2003-04 Schedule/Results
2003-04 Statistics
53rd Annual Rensselaer/HSBC Holiday Tournament
Northeastern 6, Colgate 4
Dec. 28, 2003
Houston Field House (Troy, NY)
| Team |
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
Final
|
| Colgate (7-7-2) |
3
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
| Northeastern (3-9-2) |
2
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
Freshman Ray Ortiz scored two goals, including the game winner, and added an assist to lead the Huskies past Colgate, 6-4, in the first round of the 53rd Annual Rensselaer/HSBC Holiday Tournament at the Houston Field House in Troy, N.Y., Sunday afternoon.
NU's third straight win improves the Huskies record to 3-9-2, while Colgate slips to 7-7-2. Northeastern will play the winner of Mercyhurst/Rensselaer in the tournament championship Monday night (7 p.m.). The three-game win streak is the Huskies' longest since Nov. 23-30, 2002, when NU reeled off wins over Quinnipiac (2-1), St. Lawrence (2-1) and Clarkson (3-1).
"I thought we got off to a good start, but played poorly on face-offs which led to a couple of goals," said NU coach Bruce Crowder. "Overall I think we played a solid game and executed well in the second period. I was most pleased with the third period. We didn't allow the other team to score in the third for the third game in-a-row and played smart hockey to protect our lead."
Ortiz wasn't the only player to record three points. Both Jason Guerriero and Mike Morris had a goal and two assists. Steve Sanders had a goal and an assist and Yale Lewis had two helpers. The six-goal output by NU was its highest since falling to Boston University, 7-6, on Nov. 1, 2002.
The Husky defense limited the Raiders to 18 shots, including three in the final 20 minutes. It was the third straight game, Northeastern held its opponent to five shots or fewer in the final stanza.
Freshman Aaron Moore opened up the floodgates in the first period with his first career goal at the 1:37 mark. Moore stuffed in his own rebound after collecting a feed from Ortiz. In each of the last five games a Husky skater has registered his first collegiate goal.
Just over a minute later Colgate's Joey Mormina snapped Keni Gibson's shutout streak at 131 minutes and 33 seconds. Kyle Doyle won a face off at the left circle in the Husky zone and sent the puck back to Mormina, who ripped a slap shot past Gibson low, stick side. The goal also snapped NU's seven-game streak of holding opponents scoreless in the first 20 minutes of play.
Ortiz answered for the Huskies with a power-play goal at 7:14 of the first to put NU ahead 2-1. Ortiz wristed a shot past CU goalie David Cann, beating him glove side, from the slot. Steve Birnstill and Lewis assisted on the play.
The Raiders responded with two unanswered goals to take a 3-2 advantage into the first intermission. Kyle Wilson tied the game at 2 with a power-play goal at 15:05. Wilson was left open at the far post and fired the puck home. Just 42 seconds later, Justin Spencer lofted a wrist shot from right point over Gibson's right shoulder. Dave Thomas had won a face off and sent the puck back to Spencer who managed to beat the screened goalie.
The Huskies held a 10-8 shot advantage after the first period.
Morris tallied his second goal of the season on 5-on-3 power play to tie the game at 4 two minutes into the second period. Tim Judy sent the puck from the point to Guerriero in the low post. Guerriero quickly sent the puck across the crease to Morris, who one-timed the puck into the open net.
Colgate regained the lead seven minutes later on a power-play goal by Mormina at 9:25 of the second. Mormina took a pass from Kyle Doyle along the left boards and rifled a shot over Gibson's left shoulder.
This time the Huskies potted two unanswered goals to end the period and take a one-goal edge into the intermission. Sanders scored his second goal in as many games finishing nifty passing play from Guerriero and Morris with 7:11 remaining in the second. Ortiz gave gave NU a 5-4 lead 24 seconds later on a partial breakaway. Jon Awe hit Ortiz with a crisp pass as he was speeding up the ice. With a Colgate defender draped over his back, Ortiz skated in on Cann. The goalie went down as Ortiz neared the net and Ortiz managed to flip a backhander over Cann and into the net.
Guerriero provided NU with a pretty insurance goal with 9:32 left in the contest. Morris took a pass from Sanders and dished the puck to Guerriero for a breakaway. The speedster went hard toward the net, drawing Cann to the center of the crease before lifting a backhander into the top-left corner.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2003-04 Northeastern Hockey
Colgate vs Northeastern (Dec 28, 2003 at Troy, N.Y.)
