Contact: William Sodoma
WATERVILLE, Maine — The Colby College men’s hockey team moved to 7-1-1 over the past nine games as the Mules took a 4-2 victory over Wesleyan University on Friday night at Alfond Rink.
Colby is 9-9-2 overall after standing at 2-8-1 at one point in early January. The Mules move to 8-6-2 in the league, while Wesleyan fell to 7-9-3 overall and 6-8-1 in the league.
Wil Hartigan scored his 10th goal of the season to put Colby up first. The Mules made it 2-0 after one period when defensemen Scott Harff tallied on the power play at 13:22 of the opening period.
Spike Smigelski made it a 3-0 game at 12:15 of the second period for what seemed like a comfortable Mule lead.
Wesleyan fought back with a power play goal from Nik Tasiopoulos at 5:16 of the third period and Anthony DePietto scored just 2:17 later to make it a one-goal game.
Mike Doherty, Colby’s leading scorer with eight goals and 19 assists, clinched the game with just 4:52 to play.
Cody McKinney stopped 36 shots in goal to record his 37th career victory.
Colby 4, Wesleyan 2
Wesleyan 0#0#2—2
Colby 2#1#1—4
1st period
C: Wil Hartigan (Nick Kondiles), 1:02
C: Scott Harff (Tom McGinn, Patrick Bursee), 13:22, PP
2nd period
C: Spike Smigelski (Wil Hartigan, Mike Doherty), 12:15
3rd period
W: Nik Tasiopoulos (Keith Buehler, Derek Collins), 5:16, PP
W: Anthony DePietto (Adam Kaiser, Nik Tasiopoulos), 7:33
C: Mike Doherty (Billy Crinnion, Dan Nelson), 15:08
Shots: Wesleyan 38, Colby 27. Goalies: Glenn Stowell (Wesleyan, 58:00, 4 GA, 23 saves); Cody McKinney (Colby, 60:00, 2 GA, 36 saves).
