MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Saint Anselm College men's ice hockey team netted three goals in the opening frame and never looked back, downing Assumption University by a 6-2 score on Saturday.

The Hawks improve to 9-10-2 overall and to 6-5-2 in Northeast-10 Conference action. The Greyhounds fall to 10-9-1 on the season and to 7-4-0 against the conference. Saint Anselm hosts Franklin Pierce University on Friday, Feb. 11 and Saturday, Feb. 12 as part of a four-game home stand for the Hawks. Friday's puck drop is slated for 7 p.m.

Senior co-captain Kilian Hammersmith (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) and junior alternate captain Andrew Andary (Macomb, Mich.) scored two goals each for Saint Anselm while junior Matt Hayes (Salem, N.H.) and freshman Hunter Brackett (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) netted the other Hawks' tallies. Six student-athletes recorded an assist in the contest with Hayes and junior Mark Leach (Londonderry, N.H.) posting two helpers each.

With two goals in the contest, Andary now has 31 points on the season (15 G, 16 A). He is the first student-athlete to eclipse the 30-point mark since the 2012-13 season when Mike Richard '13 and Liam McKillop both hit that mark.

Andary got the Hawks on the board with a slap shot goal from just inside the blue line. Andary collected a pass in the Saint Anselm defensive end from freshman Mark Blaney (Braintree, Mass.) and drove to the attacking zone, opting to shoot in a one-on-two at 11:40 of the first period.

Hammersmith doubled the Hawks lead at 14:34 when he fired a wrist shot by Greyhounds netminder David Altman. Hayes won an offensive zone face-off back to Leach, who slid a pass to Hammersmith who skated to the circle and scored inside the top-left of the goal on the power play.

The Hawks would net a third goal of the opening stanza as Brackett deflected a shot from Leach at 18:12.

Hayes gave Saint Anselm a 4-0 advantage with a second period power play goal at 8:39 of the period. Sophomore Tommy Schwartz (Ridgefield, Conn.) slid a pass across the slot for Hayes who fired a shot just under the crossbar for his sixth goal of the season.

Andary forced a turnover while shorthanded and went in on Drew Benedict, who came in in relief for Altman. Andary made a move to his backhand to beat Benedict 2:40 into the third period.

John Pigott put the scoring in Assumption's favor as he redirected a shot from Devan Sheth on the power play at 3:55 of the third period, pushing the score to 5-1.

The Greyhounds added their second tally just 27 seconds later as Jimmy McDermott forced a turnover below the goal line and sent a pass to Michael Zampanti who one-timed a shot by Hawks junior goaltender Nick Howard (Burlington, Mass.), cutting the Hawks lead to three.

Hammersmith scored his second goal of the contest at 11:43 of the final frame, deflecting a pass from sophomore Jac Cordeiro (Barnstable, Mass.) in the slot and beating Benedict on his left.

Saint Anselm scored twice on five power play opportunities while Assumption was one-for-four with the man advantage.

Howard stopped 35 of 37 shots on goal including at least 11 in each period. Altman allowed four goals on 22 shots while Benedict turned aside 27 of 29 shots on target.