All-Time Series & Streaks
The Bison won the first-ever meeting between the two programs and take a 1-0-0 lead in the series.
 
Three Stars of the Game
1 – Nichols senior Daniel Bufis (Linden, N.J.) – potted a pair of goals, including the game-winner in OT, and finished +2
2 – Nichols senior Alex Larson (Madison, Ala.) – turned aside 25 of 27 shots to earn his first win of the season
3 – Endicott freshman Dominic Nitti (Cottage Grove, Minn.) – scored his first collegiate goal at 12:06 in the second period to tie the game at two.
 
Quick Synopsis
Bufis scored a pair of goals – the second of which came with 1:25 remaining in overtime – to give Nichols first-year head coach Parker Burgess his first win as a collegiate head coach. Freshman Matthew Menta (Lima, Pa.) also scored his first collegiate goal for the Bison while freshman Parker Wood (Rochester Hills, Mich.) did the same for Endicott.
 
Key Stat of the Game
1:12, which is the amount of time Nichols had a 5-on-3 advantage in the first period. The Gulls killed off the two minors and went on to even the score at one late in the first period.
 
Turning Point
Senior Shane Totten (Traverse City, Mich.) won a neutral zone draw late in overtime and fed Bufis along left wing board for his second goal of the night.
 
Quick Hits
-Bufis also scored twice in his collegiate debut against Assumption back on November 1, 2012.
-The last Nichols overtime win came on March 8, 2014 when it defeated Wentworth in overtime to win the Eastern College Athletic Association (ECAC) Northeast Championship. The head coach of the Leopards was none other than current Endicott head coach R.J Tolan.
-Freshman Blake Kelley (Woodbury, Minn.) collected his first collegiate point when he picked up the primary assist on Bufis' first goal.
 -Endicott freshman netminder Kevin Aldridge (Beverly Hills, Mich.) was credited with 22 saves as he slipped to 0-1-1.
-The Bison were outshot 27-25 and neither side was able to convert on the PP (EC 0-3, NC 0-2).
Kelly, Bufis, and senior Steve Lecey (Cedarburg, Wis.) were each a +2 for Nichols.
 
Quotes
"I'm pretty happy. These overtime wins are hard on the heart and the emotions sometimes, but the guys fought hard and we'll take it. There's obviously a lot to work on. We're still trying to clean up some things and settle pucks down. We get a lot of opportunities and a lot of open looks. We have to do a better job finishing so that it's not so tight in the end." – Nichols head coach Parker Burgess.
 
"We tried to settle into the game. They're well-coached and are going to be good for a lot of years. They play the game the right way. They blocked a lot of shots. When you have a veteran team like we do, it's not really coming from the coaches. It's coming from the leaders, to settle guys down. Early in the second period, we made a few plays on our backhand. We were just throwing the puck instead of trying to make a hockey play. Once we tried to hit the guy through the seam and make tape-to-tape passes and supported the puck a little bit better, we had more success." –Burgess, on countering Endicott's physical play early on
 
"That's what you need from your senior leaders, regardless of whether he has a letter on his jersey or not. He puts a lot of pressure on himself to do a good job and contribute. In the past, he's been a PK guy and a hard-worker, but we've challenged him this year and he's challenged himself to take more of an offensive role as well. He's a hard-working kid and when you do things the right way, you usually get results." – Burgess, on the play of Daniel Bufis
 
Next up
Nichols (1-1-0, 1-0-0 ECAC Northeast) – Saturday, October 7 @ Salve Regina, 2:35 p.m.
Endicott (0-1-1, 0-1-0 ECAC Northeast) – Saturday, October 7 vs Suffolk, 1:00 p.m.