Nichols Pulls Away from Hockey

HARRISVILLE, R.I. – Seniors Curtis Carlson (Lakewood, N.Y.) Peter Miko (Zlin, Czech Republic) each scored two goals and added an assist to help the Nichols College ice hockey team defeat Wentworth Institute of Technology, 6-2, in Commonwealth Coast Conference action Friday night.

THE BASICS:

RECORDS:  WIT (2-7-2, 1-5-1 CCC); NC (2-6-1, 1-6-0 CCC)
SHOTS:  WIT:   38; NC:  36      
PENALTIES/MINUTES:  WIT:  6/12; NC:  4/8
POWER PLAYS:  WIT:  1-4; NC:  1-6
GOALIE SAVES:  WIT:  Will Oliver, 30; BC:  Korbinian Lutz, 36

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Wentworth carried momentum early, putting three shots on net in a two and a half minute span. Shortly thereafter, the Leopards had their first power play of the night and put a pair of shots on net.
• The game remained scoreless until the 15:12 mark when freshman Kaiden Scott (Romulus, Mich.)  put home a rebound of a junior Bellefeuille (Framingham, Mass.) shot which was saved by sophomore Will Oliver (Chesterfield, Mo.). Senior Lucas Anderson (Stockholm, Sweden) also picked up an assist on the goal.
• Two minutes and two seconds later, the hosts made it a 2-0 game when Carlson started a scoring chance by winning a faceoff and scored from sophomore Daniel Barry (St. Louis, Mo.) and Miko. Nichols had a 12-8 shot advantage in the opening period.
• Wentworth held a 14-11 shot advantage in the second period, a period that saw Nichols score the lone goal at the 16:58 mark. Carlson netted his second of the game, off a feed from Andersson.
• Shortly after a 5-on-3 power play expired early in the third period, Wentworth got on the board with a 5-on-4 power-play goal from junior Kevin Obssuth (Chester, N.J.), who was set up by freshman George Weiner (Wayne, N.J.) and sophomore Josh Faussett (Okemos, Mich.). Twenty-nine seconds after killing off a penalty, the Leopards pulled within one as Obssuth scored his second of the game and fifth of the season as he was helped by senior Joey O'Leary (Boston, Mass.) and Faussett.
• Miko gave the Bison a 4-2 lead with a power-play goal at 5:11 and the hosts upped their lead to 5-2 with 12:05 remaining off a goal from senior Noah Poindexter (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
• Oliver was pulled for an extra attacker with 2:44 remaining and Wentworth had three shot attempts, with one going on net. Nichols cleared the zone one last time, resulting in Miko's second of the game, an empty-net tally.
• Junior Korbinian Lutz (Munchen, Germany) made 36 saves while Oliver turned aside 30 shots for the Black & Gold, who had a 38-36 shot advantage.

SERIES NOTES:

• Tonight marked the 47th all-time meeting between the two teams with Nichols holding a 26-18-3 series advantage. The Bison are 8-0-2 in the last 10 meetings.

NEXT UP:

• The two teams are back at it tomorrow afternoon for a 5:00 p.m. faceoff in Everett, Mass.

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