NORTHFIELD, Vt. - Chad Anderson and Rick Cleaver each scored a pair of goals to lead the Norwich men's ice hockey team to a 7-1 victory over visiting Wentworth on Saturday evening at Kreitzberg Arena. Nikita Kashirsky added a goal and three assists for the Cadets, who have won four straight games.

D.J. Fimiani helped fuel the offensive barrage with a goal and two assists, while Eric Ouellette handed out three assists of his own.

Norwich (6-2) netted a pair of power play goals in the first period to open up a 2-0 lead after the first 20 minutes. Freshman forward Nick DelGallo opened the scoring for NU, scoring off a rebound just 1:45 into the contest. Anderson doubled the Cadets' lead at the 14:16 mark when he cashed in a power play goal of his own. Kashirsky assisted on both tallies, while Raphael Robitaille and Phil Sbrocchi also picked up assists.

The Cadets added two more goals in the second period as Kashirsky found the back of net with an even strength tally at the 6:17 mark, and Cleaver added a short-handed marker at the 13:20 mark. Cleaver's goal was especially unique as the senior forward was on the goal line and was able to sneak it behind Wentworth goaltender Matt Buchan.

Wentworth (4-6) got on the board late in the second period when Matt Koehler slipped the puck past Norwich goalie Ryan Klingensmith with just 20 seconds remaining in the stanza.

Norwich blew the game wide open in the third period, scoring three more goals. Anderson got the rally going with a power play goal at the 11:21 mark. Cleaver and Fimiani added even strength goals later in the stanza to provide the final margin.

Klingensmith made 18 saves in goal for NU, picking up his first career win in his first-ever start. Norwich has outscored its opponents 25-6 during its four-game win streak.

The ending of the game was marred by a plethora of penalties, and a total of eight players were disqualified following an ugly fight that broke out at center ice with less than two minutes to play.

Following a month-long break, Norwich resumes its seven-game homestand on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 4-5, when the Cadets host the Times Argus Invitational at Kreitzberg Arena. The first game on Jan. 4 will feature Babson and St. Olaf at 4 p.m., with NU taking on UMass-Dartmouth at 7 p.m. The third-place game is scheduled for Jan. 5 at 4 p.m., with the championship game slated to follow at 7 p.m.

All four games of the Times Argus will be available on the radio (WDEV: AM-550, FM-96.1) or on the internet (http://www.cadetsradio.com/), with George Commo handling play-by-play duties.