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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Weight:
- 185
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Burlington, Mass.
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- High School:
- Burlington
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- Position:
- F
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- Major:
- Marketing
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- gp
- 32
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- p
- 20
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- g
- 11
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- a
- 9
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- pim
- 12
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- +/-
- -5
Bio
As a Sophomore in 2019-20: Played in all 32 games for the Ravens...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Academic Honor Roll selection...Finished tied for third on the team in goals (11)...Tallied 11-9-20 with three power-play goals, one shorthanded goal and one game-winner...Recorded 88 shots on goal and six penalties for 12 minutes...Finished -5 on the season...Dished out an assist at Framingham State on 11/26...Scored twice, his first career multiple-goal game, at Becker, in the semifinal round of the Steve Hoar Invitational on 11/30...Made it a three-goal weekend by adding a power-play marker in the title game of the Steve Hoar Invitational, against Wilkes on 12/1...Tallied a goal and an assist against Post on 1/14...Scored twice, including a power-play tally, at Saint Michael's on 1/17...Made it a three-point weekend (2-1-3) by adding an assist at Saint Michael's on 1/18...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 1/19...Notched a power-play goal against Stonehill on 1/31...Scored the game-winnig goal and added an assist at Albertus Magnus on 2/4...Netted a shorthanded goal at Post on 2/7...Made it a three-point weekend (2-1-3) by adding a goal and an assist at Post on 2/8...Dished out an assist against Saint Anselm on 2/14...Made it a four-point weekend (1-3-4) by adding a goal and two assists against Saint Anselm on 2/15...Named to the NE10 Weekly Honor Roll for the week ending on 2/16...Tallied an assist at Assumption on 2/21...Put together a six-game point streak (4-6-10) from 2/4 through 2/21.
2019-20 Statistics
As a Freshman in 2018-19: Played in 22 games for the Ravens...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Conference Academic Honor Roll selection...Finished third on the team in goals (7)...Tallied 7-3-10 with 36 shots on goal...Scored one power-play goal and one game-winning goal...Finished -8 and recorded five penalties for 21 minutes...Made his collegiate debut in the season opener at Suffolk on 10/26...Scored a goal against Anna Maria on 10/30...Notched a goal and an assist against Saint Anselm on 11/6...Put home a power-play goal at Saint Michael's on 11/9...Named NE10 Rookie of the Week for the week ending on 11/11...Dished out an assist at Stonehill on 11/17...Scored a goal against Framingham State on 11/20...Netted the game-winning goal against Stonehill at the Steve Hoar Invitational at Becker on 11/24...Put together a five-game point streak (4-2-6) from 11/6 through 11/24...Named NE10 Rookie of the Week for the week ending on 11/25...Dished out an assist against UMass Dartmouth on 12/5...Scored a goal against Assumption on 1/25...Put home a goal against Assumption on 1/26.
2018-19 Statistics
Before Franklin Pierce: Three-year letterwinner at Burlington (Mass.) High School...Played at the junior level for Boston Jr. Rangers...Also lettered twice in golf and once in baseball at Burlington.
Personal: Son of Chris and Penny Nikolopoulos...A marketing major...Has a brother, Nasi, and a sister, Kat.
Player Profile
  | Overall | Conf | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Games | 32 | 18 | ||
Points | 20 | 14 | ||
Goals | 11 | 7 | ||
Assists | 9 | 7 | ||
PIM | 12 | 8 | ||
+/- | -5 | -5 | ||
Power-play goals | 3 | 2 | ||
Short-handed goals | 1 | 1 | ||
Empty net goals | 1 | 0 | ||
Games started | 10 | 4 | ||
Game-winning goals | 1 | 0 | ||
Game-tying goals | 0 | 0 | ||
Hat tricks | 0 | 0 | ||
Shots | 88 | 47 |
Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 26 | Fitchburg State | L, 4-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Nov 1 | Suffolk | L, 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nov 8 | Southern New Hampshire | L, 5-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nov 9 | Stonehill | W, 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nov 12 | at Anna Maria | T, 1-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nov 16 | at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | W, 4-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nov 19 | at Westfield State | W, 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nov 22 | Saint Michael's | W, 8-4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Nov 26 | at Framingham State | W, 4-1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Nov 30 | at Becker | W, 7-2 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Dec 1 | vs. Wilkes | W, 4-1 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dec 7 | at Saint Anselm | W, 5-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Dec 14 | Nichols | L, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jan 4 | at Curry College | L, 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jan 5 | Johnson & Wales (R.I.) | L, 5-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jan 10 | Western New England | W, 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jan 14 | Post | W, 4-3 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Jan 17 | at Saint Michael's | L, 6-5 | - | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Jan 18 | at Saint Michael's | T, 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jan 21 | at Assumption | L, 5-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jan 24 | at Southern New Hampshire | W, 3-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Jan 25 | Southern New Hampshire | L, 4-3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Jan 31 | Stonehill | T, 3-3 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Feb 1 | at Stonehill | L, 7-2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Feb 4 | at Albertus Magnus | W, 4-1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Feb 7 | at Post | T, 2-2 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Feb 8 | at Post | W, 5-4 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Feb 14 | Saint Anselm | L, 4-3 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Feb 15 | Saint Anselm | W, 4-2 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Feb 21 | at Assumption | L, 4-1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Feb 22 | Assumption | W, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Feb 29 | at Assumption | W, 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Mar 7 | vs. Stonehill | L, 3-1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
gp | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | hat | s | |
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2018-19 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
2019-20 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 12 | -5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
2020-21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
2021-22 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | +0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
2022-23 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
Total | 115 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 51 | -31 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 241 |
gp | g | a | pts | pim | +/- | ppg | shg | eng | gwg | gtg | hat | s | ||
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Event | Total | 32 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 12 | -5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
Conference | 18 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 8 | -5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | |
Exhibition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Location | Home | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Away | 17 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
Neutral | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Result | Wins | 16 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | +5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
Losses | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
Ties | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Month | November | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
December | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
January | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
February | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
March | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
News Mentions
Men’s Ice Hockey Falls at Assumption, 4-1
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February 21, 2020
Foley Pair Lifts Men’s Ice Hockey over Saint Anselm, 4-2
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February 8, 2020
Men’s Hockey Skates to 2-2 (OT) Tie at Post
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February 7, 2020
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January 14, 2020
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December 14, 2019
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WORCESTER, Mass. (December 1, 2019) – As the snow began falling outside, Saturday afternoon became a day of historic proportions for the...
December 1, 2019
Fast Start Leads Men’s Ice Hockey Past Becker, 7-2, in Hoar Invitational Opener
WORCESTER, Mass. (November 30, 2019) – With the first major snowstorm of the season bearing down on the region, it was a blizzard of goals...
November 30, 2019
Men’s Ice Hockey Unbeaten in Six After 4-1 win at Framingham State
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