WATERVILLE, Maine – Derek Hessinger, Griffin Grise, and Clay Korpi each scored their first goals of the season to lead the Colby College Mules to a 3-1 non-conference win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies on Tuesday night in Waterville. Senior Austin Marini (Hyde Park, Mass./Catholic Memorial) scored the Huskies' goal, his sixth of the season. Southern Maine goaltender Kyle Penton (Waltham, Mass./Albany Academy) made 51 saves in the loss. His total is tied for the ninth-most in program history. Penton set the program record for most saves in a game on Saturday with 63 against Hobart.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine: 5-11-3
COLBY: 6-8-3
 
Series History:
Tonight's contest was the 49th meeting between the in-state foes. Colby leads the series 28-15-6. The two teams tied 1-1 when they played last season.
 
The Goaltender:
Southern Maine: Kyle Penton (4-7-1), 59:47, two goals allowed, 51 saves
Colby: Adam Costley (1-0-0), 28:41, zero goals allowed, eight saves
Colby: Edward Baliotti, 30:19, one goal allowed, 12 saves
 
How It Happened:

• Hessinger scored his first goal of the season to give the Mules a 1-0 lead 10:13 into the first. Tyler Crist and John McElaney assisted on the goal. Penton saw plenty of action in the opening frame but limited the lead to just one goal with 17 saves in the period.
• Grise doubled the lead when his shot went wide of the net but ricocheted off the end boards behind Penton and found its way into the net 5:28 into the second period
• The Huskies got one back with 5:26 left in the period when sophomore Kadin Ilott (Kenora, Ontario/Beaver Brae Secondary School) found Marini in front of the net who lifted the puck over the pads of Baliotti, who replaced Costley during the period. Graduate student Nick Ritmo (Niskayuna, N.Y.) helped set up the goal by tapping a pass to Ilott before drawing a hit that knocked his helmet off for his second assist of the season.
• Penton stopped 24 shots in the third period but the Mules added an empty-net goal from Korpi to seal the game 3-1 with 30 seconds left.

 
Inside The Stats:

• The Mules put 54 shots on goal compared to Southern Maine's 21. Freshman Kayde Kinaschuk (Calgary, Alberta) led the Huskies with four shots on goal.
• Sophomore David Bazile (Wilmington, Mass./Malden Catholic) made his collegiate debut for the Huskies and the defenseman tied with Ritmo for the team lead in blocked shots with three. Freshman defenseman Jake Burgess (Arlington, Mass./Vermont Academy) also made his NCAA debut and blocked a shot.
• Colby won 49 of the 64 faceoffs led by Nick Stapleton, who went 16-for-19, and Jake MacDonald, who went 14-for-15.
• Six penalties were called but the penalty kill units for each team held their opponents in check. The Huskies went 0-for-4 and Colby was 0-for-2 on power-plays.

 
Up Next:
The Huskies will host Johnson & Wales University on Friday night at 7:00 pm in a game that is critical for their playoff hopes The Huskies currently hold the eighth spot in the New England Hockey Conference standing and the final playoff spot but are just one point ahead of the Wildcats.