After a 2 week break in the schedule, the Nichols Fall Development Team took the ice against the Amherst U18 AAA at Dann Arena and defeated the Knights 5-1.
Ryan Stayner started the scoring for Nichols 6 minutes into the first as he buried a Patrick Thompson rebound. Andrew Poturalski added his first of the game, a shorthanded tally, with just 3 minutes left to set the score at the end of the first period.
The second period saw more of the same as Poturalski netted his second goal on the power play on a nice feed from Wilson Vershay. Sean Hughes extended the lead to 4-0 when he picked off a pass in the neutral zone and scored on a wrist shot from the top of the circle. Matt Benedict ended the scoring in the second period with 6 minutes remaining to put the Vikings up 5-0.
The third period yielded one Amherst goal from the stick of James Nowicki with 6 minutes left in the game. Peter Borgesi stopped all of the shots he faced in the first half of the game while Brandon Mueller yieled one goal in his 22 minutes of the game.
The Vikings play three more games this week. Monday features a home game vs. West Seneca at 6:15pm. Thursday is a re-match at the Pepsi Center against Amherst at 8:50pm. Sunday, the Vikings travel to Lakeshore in rochester to face Monroe at 3:15pm.
Way to go Poturalski!!!
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