Senior captain Brendan O'Brien assisted on three of the Skyhawks four goals

Skyhawks Can't Get Past Undefeated Bison 

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Harrisville, R.I. - The Skyhawks put on their highest scoring display of the early season but it wasn't enough to topple the undefeated Bison of Nichols College as Stonehill lost 5-4 on Saturday evening at Levy Rink. 

The Bison put the first tally on the board as they took advantage of a Skyhawk hooking penalty at the 8:09 mark, scoring a minute and a half into the power play to take the 1-0 lead. 

Stonehill tied up the score four minutes later when freshman Bill Harris (Weymouth, Mass.) put home his first goal in a Skyhawk uniform on a deflection of a Brendan O'Brien (Braintree, Mass.) shot. 

The first period ended in a one all tie but the Skyhawks changed that as Pete Roundy (Simsbury, Conn.) scored just ten seconds into the period to give Stonehill the 2-1 lead. 

Nichols once again took advantage of a Skyhawk penalty five minutes into second, scoring their second power play goal of the game.  Stonehill responded three and half minutes later as Bill Ninteau (Litchfield, N.H.) put home the go-ahead goal. 

However, the Bison tied the game up three minutes later on a Zack Hendrickson shot.  They then took the lead at the 11:28 mark and grabbed a 5-3 advantage on their third power play goal of the game. 

Paul Reissfelder (Plymouth, Mass.) cut the Nichols lead to one with just four minutes remaining in the half but Stonehill wasn't able to get the equalizer in the second period. 

The third period saw three Bison penalties but the Skyhawks were unable to take advantage as they fired four shots on goal but game up empty in their comeback effort. 

Brendan O'Brien had three assists for Stonehill while Mike Manna (Framingham, Mass.) had 31 stops in net. The loss drops the Skyhawks to 0-3. 

Stonehill returns to action when they travel to take on Fitchburg State on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m.