Updated Scores

We have been falling behind on our blog updates, so I will give you the scores and highlights.

Since the last update, Nichols suffered a disappointing loss to Appleby 3-1 at home. It was the first league loss of the season. We rebounded fairly well two days later to defeat Upper Canada College 1-0. Brandon Mueller earned his first Nichols shutout, and it was the second shutout of the season for the team.

The next day, Nichols hit the road for the Northwood Tournament. Game 1 of the tournament was more difficult than expected as Nichols defeated Rothesay-Netherwood 5-4. Andrew Poturalski scored with 1:22 remaining to break a 4-4 tie. Game 2 put Nichols against Bridgton Academy, the all postgraduate school where Coach Printz spent his last 10 years. Nichols won 6-1 as freshman Nick Smith paced the offense with 2 goals. Game 3 would decide who moved on to the playoffs as Nichols faced the host Northwood School. Nichols would fall 3-2 in a hard fought game. Ryan Stayner and Andrew Poturalski scored for Nichols.

Nichols would return home in a first place showdown with St. Andrew's. Nichols held a 3-2 lead with 6 minutes remaining, but the inability to execute on a power play with four minutes left would prove to be costly. St. Andrew's scored two shorthanded goals to take the lead and add an empty netter to secure a 5-3 victory and hand Nichols it's second loss in the league.

Two days later, Nichols would face Upper Canada College. Again, Nichols had trouble holding the lead as UCC scored with 55 seconds remaining and the goalie pulled to tie the game at 3-3. The next day was a similar story as Nichols held a 4-2 lead with 14 minutes to play and opened the door by putting UCC on the power play. The game ended in another tie, this time 4-4.

Ridley College will be coming to town on February 3rd at 4:00.