All-Time Series & Streaks
The win moves the Bison to 19-11-2 all-time against the Seahawks.
 
Three Stars of the Game
1 – Nichols senior Alex Larson (Madison, Ala.) – turned aside 39 of the 41 shots he faced to earn his third in his last four outings (3-1-0) against the Seahawks
2 – Nichols junior Sean Swansen (Salem, N.H.) – scored the second goal of the contest and also assisted on the fourth goal of the afternoon, which was scored by….
3 – Nichols senior Paul Prescott (Oakdale, Minn.) – potted his second of the season and picked up the apple on first goal of the game from senior Tyler Beasley (Indianapolis, Ind.)
 
Quick Synopsis
Nichols shook off a rough first period by scoring three unanswered goals in the second period to secure a 5-2 win over Salve Regina in a rematch of last season's Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Northeast Championship. Beasley and Butler each scored their first goals of the season while freshman Blake Kelley (Woodbury, Minn.) netted his first collegiate marker on the power play in the second.
 
Key Stat of the Game
The Bison were outshot 41-36 but won the contest behind 39 saves from Larson.
 
Turning Point
Prescott was accessed a five-minute major for boarding in the first period. After the Bison killed off the first 3:01 of the penalty – during which time the Seahawks had four shots – SRU was called for elbowing, thus ending the man advantage. The two teams finished the period locked in a scoreless tie before the Bison blew the game open with three in the first 14:27 of the second.
 
Quick Hits
-A total of 10 student-athletes registered at least one point for Nichols, including senior captain Frank Butler (East Haven, Conn.), who scored his first of the season into an empty net at 18:25 of the third. He finished the contest +3.
-Sophomores Gaven LaValley (Newburyport, Mass.) and Chris Deming (Madison, Ala.), along with freshmen Matthew Menta (Lime, Pa.), each picked up an assist.
-Senior Shaun Altshuller (Nepean, Ontario) and sophomore Pat Thompson (Hellertown, Pa.) scored for the Seahawks.
-Each team received five PP opportunities; Nichols went 1-for-5 while the Seahawks were 0-5.
-Freshman Blake Wojtala (Trenton, Mich.) made 31 saves in defeat for SRU.
 
Quotes
"The first 20 minutes were terrible. We came out pretty flat. It was a little frustrating. They really took it to us. We were undisciplined. We took some penalties and shot ourselves in the foot. Alex stood on his head and kept us in there, otherwise it could have been three-or-four to nothing. Our penalty kill stepped up as well. We killed off that five-minute major. We settled in and regrouped after the first period, and then played the best 40 minutes of hockey we've played all season. We grinded them down. We established a cycle. We got pucks to the net and then took pucks to the net. We have some big bodies and, in the first, they were perimeter players. We started getting our noses dirty and getting to those dirty areas in the second and third. That's the kind of team that we are." – Nichols head coach Parker Burgess
 
"It's a monkey-off-the-back type thing. These guys have been looked to for four years to be offensive threats. When it doesn't come right away, you start to press a little bit and grip the stick a little bit too tight. It's nice for them to get the goose eggs off the board and now they can get rolling. They're still helping our team win even when they're not producing offensively, and that's something we've really stressed." – Burgess on the seniors (Beasley, Butler) scoring their first goals of the season
 
"It's nice for both our young defensemen and the coaches to know Larson is back there. He is just so calm and composed back there. It really helps our young guys. And to be honest, we're pretty deep on defense. We've had nine D play already and the guys who haven't played yet can definitely step in and do a good job for us. We're lucky that we have a lot of depth back there. Everyone is playing well and it's just tough to find ice for everybody right now. We do a system that's a little bit different than a lot of teams and they're all learning. They're buying in and we're starting to see results." –Burgess, on how Larson helps his young defense
 
Next up
Nichols (2-1-0, 2-0-0 ECAC Northeast) – Wednesday, November 11 vs Stonehill, 8:10 p.m.
Salve Regina (0-3-1, 0-1-1 ECAC Northeast) – Thursday, November 12 vs Endicott, 7:45 p.m.