Recap
Freshman
Conor Leonard scored his first collegiate goal and added an assist in Nichols College's 5-0 win over Becker College Thursday night in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) men's ice hockey action at the Worcester Ice Arena.
Sophomore netminder
Brett Epp stopped all 26 shots he saw to record his second collegiate shutout as the Bison moved to 9-11-2 (6-7-2 CCC) on the season and solidified a postseason berth for the 15th consecutive season (11 ECAC Northeast, four CCC). Seniors
David Chevrier and
Hogan Davidson and sophomore
Petr Miko each collected two assists for NC as a total of 11 different student-athletes registered at least one point.
The Bison struck for three goals in the opening 11:28 of the contest as sophomore
Curtis Carlson, senior
Nicholas Mangone, and junior
Nate Foster each found the back of the net. Leonard's goal at 14:49 of the second pushed the lead to 4-0 before sophomore
Kyle McDonald potted his second of the season in the third.
Nichols outshot the Hawks (5-16-1, 2-12-1 CCC) by a 48-26 margin.
Three things you need to know...
-This evening's contest marked the 34th all-time meeting between Nichols College and Becker College. The Bison have won the last five meetings and are 11-1-1 in the last 13 against their rivals from Worcester. They now lead the series, 22-10-2.
-Nichols has now earned at least one point in 10 consecutive outings (8-0-2) – the most since opening the 2015-16 campaign with 10-straight wins.
-Miko now has 15 points in his last 12 games (2-13-15) and five multi-assist games on the season while Carlson has ripped off 20 points in his last 12 games (11-9-20).
Quote
"We set a goal to make the playoffs and, with tonight's win, we have accomplished that goal. I'm very happy for Epp and Leonard, two student-athletes who have been working extremely hard. I'm glad we were rewarded for our effort tonight and we'll get back to work tomorrow." -Nichols assistant coach
Michael Parnell
Next game
Saturday, February 15 vs Becker, 4:40 p.m.
