Box Score

Burrillville, R.I. – Senior Don Kane (Staten Island, N.Y.) paced the Hawks with a pair of goals and senior Branden Parkhouse (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) had a four point afternoon with a goal and three assists as Becker snapped a three-game skid with a 6-3 triumph over host Nichols in the second annual Worcester City Shootout on Saturday afternoon at Levy Rink. With the win, Becker evens out at 3-3-0 on the year while the Bison, receiving votes in the D3hockey.com Men's Top 15 poll, slip to 4-2-0 overall.
 
Both Nichols and Becker await the result of the nightcap between Worcester State and Assumption. The Hawks will play the winner at 3:10 p.m. while the consolation game begins at 12:10 p.m.
 
The Hawks jumped out to a 1-0 lead as senior Don Kane (Staten Island, N.Y.) took a slap shot from the left circle at 2:35 for his first goal of the year. Nichols responded nearly seven minutes later as first-year Tyler Beasley (Indianapolis, Ind.) beat a defender for his third tally of the season at 9:26. The Bison then took a 2-1 lead as rookie Paul Prescott (Oakdale, Minn.) wrapped around the goal and found the left corner of the net at 13:07. Nichols claimed a 10-8 advantage in shots as Becker did not take advantage of a pair of extra man opportunities in the opening period.
 
Becker lit the lamp three times in the middle frame beginning with a power play marker with 37 remaining on a five minute power play as Don Kane potted his second marker of the day off feeds from Parkhouse and freshman Gerald Owen (Chesapeake, Va.) at 9:57. Junior Dan Kane (Staten Island, N.Y.) delivered the second power play goal of the afternoon as he tipped in a shot by Owen from the blue line with 2:49 left in the period. Just over two minutes later Graham put the visitors on top 4-2 as he received a pass from Parkhouse at 19:16. For the period, Becker outshot the hosts 13-5 and scored twice on four power plays.
 
Parkhouse deposited his fifth goal of the year with help from Graham to extend the Hawks lead to 5-2 at 2:38 in the third period. Nichols sophomore Kyle Shapiro (Ambler, Pa.) struck at 7:49 with his second tally of the season on a power play. First-year Frank Butler (East Haven, Conn.) would receive credit for a helper on the goal. Junior Korby Anderson (Owantonna, Minn.) pushed the Becker lead back to three on the third Hawk power play of the game at 16:24 with help from Parkhouse and Owen. Nichols ended the game with a 30-26 edge on shots courtesy of a 15-5 bugle in the final period while each team went 1-for-1 on the power play.
 
Becker rookie netminder Gregg Hussey (Medford, Mass.) stopped a game-high 27 shots as he moved to 2-2-0 on the year. Junior Dylan Woodring (Rogue River, Ore.) (4-2-0) collected 19 saves before yielding to first-year Patrick Salkind (Springfield, Va.) who was called upon to make one stop.