All-Time Series & Streaks
Nichols improves to 13-9-1 all-time against the Hawks. The Bison have won three of the last four contests.
 
Three Stars of the Game
1 – Nichols freshman Evan Schwartz (Long Beach, N.Y.) – potted the game-winning goal in his first collegiate game
2 – Nichols senior Tyler Beasley (Indianapolis, Ind.) – registered two assists
3 – Becker junior Connor Merrick (Manchester, N.H.) – tallied a goal and an assist
 
Quick Synopsis
The Bison raced out to a 3-0 first-period lead and held on for a 5-3 win against Becker College in ECAC Northeast action. Seniors Frank Butler (East Haven, Conn.) and Shane Totten (Traverse City, Mich.), along with freshman Blake Kelley (Woodbury, Minn.), scored in the opening 20 minutes before Schwartz netted the game-winner at 6:42 of the third.
 
Key Stat of the Game
The Hawks were 2-for-6 on the power play, the second of which was a 5-on-3 goal late in the third period.
 
Turning Point
Becker junior Nicholas McKee (Bakersfield, Calif.) got the Hawks on the board with his first of the season at 14:25 of the second to make it 3-1 after two. In the third, Schwartz crashed the net and knocked a loose puck out of the air and into the net for his first collegiate goal to give NC its three-goal lead back at 4-1. The Hawks went on to score at 12:12 and 18:11 of the third, respectively, to cut their deficit to 4-3 before senior Paul Prescott (Oakdale, Minn.) iced the game with an empty-netter. Thus, Schwartz's goal stood as the game-winner.
 
Quick Hits
-Senior Alex Larson (Madison, Ala.) turned aside 30 shots to earn his fifth-straight win for Nichols.
-Freshman d-man T.J. Roche (Northport, N.Y.) collected a pair of assists and now has three on the season.
-Junior Tyler Skepke (Mars, Pa.) made 23 saves for the Hawks.
-Nichols went 1-for-2 on the PP as Kelley scored his second of the season in the first period.
-Senior Daniel Bufis (Linden, N.J.) was accessed a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct in the third period.
-Sophomore Corey Sherman (Hilton, N.Y.) scored his first goal of the season on the PP for Becker in the third period.
 
Quotes
"The first goal is always the best one. It was a great job by Roche and Sean Swansen to get it to the net. I took a little baseball swing at it and it went it. It was awesome. I've been working hard on the ice and in the gym waiting for my chance. I've never complained. Once I got in, I felt great. It was amazing." – Nichols freshman Evan Schwartz
 
"Becker worked hard and came to play for 60 minutes. I thought we took our foot off the gas there in the second. The big message to the guys after the game was that we're going to go through some bumps and some adversity throughout the season. We took a five-minute major late in the third and it was 5-on-3 for a bit. We bent but we didn't break. Wins aren't always going to be pretty and they're not always going to be blowouts. You have to find a way to win the greasy ones and we did. They stayed together ad picked each other up through the mistakes. At the end of the day, they came together and found a way to win. We'll take it and move on." – Nichols head coach Parker Burgess.
 
Next up
Nichols (5-1-0, 4-0-0 ECAC Northeast) – Saturday, November 21 @ Curry, 3:45 p.m.
Becker (1-4-0, 1-3-0 ECAC Northeast) – Saturday, November 21 vs Endicott, 5:10 p.m.