Box Score HARRISVILLE, R.I. (Jan. 28) – Eight different Bison registered at least one point and senior Jacob Rinn collected 27 saves as Nichols defeated Western New England 5-1 on Saturday afternoon in an ECAC Northeast men's ice hockey contest at Levy Rink.
 
Nichols picks up its fourth consecutive win to post a 7-11-1 record this season and 5-3-0 in conference play. Western New England dips to 9-10-0 overall and 4-4-0 in league action.
 
The Bison jumped out to a 3-0 lead within the first 7:25 of play. The first came as junior Wil Brown sniped the puck to the right of the netminder following a pass from the left side by first-year Mike Schiavone at 2:34. Nearly five minutes elapsed before Nichols struck again on first-year Louie Educate's 20th goal of the season. Junior Zach Kohn sent the puck up the ice to rookie Kyle Shapiro for the final feed to Educate. It took eleven more seconds to complete the Bison spurt. Senior Zach Hendrickson stole the puck to help setup senior Andrew Ella for the low shot.
 
Western New England put a tally on the scoreboard at the 9:34 mark as sophomore Dan Monahan deposited a shot to the top left of the net off a feed from sophomore Trent Krueger.
 
Following a scoreless second period, Nichols added an insurance goal at the three minute mark of the closing period. Hendrickson, facing pressure on an odd man rush, dished the puck to Ella for the one-timer. Brown helped create the scoring opportunity.
 
The final tally came as junior Danny Greiner found the back of the net with a shot from the top of the slot after sophomore Greg Strootman stole the puck with 3:14 remaining in the game.
 
Rinn collected 27 saves for the Bison. The battery of sophomores Chris D'Onofrio and Eric Sorenson combined to stop 41 shots.
 
The Golden Bears had five extra man opportunities as the Bison had three.
 
Nichols ventures to Boston, Mass. on Thursday to take on Wentworth in an 8:00 p.m. showdown while Western New England heads to Becker on Wednesday for a 7:40 p.m. tilt.

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