Woodring, Chighisola, Sullivan find net for Ravens

HARRISVILLE, R.I. (November 10, 2010) – Freshman forward Robbie Sorrenti scored a goal and picked up four assists to finish with five points, while junior forward Andrew Letellier added two goals and two assists on Wednesday night, as Nichols skated to a 10-3 victory over the Franklin Pierce University ice hockey team in non-conference play at June Rockwell Levy Rink. Senior forward Sean Woodring (Rogue River, Ore.) was among the three goal-scorers on the night for Franklin Pierce.

With the loss, Franklin Pierce falls to 0-4-0 (0-0-0 Northeast-10), while Nichols improves to 1-0-1 (0-0-0 ECAC Northeast).

Nichols scored three times in the first 14 minutes to take a lead it would never relinquish. Letellier opened the scoring just 3:44 into the contest with his first of the season on a slap shot from the left circle off assists from sophomore forward Brent Davis and Sorrenti.

Later, at the 11:24 mark, Letellier sprung senior forward JoJo Bojanowski through the neutral zone on the power play and the latter put home a backhand for his first goal of the season. Two-and-a-half minutes later, Sorrenti dropped a pass in the left circle for Davis, who brought the puck out in front and put it home for his second of the season to make it 2-0.

Woodring picked up his first of the season on the power play at the 17:37 mark to cut the lead to 3-1 heading into the first intermission. Woodring buried an opportunity from the bottom of the right circle after sophomore forward Roscoe Sweeney (Falmouth, Mass.) fed him from behind the net. Sophomore defenseman Brendan McCarron (Andover, Mass.) picked up an assist on the play as well.

After Sorrenti's first of the season came on the power play 50 seconds into the second stanza, the Ravens briefly cut the lead to 4-2 on the first goal of the season for junior forward Anthony Chighisola (Whitman, Mass.). At the 5:09 mark, he jammed in a loose puck during a scrum at the right side of the net, after both sophomore forward Dino Federico (Canton, Mass.) and junior forward Pat Shortt (New Haven, Conn.) took hacks at it as well, as they both picked up assists on the play.

Sophomore defenseman Wil Brown would score his first of the season shorthanded at 8:06 for Nichols, while Davis struck again at the 15:17 mark to give the Bison a 6-2 lead heading into the second intermission.

Nichols broke it open in the third, as it got goals from Letellier at the 5:06 mark, junior forward Zach Hendrickson at 10:52, freshman forward Greg Strootman at 17:22 and senior forward Matt Sayer on the power play at 18:23 to push the lead as high as 10-2.

Junior forward Bill Sullivan (Pittsburgh, Pa.) scored his first goal of the season, shorthanded, on a feed from junior forward Justin Adams (Homer, Alaska) with three seconds to play in the game to cap the scoring.

Junior goaltender Ben Siok (Holden, Mass.) started, made 10 saves in the first period and did not factor in the decision between the pipes for Franklin Pierce. Freshman Dale Adams (Gardner, Mass.) played the final two periods, made 22 saves and took the loss (0-1-0). Junior Jacob Rinn made 25 saves to pick up the win (1-0-1) in front of the Nichols net.

Nichols posted a 42-28 advantage in shots on goal in the game and went 3-for-8 on the power play. Franklin Pierce finished 1-for-8 with the man-advantage.

The Ravens return to the ice on Friday, Nov. 12, on the first day of the IC Federal Credit Union Shootout, hosted by Fitchburg State. Franklin Pierce will take on the host Falcons at 8 p.m. at the Wallace Civic Center in Fitchburg, Mass.

For more information on Franklin Pierce Athletics, please visit the official website of Franklin Pierce Athletics (http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu). Also be sure to follow the Ravens through the Department of Athletics' official Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens), its YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/franklinpiercesports) and its Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/FPUathletics).