Nichols College Athletics

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. (11/7/2026) - The Nichols College men's ice hockey team put together a dominant performance Saturday evening, earning a 6-1 victory over Johnson & Wales University (JWU) in the second game of the home-and-home series.

Following the win, the Bison improve to 3-1-0 overall and 2-0-0 in Conference of New England (CNE) play. Johnson & Wales falls to 2-2-0 overall and 0-2-0 in conference competition.

Nichols opened the scoring at 14:56 of the first period when senior Ryan O'Donnell buried a feed from Ryan Austin and Charles O'Connell right in front of the net to give the Bison a 1-0 advantage heading into the first intermission.

The Bison broke the game open in the second period, striking three times in just over a minute of play. At 10:16, Wyatt Teubert capitalized on the power play, finishing a pass from Justin Massa and CJ Zezima to double the Nichols lead. Just eight seconds later, Myles Mason found the back of the net off assists from Aidan Flynn and Luca Ricci to make it 3-0. Massa capped the second-period scoring at 11:35, converting a feed from Tristan Kimmen and Austin to send Nichols into the second intermission with a commanding 4-0 lead.

Johnson & Wales got on the board at 4:00 of the third period with a power-play goal from Roman Wainwright, cutting the deficit to three. Nichols responded at 12:20 when freshman Vincent Bronzo scored his first collegiate goal, finishing a setup from Zezima and Ryan Lukko to restore the four-goal advantage. Mason added his second goal of the evening at 14:23, assisted by Flynn and Jacob Ammar, to seal the 6-1 victory.

Mason led the Nichols offense with two goals, while Bronzo, O'Donnell, Massa, and Teubert each added a goal. Flynn and Zezima paced the Bison with two assists apiece. Massa also contributed a goal and an assist, while Austin and Kimmen each recorded an assist.

Goaltender Ryan Henry earned the victory between the pipes in his season debut, turning aside 27 shots over 60 minutes of action. Nichols outshot Johnson & Wales 56-28 and held a 43-33 advantage in faceoffs.

The Bison finished 1-for-5 on the power play, while the Wildcats converted one of their two opportunities with the man advantage.

Nichols returns to action next weekend as it continues CNE play against Curry College on Friday, November 13th. Puck drop is set for 3:40 PM at Levy Rink.