Box Score

BOSTON, Mass. – Juniors Frank Butler (East Haven, Conn.) and Sean Fleming (Easthampton, N.J.) each tallied a goal and two assists in Nichols College's 7-3 win at Wentworth Saturday afternoon in Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Northeast action at Walter Brown Arena.

Junior Paul Prescott (Oakdale, Minn.) and freshman Scott Cuthrell (Waterford, Mich.) added a goal and an assist each as the Bison moved to 5-0-0 for the first time the 2008-09 campaign, when they opened the season with seven-straight wins. Nichols trailed 2-0 midway through the first period before ripping off seven of the final eight goals.

Eight minutes into the game, Wentworth scored back-to-back goals in a span of 11 seconds. Sophomore defenseman Patrick Kearns (Brick, N.J.) gathered the puck in his defensive zone along the right boards and fired a wrist shot from the right circle that found the back of the net. Off a center ice face-off win, the Leopards immediately got the puck into the offensive zone. Senior forward Mike Domsodi (Kirkland, Que.) sent the puck from the slot to freshman Chris Sattler (East Longmeadow, Mass.) in the right circle, who one-timed the shot to extend the lead to two.

The Bison got on the board before the end of the stanza. With seven seconds left, senior forward Mike Schwartz (Long Beach, N.Y.) maneuvered the puck through the neutral zone and past several defenders before throwing a backhander on net to make the score 2-1.

Nichols started the second period with an early goal a minute after intermission. Prescott took a rebound off a Butler shot and sent it to the back of the net to even the score at two. Six minutes later, Cuthrell gathered the puck behind the Leopard net and passed it to junior Joe Sposit (Cleveland, Ohio) in the right circle for the one-timer and a 3-2 lead.

Three minutes later, Curthrell picked Leopards' pocket with a steal at the red line, which led to a breakaway and the Bison's fourth unanswered goal. Joel Miller (Calgary, Alta.) replaced starting goalie Alex Peck (Kirkland, Que.) after the fourth goal.

Almost two minutes into the third, Wentworth appeared to be making a comeback, as sophomore Matthew Heise (Kirkland, Que.) scored from the left side. Nichols responded just 34 seconds later, as Fleming scored his second goal of the season to put Nichols up 5-3. Senior Evan Jones (Farmington Hills, Mich.) scored his first goal of the season at 9:59 in the third, and Butler scored an empty-netter with 39 seconds remaining.

Junior Alex Larson (Madison, Ala.) made 28 saves in net for the Bison to earn his fifth win of the season. Peck made 10 saves and Miller stopped 13 shots.

Nichols hosts Suffolk Wednesday at 8:10 p.m. The Leopards (3-2-0, 1-2-0 ECAC Northeast) hosts Western New England Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

Contributions from Wentworth sports information