2007-08 Schedule/Results
2007-08 Statistics
Northeastern 4, Merrimack 2
Feb. 8, 2008
Lawler Arena (No. Andover, MA)
| Team |
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Final
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| #14 Northeastern (13-9-3, 10-7-2 Hockey East) |
1
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2
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1
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4
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| Merrimack (10-13-3, 4-13-2 Hockey East) |
0
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0
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2
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2
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Freshman Wade MacLeod iced it with an empty-net goal and had two assists as Northeastern University beat Merrimack, 4-2, on Friday night at Lawler Arena in North Andover, Mass. The Huskies also got scores from Joe Vitale, Greg Costa and Ryan Ginand and goalie Brad Thiessen made 31 saves.
Northeastern improved to 13-9-3 overall and 10-7-2 in Hockey East with teh victory while Merrimack fell to 10-13-3 overall and 4-13-2 in Hockey East.
The Huskies got on the board first when Vitale scored his eighth goal of the season at 9:28 in the first period. MacLeod caused a turnover in the neutral zone and passed it to Randy Guzior, who had a breakaway. Guzior brought it in and got Merrimack goalie Andrew Braithwaite to commit, then spun around and passed it to Vitale, who buried it in the open net.
Merrimack got eight shots on goal in the first but Thiessen stopped them all. Shortly after a four-on-four began 1:20 into the game, Merrimack's Derek Pallardy got a breakaway and fired a shot but Thiessen stopped it. Thiessen made another great save at 7:25 on a point-blank shot from Merrimack's Chris Barton.
Costa made it 2-0 with his third goal of the season in the second period. MacLeod got the puck in the NU zone and passed it to Costa in the neutral zone. Costa shot it on net from the neutral zone and it took a strange bounce and it went just inside the right post at 7:41.
The Huskies made it 3-0 when Ginand scored a power-play goal at 16:50 in the second period. Merrimack's Matt Moulakelis was called for hitting from behind on a hit on Ginand at 15:05 to give the Huskies an advantage. Ginand stayed on the ice for the power play. Tyler McNeely passed the puck from behind the net to David Strathman on the point. Strathman passed it to Ginand in the right circle and Ginand shot it through traffic, ringing the left post for the goal.
Merrimack mounted a comeback with two power-play goals in less than a minute early in the third period. NU's Dan Nycholat in the penalty box for hitting from behind, Matt Jones tipped in a J.C. Robitaille shot at 5:11 to make it 3-1. Kyle Kraemer took a tripping penalty at 5:28, setting up the next Merrimack score. Robitaille banked a shot off Thiessen from behind the goal line at 6:06.
The Warriors kept the pressure on throughout the third period, outshooting NU 20-9, but Thiessen and the defense kept the puck away. With less than two minutes to go, Merrimack pulled Braithwaite in a final attempt to score. Merrimack won the faceoff in the Huskies' zone and got a shot off, but Vitale cleared the rebound to McNeely, who passed it to MacLeod and MacLeod shot it in the empty net to make it 4-2 at 18:43. Braithwaite went back in, but then came back out in the final minute. MacLeod nearly scored again but his shot hit the post.
Northeastern is back in action on Monday night when the Huskies play Boston University in the consolation game of the Beanpot Tournament at the TD Banknorth Garden at 5 p.m. Next weekend Northeastern has a home-and-home series with Massachusetts. The first game is at Matthews Arena on Friday night at 7 p.m. and the following night the teams rematch at the Mullins Center.
Northeastern (13-9-3, 10-7-2 HEA) vs. Merrimack (10-13-3, 4-13-3 HEA)
Date: Feb 08, 2008 Location: North Andover, MA Arena: Lawler Arena
Attendance:1425 Start time:7:00 pm End time:9:15 om Total time:2:15
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 09:28 NU EV Vitale, Joe/8 Guzior, Randy/6 26,13,19,4,5 2,3,24,16,23
MacLeod, Wade/12
2 2nd 07:41 NU EV Costa, Greg/3 MacLeod, Wade/13 22,19,13,4,6 21,14,11,12,5
3 2nd 16:50 NU PP Ginand, Ryan/8 Strathman, David/8 3,6,94,4,10 3,19,2,24
McNeely, Tyler/8
4 3rd 05:11 MER PP Jones, Matt/13 Robitaille, J.C./4 19,26,5,6 11,16,14,24,23
Cucci, Joe/3
5 3rd 06:06 MER PP Robitaille, J.C./9 Ricci, Rob/19 94,22,6,21 16,24,14,23,11
Jones, Matt/4
6 3rd 18:43 NU EN MacLeod, Wade/6 McNeely, Tyler/9 19,5,26,4,94 14,11,24,23,4,2
Vitale, Joe/18
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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3 Ginand, Ryan........ 1 4 2 7 0
4 Driscoll, Jim....... 0 0 0 0 +3
