WILKES-BARRE, PA – The Wilkes University Colonels men's ice hockey squad hosted the King's College Monarchs at the Toyota SportsPlex Friday evening for their second game of the 2021-2022 season.
 
The Colonels (13-3, 9-1), ranked no. 8 in the latest USCHO.com Division III poll, blew past their United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) rival King's (3-14, 2-8) 8-1, with five different Colonels netting goals.
 
Sophomore Jimmy O'Kane (Chicago, IL/Notre Dame Prep) started the scoring with the lone first goal period from either squad at 11:25 with assists from seniors Michael Gurska (Revere, MA/) and Nick Fea (Oak Ridge, NJ/).  The Colonels poured it on with four second period goals, with senior Jay Gallagher (Reading, MA/) starting the barrage at 4:21 with help from senior Dylan Kuipers (Andover, NJ/).  Fea tacked on his first of four with help from O'Kane at 5:25, before senior Tyler Barrow (Massapequa, NY/Saint Anthony's) buried a power play goal into the upper right corner of the King's net with help from senior Donald Flynn (Randolph, NJ/) and Gurska at 7:26.  Fea wrapped up the scoring in the period at 10:22 with assists from Taylor Brierley (East Grand Forks, MN) and Kuipers.
 
King's notched their lone goal at 15:31, but the Colonels went back to work in the third perio.  Fea scored twice more with goals at 1:01 and 6:21 into the period.  O'Kane and Gurska helped on the first one, while Gurska and Barrow helped Fea put home a power play goal for the second.  Sophomore Jack Lane (South River, NJ/) finished the scoring at 13:16 with an assist from senior Phil Erickson (Eau Claire, WI/).
 
The Colonels outshot the Monarchs 41-21, with senior Nico Pidro (Cannonsburg, PA/) recording 20 saves in the victory.  The Colonels won 60 percent (39-of-65) of the faceoffs on the evening.  Fea's four goals was his career high, while his five points was his season high.
 
The Colonels take their four-game winning streak to Stevenson, Md.  to take on the Stevenson Mustangs on Wednesday.  Puck drop is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.  in a series that is tied at four wins apiece.