2005-06 Schedule/Results
2005-06 Statistics
Northeastern 2, Merrimack 2 (OT)
Feb. 3, 2006
Lawler Arena (North Andover, MA)
| Team |
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
Final
|
| Northeastern (1-18-6, 1-13-6 Hockey East) |
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
| Merrimack (5-18-3, 2-14-3 Hockey East) |
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
The Huskies pulled goalie Doug Jewer with 1:18 left in the game and Ryan Ginand scored the game-tying goal 10 seconds later to make it 2-2, which stayed the final after overtime at Lawler Arena in North Andover. Defenseman Steve Birnstill scored Northeastern's first goal and Jewer made 24 saves in net. NU tied all three games with Merrimack this season.
Down 2-0 entering the third period, the Huskies got on the board when Birnstill scored his second goal of the season. Joe Vitale got the puck in the left circle on a pass from Ginand and Vitale made a cross-ice pass to Birnstill, who was all alone on the right side. Birnstill shot the puck past Merrimack netminder Patrick Watson on his glove-side to get the Huskies within a goal at 9:31 in the third.
The Huskies kept the pressure on throughout the third period and finally got the tying goal from Ginand at 18:52. Jimmy Russo passed the puck in front of the net, where Ginand and Vitale were stationed and Ginand deflected the puck in to tie the game.
Merrimack outshot Northeastern 4-1 in overtime but Vitale probably had the best chance to win the game. Fifty seconds into the OT period, Birnstill took the puck down the ice and made a perfect pass to Vitale in front of the net, but Vitale's shot went off Watson's pad and into the corner. Jewer saved the game for the Huskies at 2:54 when Merrimack's Matt Byrnes skated in for a breakaway and shot it but Jewer made the saved and smothered the puck. Merrimack was called for too many men on the ice at 2:18 but the Huskies didn't get a shot off on the power play.
Merrimack got out to a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by Jordan Fox at 7:44 in the first period. Jewer saved a Matt Johnson shot but the puck popped out to the front of the crease, where Fox was parked and Fox got it past Jewer. The Huskies had some nice scoring chances in the first as they had three power-play opportunities and outshot Merrimack, 12-9, but they couldn't find the back of the net.
The Warriors added one to their lead in the second period when Jordan Hart scored at 8:02. Mickey Rego fired a shot from the corner that Jewer saved and the rebound went right to Hart in the right circle and Hart shot it in for his first career goal. The Huskies once again had great scoring chances in the period but were snubbed each time by Watson. Perhaps NU's best scoring chance of the period came on a Jacques Perreault shot when Perreault came in from the blueline with players scrambling in front of the net. Perreault got the shot a few feet from the crease and shot it but Watson caught it. Shots were even in the frame at 11-11.
With the tie, Northeastern went to 1-18-6 and 1-13-6 in Hockey East while Merrimack stands at 5-18-2 and 2-14-2. The Huskies fell six points behind UMass Amherst in the league standings after the Minutemen beat Boston College, 3-2, on Friday.
Northeastern takes on Boston College in the first round of the 54th Annual Beanpot Tournament on Monday at the TD Banknorth Garden at 5 p.m. The game will be televised on NESN with Tom Caron and Don Sweeney and broadcast on ESPN Radio Boston 890 and 1400 AM with Rob Rudnick and Bill Doherty.
Northeastern (1-18-6, 1-13-6 HEA) vs. Merrimack (5-18-3, 2-14-3 HEA)
Date: Feb 03, 2006 Location: North Andover, Mass. Arena: Lawler Arena
Attendance:1327 Start time:7:00 pm End time:9:30 pm Total time:2:30
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 07:44 MER PP Fox, Jordan/2 Johnson, Matt/4 26,15,24,9 16,6,3,27,18
LaLonde, Rob/3
2 2nd 08:02 MER EV Hart, Jordan/1 Rego, Mickey/1 23,27,55,8 2,8,11,25
Royston, Jeff/3
3 3rd 09:31 NU PP Birnstill, Steve/2 Vitale, Joe/6 44,26,3,11 19,3,25
Ginand, Ryan/4
4 3rd 18:52 NU EX Ginand, Ryan/9 Russo, Jimmy/12 3,11,26,55,20,4 19,26,18,14,7
Lewis, Yale/3
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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3 Ginand, Ryan........ 3 0 1 0 4 0
4 Tomes, Chuck........ 0 0 0 0 0 +1
5 *Liotti, Louis....... 0 0 2 0 2 0
8 Esner, Bryan........ 1 1 0 0 2 -1
9 Perreault, Jacques.. 0 1 0 0 1 0
11 Russo, Jimmy........ 2 0 2 0 4 +1
12 McCauley, Dennis.... 1 1 0 0 2 0
15 Ortiz, Ray.......... 1 1 2 0 4 0
20 Lewis, Yale......... 2 1 0 0 3 +1
21 Moore, Aaron........ 0 0 1 0 1 0
23*Swiniarski, Brian... 1 0 0 0 1 -1
24 Chisholm, Denis..... 0 1 0 0 1 0
26*Vitale, Joe......... 1 0 0 1 2 +1
