Men's hockey drops game at Norwich

NORTHFIELD, Vt. --- Norwich University got off to a quick start in the opening period and pulled away for a 12-3 victory over Colby College in men’s hockey Friday night.

Nikita Kashirsky had two goals and three assists for Norwich (12-7-4).

Colby (5-15-3) received goals from Matt Rappaport, Chris Buonomo, and Mike White. Rappaport tallied off an assist from Chris Talbert to make it a 2-1 deficit in the opening period. Buonomo scored off passes from Patrick Bursee and Jeoff Jarnot, while White’s goal came from Wil Hartigan and Billy Crinnion.

Norwich 12, Colby 3

Colby                     1#1#1----3

Norwich               5#4#3----12

1^st period

N: Craig Serino, 3:27

N: Chad Anderson (Nikita Kashirsky, Rico Piatelli), 7:19

C: Matt Rappaport (Chris Talbert), 8:44

N: Emmond Bell (Pasha Kozhokin), 12:06

N: Owen Carpino (CJ Viso), 15:16

N: Jim Koehler (Ryan Oliver, CJ Viso), 18:36

2^nd period

N: Shawn Baker (Nikita Kashirsky, Rico Piatelli), 1:05

N: Nikita Kashirsky (Tyler Stitt, Steve Coon), 8:41

N: DJ Fimiani (Craig Serino, Nick Quagliani), 10:32

C: Chris Buonomo (Patrick Bursee, Jeoffrey Jarnot), 13:57

N: Nick Quagliani (DJ Fimiani), 16:04

3^rd period

C: Mike White (Wil Hartigan, Billy Crinnion), 2:19

N: Rico Piatelli (Steve Coon, Nikita Kashirsky), 12:42

N: Tim Houston (Emmond Bell, Eric Tallent), 14:22

N: Nikita Kashirsky), 16:38

                Shots: Colby 17, Norwich 45. Goalies: Cody McKinney (Colby, 49:28, 9 GA, 28 saves) and Dean Feole (Colby, 10:32, 3 GA, 5 saves); David Thompson (Norwich, 57:58, 3 GA, 11 saves) and Brad Werhun (Norwich, 1:53, 0 GA, 3 saves).