SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Jan. 27) – Senior forward JoJo Bojanowski (Washington Township, Mich.) scored what proved to be the winning goal midway through the final period as the Nichols men's hockey team won its third straight game with a 3-2 decision over Western New England Thursday night (Jan. 27) at Smead Arena.

Bojanowski also had an assist as the Bison improved their record to 10-7-1 overall and 4-3 in the ECAC Northeast. The Golden Bears are now 5-12-1 and 2-5 in the league.

Nichols took an early 1-0 lead when junior forward Andrew Ella (Schomberg, Ontario) scored just 1:55 into the contest with assists from sophomore forward Brent Davis (Stony Plain, Alberta) and Bojanowski.

The game remained scoreless until senior forward Will Munson (Corona Calif.) gave the visitors a two-goal lead at 4:38 of the third period. Sophomore forward Zach Kohn (Hartland, Wis.) earned the assist.

There were three goals scored in a 1:55 span starting when Western New England junior forward Mike Kaselouskas tallied a short-handed goal with an assist from freshman forward Chris Connors at the 8:43 mark.

Bojanowski answered with a power play goal just 35 seconds later with an assist from junior defenseman Drew Palmer (North Chelmsford, Mass.).

The Golden Bears pulled within one following a goal by freshman forward Dan Monahan at 10:08 as freshman forward Trent Krueger gained the assist.

Both goalies played well as junior Jacob Rinn (Warwick, R.I.) compiled 30 saves for Nichols and freshman Eric Sorenson had 36 for Western New England.

Nichols travels to Salve Regina Saturday for a 2:45 p.m. ECACNE game.

Story courtesy WNEC Sports Information

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