BOSTON, Mass. -- Junior Matt Roberts' (Merrimac, Mass.)
power play goal with 5:33 remaining lifted Nichols to a 4-3 ECAC
Northeast ice hockey victory over Suffolk Saturday afternoon at
Walter Brown Arena.
Roberts converted a feed from sophomore Andrew Ella (Schomberg,
Ont.) that came on the visiting Bison's (9-6-2, 3-3 ECAC Northeast)
eighth extra-man opportunity of the contest, and Nichols killed off
a pair of penalties in the final 4:02 of action to claim its
triumph. The Bison grabbed a 2-0 first period advantage on
the strength of markers off the sticks of sophomore Kevin
Richardson (Temecula, Calif.) and freshman Josh Moles (Fort Wayne,
Ind.), but the host Rams (6-9-2, 2-3-1 ECAC Northeast) evened
matters with a pair of tallies that came just 2:27 apart early in
the second stanza off the sticks of freshman Robbie
Donahue (West Bridgewater, Mass.) and senior Pat
Welch (Dorchester, Mass.). Junior Will Munson
(Corona, Calif.) gave Nichols the lead again with a goal that came
1:47 into the final period, but Suffolk evened matters less than
five minutes later on freshman Jason Molle's (Stoneham, Mass.)
power play marker, setting up Roberts' heroics for the Bison.
Munson finished with a goal and an assist in the triumph for
Nichols, who also received a pair of assists from freshman Zach
Kohn (Hartland, Wis.), while senior Nick Davis (Pittsburgh, Pa.),
junior Zach Barron (St. Louis, Mo.) and sophomores
J. Andrew Wein (Barnegat, N.J.) and Nate
Linard (Brighton, Mich.) recorded single helpers in the
setback for Suffolk.
Sophomore Jacob Rinn (Warwick, R.I.) picked up the win in goal for
the Bison with a 24-save effort, with 20 of those stops coming over
the final 40 minutes of action, while junior Jeff
Rose (Collinsville, Conn.) made 27 saves in the setback
for the Rams (including 14 in the opening period alone) as Nichols
outshot Suffolk by a 31-27 margin for the afternoon.
Suffolk hosts Becker in an ECAC Northeast outing on Tuesday evening
at Walter Brown Arena beginning at 6:00 p.m., while Nichols hosts
Western New England in an ECAC Northeast match-up on Wednesday
evening in Harrisville, R.I. beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Hockey Falls to Nichols, 4-3
Posted: Jan 24, 2010