CANTON, Mass. - The Curry College men's ice hockey team exploded for eight goals on Saturday afternoon, defeating Nichols College 8-1 in Commonwealth Coast Conference action at the Canton Ice House.

With the win, Curry remains unbeaten on the season at 7-0-1, while also moving to 5-0-1 in the CCC.

The Colonels netted the only goal of the opening 20 minutes when Eetu Selanne (Coto de Caza, Calif.) scored his second goal of the season at the 13:13 mark. Senior Nick Magill-Diaz (Clawson, Mich.) and graduate student Tarek Paranica (Grand Forks, N.D.) recorded assists on the game's opening tally.

Nichols leveled the score on an unassisted tally 3:56 into the second, but the tied score would not last for long. Selanne, Timmy Kent (Parkland, Fla.), and Tao Ishizuka (Providence, R.I.) all found the net in the period and Curry took a 4-1 lead into the third.

Four different Colonels tallied goals in the final frame to give Curry the lopsided victory. Michael Snow (West Roxbury, Mass.), Nicholas Favaro (Vaughan, Ont.), Kent, and Paranica all scored in the third for Curry. 

Paranica was named the game's number one star with a four-point night on a goal and three assists. Magill-Diaz recorded three assists for the number two star, while Selanne was the third star with two goals and an assist.

Reid Cooper (Corman Park, Saskatchewan) was sharp in between the pipes for Curry, turning away 28 of the 29 shots he faces to earn his fifth win of the year.

Curry will be off for nearly two weeks before returning to the ice on Friday, December 3 for the Teddy Bear Toss game against Endicott at the Canton Ice House. Puck drop is slated for 7 p.m.

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