WORCESTER, Mass. – Behind a career-high 47 saves from senior Nick Howard (Burlington, Mass.), the Saint Anselm College men's ice hockey team skated to a 4-3 win over Assumption University on Saturday evening.

With the win, the Hawks improve to 13-8-1 on the season and 8-4-1 in Northeast-10 Conference play. The Greyhounds fall to 12-9-0 overall and 8-5-0 against conference foes. Saint Anselm is back in action on Friday, Jan. 27 in the first game of a weekend series against Post University.

Junior Liam Lyons (Gloucester, Mass.) netted a pair of goals and added an assist for three points in the contest. Senior Matt Hayes (Salem, N.H.) netted one goal and assisted on another for two points while sophomore Chase Reynolds (Middletown, Conn.) posted a pair of helpers. Junior Leonard Brochu III (Concord, N.H.) netted his second goal of the season in the second period.

For the second consecutive game, Howard posted 40 or more saves and now has three games this season with 40 or more stops.

The win for the Hawks marks the first road win over Assumption since Jan. 31, 2017, snapping a seven-game winless streak in Worcester, Mass.

Lyons opened the scoring at 15:42 of the first period. Freshman Luke Linart (Holland, Mich.) got the play started with a blocked shot and slid a pass to Reynolds. Reynolds and Lyons worked a give-and-go through the neutral zone with Reynolds sending a pass into the slot for Lyons to redirect by the Greyhounds netminder Drew Benedict.

The Hawks pushed their lead to 2-0 on a goal by Brochu III. Reynolds won an offensive zone faceoff back to Brochu III who sent a wrist shot through traffic and into the twine at 8:14 of the second period.

Assumption got on the scoreboard just 14 seconds later when Mike D'Ambrosio found the back of the goal with a point shot to cut the Saint Anselm lead to one at 2-1.

Lyons reestablished the Hawks two-goal lead at 16:02 of the middle frame. Sophomore Luke Mix (Winchester, Mass.) sent a stretch pass through the neutral zone for Lyons who drove into goal and fired a shot into the upper left of the net, giving the Hawks a 3-1 edge through 40 minutes of play.

Collin Montgomery potted the second Greyhounds goal of the contest at 3:22 of the third period. Montgomery sent a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle that beat Howard through traffic to make the score 3-2.

Hayes netted his seventh goal of the season midway through the third frame. Hayes forced a turnover at the Assumption blue line and snapped a shot from the left faceoff circle into the upper left of the goal.

The Greyhounds would once again cut the Saint Anselm lead to one with a power play goal by William Smith. Smith collected a pass at the top of the left circle snapped a shot through the slot to push the score to 4-3.

Howard and the Hawks defense was able to fend off five Greyhounds shots on goal in the remaining 1:31 of regulation to preserve the 4-3 win.

Assumption held a 50-38 advantage in shots on goal and a slight 37-36 edge in faceoff wins. Saint Anselm was scoreless in four power play chances while Assumption was one-for-five with the man-advantage.