27*Robertson, Josh..... 0 0 1 0 1 -1
37 Rassey, Rob......... 0 1 0 0 1 0
44*Birnstill, Steve.... 0 0 3 0 3 0
55 Deeth, Brian........ 0 1 0 0 1 0
56 Uusivirta, Matti.... 0 3 0 0 3 0
41 Geragosian, Adam DNP
Totals.............. 12 11 12 1 36 +1
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Merrimack 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 Hart, Jordan........ 0 2 0 1 3 +1
3 *LaLonde, Rob........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kane, Chris......... 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 *Goebel, John........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Byrnes, Matt........ 1 1 0 1 3 -1
8 Rego, Mickey........ 2 2 0 0 4 +1
10 Ricci, Rob.......... 0 2 0 1 3 0
11 Royston, Jeff....... 0 0 0 0 0 +1
14 Boulay, Brian....... 0 0 0 1 1 -1
16 Fox, Jordan......... 2 0 0 0 2 0
17 Nugent, Chris....... 0 0 0 0 0 0
18*Gough, Brent........ 0 0 0 0 0 -1
19 Pallardy, Derek..... 0 0 0 0 0 -1
21 Mills, Justin....... 0 0 0 0 0 0
24*Drewicki, Scott..... 1 1 0 0 2 0
25 Wilson, Brock....... 1 0 0 0 1 +1
26 Sullivan, Ryan...... 0 0 0 0 0 -1
27*Johnson, Matt....... 1 3 2 0 6 0
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 McLaughlin, Frank DNP
35 Healey, Jim DNP
Totals.............. 9 11 2 4 26 -1
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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NU 0 0 2 0 - 2
MER 1 1 0 0 - 2
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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NU 12 11 12 1 - 36
MER 9 11 2 4 - 26
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd NU MER
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1st 0-3 (5) 1-2 (4)
2nd 0-1 (0) 0-3 (4)
3rd 1-3 (2) 0-2 (1)
OT 0-1 (0) 0-0 (0)
Total 1-8 (7) 1-7 (9)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd NU MER
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1st 3/6 3/6
2nd 3/6 1/2
3rd 1/2 4/8
OT 1/2 2/4
Total 8/16 10/20
Three stars:
1. Ginand, Ryan
2. Watson, Patrick
3. Hart, Jordan
Officials:
John Gravallese
Chris Low
John Jones
GOALTENDERS
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 OT Svs
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30 Jewer, Doug......... T 64:50 2 0 8 10 2 4 24
TM EMPTY NET........... 00:10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merrimack Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 OT Svs
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29 Watson, Patrick..... T 65:00 2 0 12 11 10 1 34
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st Sullivan, Ryan MER 2 HOLDING 03:46 PP
1st Tomes, Chuck NU 2 HOLDING 06:28 PP
1st LaLonde, Rob MER 2 O-INTERFERENCE 09:35 PP
1st McCauley, Dennis NU 2 INTERFERENCE 11:02 PP
1st Mills, Justin MER 2 HOOKING 12:54 PP
1st Russo, Jimmy NU 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 18:28 PP
2nd Uusivirta, Matti NU 2 BOARDING 03:53 PP
2nd Kane, Chris MER 2 INTERFERENCE 06:18 PP
2nd Birnstill, Steve NU 2 HOOKING 07:13 PP
2nd Swiniarski, Brian NU 2 O-INTERFERENCE 18:45 PP
3rd Fox, Jordan MER 2 HOLDING 03:31 PP
3rd Wilson, Brock MER 2 ROUGHING 05:00 PP
3rd Lewis, Yale NU 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 08:07 PP
3rd Rego, Mickey MER 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 08:07 PP
3rd Wilson, Brock MER 2 O-HOLDING 09:15 PP
OT Ricci, Rob MER 2 TOO MANY PLAYERS ON 02:18 PP
OT Drewicki, Scott MER 2 ROUGHING 05:00
OT Ginand, Ryan NU 2 SLASHING 05:00
NU-Jewer, Doug (0-7-1). MER-Watson, Patrick (1-6-1).
Northeastern - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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26 Vitale, Joe 21 11
27 Robertson, Josh 9 5
11 Russo, Jimmy 5 4
8 Esner, Bryan 4 4
15 Ortiz, Ray 4 6
23 Swiniarski, Brian 2 3
37 Rassey, Rob 1 4
21 Moore, Aaron 0 6
Totals......... 46 43
Merrimack - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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10 Ricci, Rob 23 10
7 Byrnes, Matt 5 8
18 Gough, Brent 5 11
19 Pallardy, Derek 3 10
11 Royston, Jeff 2 2
6 Goebel, John 2 3
16 Fox, Jordan 1 0
8 Rego, Mickey 1 0
27 Johnson, Matt 1 1
21 Mills, Justin 0 1
Totals......... 43 46
Northeastern - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 03:46 05:46 02:00 2 0
1st 09:35 11:02 01:27 2 0
1st 13:02 14:54 01:52 1 0
2nd 06:18 07:13 00:55 0 0
3rd 03:31 07:00 03:29 1 0
3rd 09:15 09:31 00:16 1 0 PPG
3rd 09:31 11:15 01:44 0 0
OT 02:18 04:18 02:00 0 1
SUMMARY: 8 opps, 7 shots, 1 goal, time 13:43
Merrimack - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 06:28 07:44 01:16 3 0 PPG
1st 11:35 12:54 01:19 1 0
1st 18:28 01:32 03:04 1 0
2nd 03:53 05:53 02:00 2 1
2nd 08:18 09:13 00:55 0 0
2nd 18:45 00:45 02:00 2 0
3rd 08:07 08:07 00:00 0 0
SUMMARY: 7 opps, 9 shots, 1 goal, time 10:34
