Northeast All-Stars to face Roger Williams and Nichols this week
FALL RIVER, MA — The Eastern Hockey League continues the 2025 College Series this week. Three separate teams consisting of EHL All-Stars are competing against six NCAA programs from October 18-25.
Last season, the EHL excelled in the College Series with all three teams earning a win and combining for a 3-2-1 record.
The Main team will include players from across the EHL and will take on Albertus Magnus and Manhattanville. The Northeast team, made up of players from the North and East Divisions, will play Roger Williams and Nichols. The Mid-Atlantic team consisted of players from the Central and South Divisions and took on Lebanon Valley College and Stevenson University this past weekend.
Northeast Team Set to Face Roger Williams and Nichols
Following the Mid-Atlantic’s games against Lebanon Valley and Stevenson, the Northeast All-Stars will play next, including a game on Tuesday against Roger Williams University and Nichols College on Wednesday.
The Northeast All-Stars will be led by Express Hockey Club coach Nic Cota, Seahawks Hockey Club coach Bill Zaniboni and East Coast Wizards coach Kory Falite.
Previous Matchups and Opponents
In the 2024 College Series, the Northeast All-Stars nearly went 2-0 as they took down Keene State College, 5-3, and took the Wentworth Institute of Technology to a shootout in a 3-2 defeat.
This year, the Northeast squad will face two Rhode Island schools that compete in the Conference of New England. Roger Williams University Hawks will be starting its inaugural season while the Nichols College Bison went 9-13-4 last season.
Players to Watch
Starting in net, the Northeast All-Stars will have three solid goaltenders in the lineup. Josh Hope of the Valley Jr. Warriors is in his second EHL season and has a .916 save percentage through four starts. Nick Hussar of the New Hampshire Avalanche is off to a 3-0-0 start and has a .930 save percentage heading into the College Series. Finally, the New England Wolves will be sending Julian Karagiannis to the All-Star team. In his second year with the Wolves, Karagiannis is off to a 4-1-0 start with a .927 save percentage and a shutout. In his most recent start, he made 40 saves on 41 shots in a 4-1 win over the Avs.
Two teams will be sending a pair of defensemen to Rhode Island this week; the Bridgewater Bandits will be represented by Ajahn Teo-Berube and Joe McManus while the Express will send Mark Trischler and Brody Hernandez to the College Series games. Ryan Sember, who has spent several seasons with the New England Wolves’ EHLP and EHL teams, will play for the Northeast squad. Through nine games this season, Sember has two goals and six points.
Staying with the Wolves, two of their forwards, Cam Plumb and Zach Spicuzza, will both play for the Northeast All-Stars this week. Both Spicuzza (2g, 7a) and Plumb (5g, 4a) have nine points in as many games this season. Seahawks forward Brendan Agnew has the most regular-season points out of any player so far with 12 (3g, 9a) including six points on the power play (2g, 4a). He’ll be joined by three other Seahawks forwards in Adam Quinn, Danny Kehoe and Jacob Roberts.
The Avs have a couple of players with 11 points through nine games this season, and two of them will be heading to Rhode Island as Alex Ravikovich (5g, 6a) and Cory Alissi (3g, 8a) will provide additional firepower for the Northeast All-Stars.
Where to Watch
The Northeast team’s matchup against Roger Williams will take place on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. at Driscoll Arena. Their game on Wednesday against Nichols will take place at Levy Rink with a 5:40 p.m. puck drop, and both games will be available for streaming on Flo Hockey.