POMFRET, Conn.- Nichols junior Ryan Gervais (Chicago, IL) scored a hat trick while freshman John Haley (Shelbourne, VT) notched four assists in a 9-2 win over Worcester State on Sunday night at Jahn Rink. The Lancers scored just 24 seconds into the game but the Bison went on to score five straight goals to earn their second win of the weekend. They are now 11-3-1 overall and 5-1 in the ECAC Northeast. Worcester State falls to 1-13 overall and 1-7 in the conference. Junior goaltender Keith Fink (Easton, MD) made 20 saves on the night to set a new Nichols record for career saves.

Junior Tom Ford (North Grafton, MA) gave the Lancers an early but short-lived 1-0 lead. Nichols freshman Jean-Marc Biron (Atlanta, GA) tied things up just 1:07 later and Gervais' first goal of the night gave the Bison the lead for good midway through the period on a Lancer power play. Freshman Billy Sabia's (Ridgefield, CT) goal at the 19:04 mark sent Nichols into the locker room with a 3-1 lead.

A two goal second, which the Bison dominated, made it a 5-1 game in favor of Nichols. Junior Jeff Bieber (Littleton, CO) and junior Anthony Monte (Chicago, IL) scored the goals.

Worcester State got on the board again early in the third but the Bison tacked on four more goals for the 9-2 final. Freshman Brian Umansky (Annadale, VA) scored the Lancer goal while Gervais recorded two of Nichols four goals in the period. Sophomore Joe McCarthy (Whitman, MA) and freshman JoJo Bojanowski (Washington Township, MI) scored the other goals, the first of their Nichols' careers.

Gervais finished with four points as he added one assist to his three goals. Monte and Bieber each posted three points on the night off one goal and two assists. Junior William Knauber (Cheektowga, NY) assisted on both of Worcester State's goals.

Fink now holds the all-time career saves record at Nichols with 1,546 stops. Chris McWade '81 held the old record with 1,538 saves.

The Bison continue their four-game home stand next weekend when they host Franklin Pierce on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. and Wentworth on Sunday at 8 p.m.