The University of New Hampshire faces one of its hardest trips this weekend with two games on the road in New York state.

Part one of that trip did not go well for the Wildcats in a 6-2 loss to No. 15 St. Lawrence in Canton, N.Y., Friday night.

“Physically they just outmuscled us, outplayed us,” said UNH Coach Dick Umile. “They generated an awful lot of offense so we were playing on our heels most of the night.”

The Wildcats (0-2) will look to make it up today against Clarkson.

The Saints (2-1) got on the board at the 3:01 mark of the first period with a power play goal by Jacob Pritchard. The play was set up by Drew Smolcynski as he sent a pass behind the net over to Joe Sullivan. He slid a pass to Pritchard who from one knee shot a one-timer that went off the post and into the net.

SLU took a 2-0 lead at 11:50 of the first period with a goal by Ben Finkelstein. Ryan Lough won the faceoff to Finkelstein who garnered the pass along the boards. He threw a shot at the UNH net that went through traffic and past netminder Adam Clark.

At 7:47 of the second period, the Saints took a 3-0 lead on a goal by Woody Hudson. Ryan Lough and Ryan Garvey each tallied assists on the play.

After being silenced on the power play last weekend in their season opener against Bentley, the Wildcats could only score on the Saints with the man advantage.

Freshman Patrick Grasso notched his first career goal to cut the deficit to two goals while on a power play. Sophomore forward Ara Nazarian cued up the play with a pass from the corner of the boards to Matias Cleland at the point. Cleland fed the puck to Grasso who was to the right of Saints’ netminder Kyle Hayton and ripped a shot into the net.

St. Lawrence tallied two more goals in the second period to bring the score to 5-1 through two. Gavin Bayreuther scored at 14:37 with assists from Michael Laidley and Carson Gicewicz. Joe Sullivan scored the fifth goal with .3 seconds left in the second period with assists to Laidley and Bayreuther.

At 11:29 of the third, SLU took a 6-1 lead on a goal by Gicewicz and was assisted by Jacob Pritchard.

Senior Tyler Kelleher lit the lamp on a power play goal at 18:27 of the third period for his first of the season. Nazarian and Grasso recorded helpers on the play.