Colgate (7-7-2) vs. Northeastern (3-9-2)
Date: Dec 28, 2003 Location: Troy, N.Y. Arena: Houston Field House
Attendance: Start time:4:00pm End time:6:12pm Total time:2:12
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 01:37 NU EV Aaron Moore/1 Ray Ortiz/3 7,22,16,27,13 21,15,20,55,2
Yale Lewis/4
2 1st 02:39 CU EV Joey Mormina/1 Kyle Doyle/9 27,14,17,21,18 17,25,18,44,3
Adam Mitchell/8
3 1st 07:14 NU PP Ray Ortiz/2 Steve Birnstill/4 11,24,6,18 15,44,20,21,5
Yale Lewis/5
4 1st 15:05 CU PP Kyle Wilson/7 Kyle Doyle/10 21,14,24,26,27 55,3,11,09
Rob Brown/7
5 1st 15:47 CU EV Justin Spencer/2 Dave THomas/3 13,11,5,12,26 16,10,44,3,13
Ryan Smyth/6
6 2nd 02:06 NU PP Mike Morris/2 Jason Guerriero/5 18,27,12 16,13,5,2,11
Tim Judy/6
7 2nd 09:25 CU PP Joey Mormina/2 Kyle Doyle/110 27,14,24,26,21 55,11,3,15
Rob Brown/8
8 2nd 12:49 NU EV Steve Sanders/2 Mike Morris/7 21,27,6,14,24 10,16,13,55,2
Jason Guerriero/6
9 2nd 13:13 NU EV Ray Ortiz/3 Jon Awe/8 18,5,22,7,13 15,2,21,20,55
10 3rd 10:28 NU EV Jason Guerriero/5 Mike Morris/8 26,6,14,23,24 13,16,10,2,3
Steve Sanders/1
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Colgate 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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5 Eric Main........... 0 1 0 1 0
6 Mike Campaner....... 0 2 0 2 -2
7 Matt Nicholson...... 0 0 0 0 -2
11*Dave THomas......... 0 0 0 0 +1
12*Paul Kelley......... 0 0 0 0 +1
13 Justin Spencer...... 2 0 0 2 -1
14 Kyle Doyle.......... 0 0 0 0 -1
15 Darryl McKinnon..... 1 0 0 1 0
16 Dustin Gillanders... 0 0 0 0 -1
17 Adam Mitchell....... 0 0 1 1 +1
18*J.R. Bria........... 0 0 1 1 0
21 Kyle Wilson......... 2 1 1 4 0
22 Liam Huculak........ 0 0 0 0 -2
23 Jon Smyth........... 1 0 0 1 -1
24 Rob Brown........... 1 1 0 2 -2
26*Ryan Smyth.......... 0 0 0 0 0
27*Joey Mormina........ 1 1 0 2 -1
28 Tony Masotto........ 0 1 0 1 0
Totals.............. 8 7 3 18 -10
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 Jon Awe............. 2 1 0 3 +4
3 Donny Grover........ 0 2 0 2 -1
5 *Tim Judy............ 0 0 0 0 0
9 Jared Mudryk........ 1 2 1 4 0
10*Steve Sanders....... 0 1 0 1 +1
11 Eric Ortlip......... 0 0 0 0 0
13*Jason Guerriero..... 0 3 1 4 +1
15 Ray Ortiz........... 2 1 0 3 +2
16*Mike Morris......... 0 3 0 3 +1
17 Trevor Reschny...... 1 0 0 1 -1
18 Pat Noonan.......... 0 0 0 0 -1
20 Yale Lewis.......... 1 0 0 1 +2
21 Aaron Moore......... 1 0 0 1 +2
22*Bryan Cirullo....... 0 1 0 1 0
23 Brian Swiniarski.... 0 3 2 5 0
25 Brian Tudrick....... 1 0 0 1 -1
44 Steve Birnstill..... 1 1 0 2 -2
55 Brian Deeth......... 0 0 0 0 +3
Totals.............. 10 18 4 32 +10
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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CU 3 1 0 - 4
NU 2 3 1 - 6
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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CU 8 7 3 - 18
NU 10 18 4 - 32
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd CU NU
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1st 1-2 (1) 1-4 (4)
2nd 1-3 (2) 1-3 (6)
3rd 0-0 (0) 0-1 (0)
Total 2-5 (3) 2-8 (10)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd CU NU
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1st 5/10 3/6
2nd 5/10 4/8
3rd 0/0 0/0
Total 10/20 7/14
Three stars:
1. None
2. None
3. None
Officials:
Referee:John Murphy
Linesman:Derek Wahl
Linesman:Dan O'Neil
GOALTENDERS
Colgate Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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29 David Cann.......... L 58:32 6 0 8 15 3 26
TM EMPTY NET........... 01:28 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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31 Keni Gibson......... W 60:00 4 0 5 6 3 14
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st J.R. Bria CU 2 ROUGHING 04:51 PP
1st Eric Main CU 2 HIGH STICKING 06:38
1st Trevor Reschny NU 2 INTERFERENCE 08:14 PP
1st Kyle Doyle CU 2 OBSTRUCTION-HOOKING 11:52 PP
1st Rob Brown CU 2 CROSS-CHECKING 12:05
1st Eric Ortlip NU 2 ROUGHING 12:05
1st Tim Judy NU 2 TRIPPING 14:55 PP
1st Tony Masotto CU 2 INTERFERENCE 17:07 PP
2nd Tony Masotto CU 2 HOOKING 01:23 PP
2nd Rob Brown CU 2 OBSTRUCTION-HOLDING 01:55 PP
2nd Donny Grover NU 2 ROUGHING 04:18 PP
2nd Steve Birnstill NU 2 OBSTRUCTION-HOOKING 09:14 PP
2nd Darryl McKinnon CU 2 OBSTRUCTION-HOLDING 13:40 PP
2nd Eric Ortlip NU 2 OBSTRUCTION-HOLDING 19:08 PP
2nd Ryan Smyth CU 2 INTERFERENCE 19:48
2nd Jason Guerriero NU 2 UNSPORTSMANLIKE COND 19:48
2nd Joey Mormina CU 2 UNSPORTSMANLIKE COND 19:48
Win-Keni Gibson (3-7-2). Loss-David Cann (2-3-1).
Northeastern advances to Championship Game of 53rd
Annual Rensselaer/HSBC Holiday Tournament - the
oldest college hockey holiday tourney in the natio
The Huskies will face either RPI or Mercyhurst.
