Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Get Ready for the Teddy Bear Toss

The Nichols Prep Team will host its annual Teddy Bear Toss game when they take on St. Andrew’s College on December 9.  The puck drops at 6:00pm.  All Teddy Bears will be donated to Women and Children’s Hospital. When Nichols scores its first goal of the game, let the teddy bears rain! 

Brunswick 4, Nichols 2

For the third game in 24 hours, the Big Green outshot their opponent (35-22) but could not outscore their opponent.  Brunswick jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first four minutes of the game, but Nichols would battle back and begin to control the game.  Alec Yerkovich (98/Hamburg) put Nichols on the board with assists going to Steve Senese (99/Niagara Falls) and Cole Donhauser (99/Kenmore).  Nichols would let the game slip away with two quick goals and ten minutes remaining.  Despite a strong push, Nichols could not catch up.  Erik Urbank (99/Orchard Park) scored with 90 seconds remaining from Brett Willits (99/London, ON)Jerry Baerwitz (97/Orlando, Fl) made 10 saves in 30 minutes of action.  Josh Graziano (00/Clarence) made 8 saves in his 30 minutes of play. 

Berkshire 5, Nichols 0

In game 1 of the Berkshire Jamboree, Nichols fell to the host Berkshire School 5-0.  Despite outshooting Berkshire 27-21, the Big Green could not find the back of the net.  Jerry Baerwitz (97/Orlando, FL) made 9 saves in 30 minutes of play.  Josh Graziano (00/Clarence) made 7 saves in the last 30 minutes of the game.  

Northwood 5, Nichols 3

After boarding the 6am bus to Union College, the Nichols Boys spotted Northwood a quick 2-0 lead en route to a 5-3 loss.  Brandon Hausler (99/Montgomery, TX) cut the lead in the first period.  Northwood would regain the 2 goal lead with a goal early in the second period, but Nichols would battle back with Cole Donhauser (99/Kenmore) closing the gap with an assist to Alec Yerkovich (98/Hamburg) and Steve Senese (99/Niagara Falls).  Again, Northwood would extend their lead making it 4-2 in the early part of the third period.  Yerkovich brought Nichols back to within 1 goal late in the third period, but Northwood would seal the game with a goal in the last minute.   Josh Graziano (00/Clarence) made 19 saves in the game