-9-1 overall and 3-7-1 in league play.

The Pilgrims struck first as freshman forward Niko Uola (Turku, Finland) took a pass from junior forward Jeff Armando (Canton, Mass.) and beat Hawk goaltender Alex Wyse (Amherst, N.Y.) for the 1-0 New England College lead. Hawk sophomore forward Paul Snell (Groton, Mass.) answered with his sixth goal of the year later in the first period to tie the game at one at the first break.

After that it was all Pilgrims as New England College scored four unanswered goals over the next two periods. Olli Kalliosaari (Hattula, Finland) netted two goals and Johan Granath (Stockholm, Sweden) and Armando each scored once for the 5-1 loss.

Wyse made 29 saves and allowed four goals in the losing effort, while Aaron Harvey (Milford, Nova Scotia) set aside 28 shots in the victory.

The Hawks return to the ice Friday, January 20th, as they will host Norwich University at 7 p.m. at Sullivan Arena.