Recap
Junior Filip Virgili scored a pair of goals in Nichols College's 5-4 overtime loss to Saint John's (MN) University Sunday afternoon in non-conference men's ice hockey action at the Boston Landing Collegiate Invitational at Warrior Arena.
 
Junior Nate Foster and sophomore Lucas Andersson also scored for the Bison (1-11-0), who finished the afternoon 1-for-7 with the man advantage. Nichols was unable to score on a 5-on-3 for two minutes in the third but finished the contest with a 26-20 edge in shots.
 
Junior Travis Brown's fifth goal of the season with 52 seconds remaining in overtime gave the Johnnies their third win of the season (3-5-4). Saint John's trailed 3-1 late in the second period before scoring three unanswered goals to move in front 4-3.
 
Freshman Peter Tabor brought the Johnnies to within one at 3-2 with a short-handed goal at 15:17 of the second period. Junior Troy Dobbs scored 60 seconds into the third to tie the game before sophomore Brady Dahl's third marker of 2019-20 with the extra attacked on a delayed penalty call gave them a 4-3 lead.
 
Andersson forced overtime with his first of the season with 4:19 remaining in the third. In overtime, Brown got off a wrister from inside the left point that beat Nichols senior netminder Jay Knurowski over the shoulder.
 
Three things you need to know...
            -This afternoon's contest was the inaugural meeting between Saint John's (MN) University and Nichols College.
            -Making his second collegiate start, Knurowski finished the day with 15 saves. His counterpart, junior Marc Berglove, stopped 22 shots.
            -Senior Kyle Wagner, sophomore Davis Kirkendall, and freshman Auggie Moore each notched two assists for the Johnnies.
 
Next game
Saturday, January 12 @ Saint Michael's, 4:00 p.m.