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Jill Souza
1
Southern N.H. SNHU 4-8-1
8
Winner Nichols NC 10-1-0
Southern N.H. SNHU
4-8-1
1
Final
8
Nichols NC
10-1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Southern N.H. SNHU 1 0 0 1
Nichols NC 2 2 4 8

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Bison win 10th game in a row with 8-1 win over Penmen

Nichols 8, SNHU 1
Harrisville, R.I. – June Rockwell Levy Rink
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

 
All-Time Series & Streaks
The Bison move to 4-0-1 in the last five meetings with the Penmen though Southern New Hampshire leads the all-time series still at 10-5-4.

Three Stars of the Game
1 – Senior Frank Butler (East Haven, Conn.) (Nichols) – scored a pair of goals
2 – Senior Steve Lecey (Cedarburg, Wis.) (Nichols) – had an assist in each period of the game
3 – Freshman Matthew Menta (Lima, Pa.) (Nichols) – finished with a goal and an assist to go with a team-high six shots

Quick Synopsis
The Bison are now 5-0-0 at June Rockwell Levy Rink this season and outscoring their opponents 28-8. Butler scored his sixth and seventh goals of the season less than two minutes of game time apart spanning two periods. The Bison saw goals from each of the four lines through the course of the game.

Key Stat of the Game
The Bison outshot their opponent – for only the fifth time this season – 38-33.

Turning Point
The Penmen scored at 8:53 of the first period to pull within a goal before the Bison rattled off 6 unanswered goals over the final two periods to take the game 8-1.

Quick Hits
- The Bison registered a season-high 14 assists in the game while matching their season-high with eight goals.
- Freshman Adam Morrison (Marcomb, Mich.) scored his first collegiate-goal at 11:41 of the third period to close out the scoring in the game for the Bison.
- The Penmen scored their goal at 8:53 of the first period. Senior Anthony Laperriere (Winchendon, Mass.) took a pass from junior Nathan Bergeron (Auburn, Maine), gained the blue line and fired a shot over the blocker of senior goaltender Alex Larson (Madison, Ala.). Sophomore Connor Ryan (Randolph, N.J.) was credited with the second helper on the goal.
- Along with the three stars of the game, four other Bison had two points – freshman Evan Schwartz (Long Beach, N.Y.) (1-1-2), freshman Ben Campbell (Duluth, Minn.) (1-1-2), freshman Blake Kelley (Woodbury, Minn.) (1-1-2), and sophomore Scott Cuthrell (Waterford, Mich.) (0-2-2).
- Larson stopped 32 shots on his way to his nation-leading ninth win of the year. Sophomore Ryan Slatky (Manchester, N.H.) took the loss after making 22 saves over the first 41:56. Sophomore Tyler Kraft (New Hartford, N.Y.) made 8 saves and allowed two goals in the final 18:03.

Next up
Nichols (10-1-0) – Thursday, December 10 at Plymouth St., 6:00 p.m.
SNHU (4-8-1) – Thursday, December 10 at Western New Eng., 7:10 p.m.
 
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