5 *Liotti, Louis....... 0 1 0 1 +2
6 Strathman, David.... 0 0 1 1 +1
7 Nycholat, Dan....... 0 1 0 1 0
10 Costello, Chad...... 0 1 0 1 0
12 McCauley, Dennis.... 1 1 0 2 0
13*Guzior, Randy....... 0 1 0 1 +2
14 Maguire, Ryan....... 0 0 0 0 0
16 Kraemer, Kyle....... 0 2 0 2 0
19*MacLeod, Wade....... 0 0 2 2 +3
21*Muench, Drew........ 0 0 0 0 0
22 Costa, Greg......... 1 1 0 2 +1
23 Donovan, Chris...... 0 0 0 0 0
24 Chisholm, Denis..... 0 0 0 0 0
26*Vitale, Joe......... 3 1 2 6 +2
28 Hewkin, Mike........ 1 0 1 2 0
37 Rassey, Rob......... 0 0 0 0 0
94 McNeely, Tyler...... 1 0 1 2 +1
30 Binnington, Mike DNP
Totals.............. 8 13 9 30 +15
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Merrimack 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 *Allan, Fraser....... 0 0 0 0 -2
3 *Loprieno, Joe....... 0 0 0 0 -1
4 Bowen, Pat.......... 0 1 0 1 -1
5 Kane, Chris......... 0 1 1 2 -1
10 Kramer, Bobby....... 0 0 1 1 0
11 Jones, Matt......... 0 1 1 2 -2
12 Farrell, Grant...... 0 0 0 0 -1
13 Vaskivuo, Mike...... 2 0 1 3 0
14 Cucci, Joe.......... 1 1 3 5 -2
15 Jamieson, John...... 0 0 2 2 0
16*Robitaille, J.C..... 0 0 3 3 -1
18 Kimball, Pat........ 0 0 1 1 0
19 Pallardy, Derek..... 1 0 0 1 0
21 Ouimet, Francois.... 0 1 1 2 -1
22 Sadlowski, Brandon.. 1 0 1 2 0
23*Barton, Chris....... 3 0 2 5 -2
24*Ricci, Rob.......... 0 0 1 1 -2
25 Moulakelis, Matt.... 0 0 2 2 0
29 Watson, Patrick DNP
Totals.............. 8 5 20 33 -16
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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NU 1 2 1 - 4
MER 0 0 2 - 2
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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NU 8 13 9 - 30
MER 8 5 20 - 33
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd NU MER
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1st 0-2 (1) 0-3 (2)
2nd 1-5 (4) 0-1 (0)
3rd 0-1 (3) 2-3 (3)
Total 1-8 (8) 2-7 (5)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd NU MER
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1st 4/8 2/4
2nd 2/4 7/25
3rd 3/6 0/0
Total 9/18 9/29
Three stars:
1. Ginand, Ryan
2. Robitaille, J.C.
3. MacLeod, Wade
Officials:
Referee:Tim Benedetto
Linesman:Kevin Shea
Linesman:Paul Scleparis
GOALTENDERS
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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39 Thiessen, Brad...... W 60:00 2 0 8 5 18 31
Merrimack Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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33 Braithwaite, Andrew. L 59:36 3 0 7 11 8 26
TM EMPTY NET........... 00:24 0 1 0 0 0 0
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st Bowen, Pat MER 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 01:08 PP
1st McNeely, Tyler NU 2 HOOKING 01:20 PP
1st McNeely, Tyler NU 2 SLASHING 05:52 PP
1st McCauley, Dennis NU 2 SLASHING 10:22 PP
1st Loprieno, Joe MER 2 DELAYING THE GAME 19:07 PP
1st Ginand, Ryan NU 2 O-INTERFERENCE 19:41 PP
2nd Jones, Matt MER 2 TRIPPING 00:51 PP
2nd Loprieno, Joe MER 2 TRIPPING 10:07 PP
2nd Pallardy, Derek MER 2 ROUGHING 12:41 PP
2nd Kraemer, Kyle NU 2 ROUGHING 12:41 PP
2nd Moulakelis, Matt MER 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 15:05 PP
2nd Farrell, Grant MER 5 BUTT-ENDING 17:04 PP
2nd Farrell, Grant MER 10 GAME MISCONDUCT 17:04
2nd Kane, Chris MER 2 SLASHING 17:34
2nd Vitale, Joe NU 2 SLASHING 17:34
3rd Nycholat, Dan NU 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 04:32 PP
3rd Kraemer, Kyle NU 2 HOOKING 05:28 PP
3rd McCauley, Dennis NU 2 TRIPPING 07:41 PP
Win-Thiessen, Brad (13-8-3). Loss-Braithwaite, Andrew (6-6-1).
Northeastern - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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26 Vitale, Joe 19 10
22 Costa, Greg 14 4
37 Rassey, Rob 8 4
10 Costello, Chad 5 7
3 Ginand, Ryan 5 10
13 Guzior, Randy 1 0
94 McNeely, Tyler 1 1
16 Kraemer, Kyle 0 1
Totals......... 53 37
Merrimack - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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14 Cucci, Joe 12 3
24 Ricci, Rob 12 16
25 Moulakelis, Matt 6 12
19 Pallardy, Derek 3 11
10 Kramer, Bobby 1 0
21 Ouimet, Francois 1 0
16 Robitaille, J.C. 1 1
11 Jones, Matt 1 7
15 Jamieson, John 0 1
13 Vaskivuo, Mike 0 2
Totals......... 37 53
Northeastern - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 01:08 01:20 00:12 1 0
1st 19:07 19:41 00:34 0 0
2nd 00:51 01:09 00:18 0 0
2nd 01:39 02:51 01:12 1 0
2nd 10:07 12:07 02:00 0 0
2nd 12:41 12:41 00:00 0 0
2nd 15:05 16:50 01:45 1 0 PPG
2nd 17:04 02:04 05:00 5 0
SUMMARY: 8 opps, 8 shots, 1 goal, time 11:01
Merrimack - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 03:08 03:20 00:12 0 1
1st 05:52 07:52 02:00 1 0
1st 10:22 12:22 02:00 1 0
2nd 14:41 14:41 00:00 0 0
3rd 04:32 05:11 00:39 2 0 PPG
3rd 05:28 06:06 00:38 1 0 PPG
3rd 07:41 09:41 02:00 0 1
SUMMARY: 7 opps, 5 shots, 2 goals, time 07:29
