ATTLEBORO, Mass. – Junior Sam Band scored twice and added an assist as the JWU-Providence men's ice hockey team rolled to 7-2 win over the University of Southern Maine Saturday afternoon in New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) action at the New England Sports Village.

Senior Brent Rickett and sophomore Davis Bone each collected a goal and an assist for the Wildcats (1-5-1, 1-4-1 NEHC), which scored seven goals for the first time since a 9-1 win over Anna Maria on December 13, 2019. JWU also scored two power-play goals, giving them six in their past two games.

Band scored a pair of first-period goals to help the Wildcats open up a 3-0 lead after one. Midway through the second, USM student-athlete Matt Sullivan was accessed a five-minute major and game misconduct for cross checking, and JWU responded with goals PP goals from senior Brendan Shandley at 10:14 and Bone ta 11:40 to stretch the lead to 5-0.

Doyle – who ranks amongst the national leaders in goals/game at 1.29 – and Shandley each finished with a goal and an assist as a total of nine student-athletes found their way onto the scoresheet.

Senior netminder Jaxon Friedman turned aside 36 shots between the pipes for the Wildcats in a contest which saw the two teams combined for 78 shots, 40 of which came off JWU sticks.