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Northeastern 3, Maine 2 (OT)
Dec. 5, 2008
Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)

Team
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Final
Maine (7-5-1, 4-4-1 Hockey East)
0
2
0
0
2
#6/8 Northeastern (11-3-2, 8-2-1 Hockey East)
1
1
0
1
3

Senior defenseman Louis Liotti scored two goals, including the game-winner in overtime as the men's hockey team beat Maine 3-2 before a crowd of 4,475 on Friday night at Matthews Arena. Wade MacLeod also had a goal and an assist, Joe Vitale had a pair of assists and netminder Brad Thiessen made 31 saves. Maine got scores from Brian Flynn and Matt Duffy.

The win improved NU to 11-3-2 overall and 8-2-1 in Hockey East heading into the holiday break. Maine fell to 7-5-1 overall and 4-4-1 in Hockey East with the loss. It is the first time Northeastern swept a season series from Maine since 1984-85, the first season of Hockey East play.

Northeastern had a 2-0 lead before Maine scored twice late in the second period, evening it and sending the game into overtime. The Huskies had two good scoring opportunities early in the OT frame - first when a Vitale shot went wide on a two-on-one at 1:00 and the second on a Ryan Ginand shot a minute later which Maine goalie Scott Darling saved. Liotti was able to provide the game-winner wit assists from Mike McLaughlin and Denis Chisholm. Liotti had just two career goals coming into Friday's game. For McLaughlin, the assist was his first career point.

The Huskies got on the board first when MacLeod scored at 18:59 in the first period. Jim Driscoll passed the puck to MacLeod on the left side and MacLeod brought it to the center and fired it into the crowd for the goal.

The Huskies were able to up their lead to 2-0 with Liotti's power-play goal at 9:10 in the second period. Maine's Will O'Neill was whistled for a five-minute major for hitting from behind and a game misconduct at 8:58, setting up the NU advantage. The Huskies cycled the puck around with MacLeod dishing to Vitale, who passed it to Liotti in the left circle. Liotti skated in and shot the puck past Darling for his second goal of the night.

Maine was able to claw back into the game before the end of the second frame. On an odd-man rush, Flynn scored on a huge rebound of a Keif Orsini shot at 14:48.

Steve Silva was called for contact to the head-roughing at 17:43 and David Strathman was called for a five-minute major for hitting from behind and a game misconduct at 18:068, giving Maine a five-on-three for 1:37. The Black Bears capitalized with a perfect cycle as Josh Van Dyk passed it to Gustav Nyquist and Nyquist passed it to a wide-open Duffy, who buried it at 19:09 to even the score.

Maine continued with the advantage for the first 3:06 of the third period but couldn't get a lead. The Black Bears outshot NU 10-6 in the third and 33-26 in the game but Thiessen held strong for his 11th win of the season. Darling made 23 stops in the game.

Northeastern is off until the Dodge Holiday Classic Jan. 2-3 in Minneapolis, Minn. Northeastern plays Western Michigan in the first round and Minnesota or Brown the next day. The games will be broadcast live on 890 ESPN Boston.

Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Northeastern University Hockey
Maine vs #6 Northeastern (Dec 05, 2008 at Boston, MA)


Maine (7-5-1, 4-4-1 HEA) vs. Northeastern (11-3-2, 8-2-1 HEA)
Date: Dec 05, 2008  Location: Boston, MA            Arena: Matthews Arena
Attendance:4475   Start time:7:05 PM   End time:9:27 PM   Total time:2:22



 # Prd Time Team Typ Scored By               Assists             Visitor On Ice   Home On Ice
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 1st 18:59 NU   EV MacLeod, Wade/5         Driscoll, Jim/3     29,44,10,5,89    94,6,19,4,26
                                             Vitale, Joe/6
 2 2nd 09:10 NU   PP Liotti, Louis/1         MacLeod, Wade/7     15,21,22,6       5,19,94,3,26
                                             Vitale, Joe/7
 3 2nd 14:48 MAIN EV Flynn, Brian/4          Orsini, Keif/4      10,18,89,44,6    12,18,4,6,37
                                             Hegarty, Ryan/1
 4 2nd 19:09 MAIN PP Duffy, Matt/1           Nyquist, Gustav/6   21,89,5,29,10    17,5,37
                                             Van Dyk, Josh/6
 5 OT  02:29 NU   EV Liotti, Louis/2         McLaughlin, Mike/1  44,37,13,6       5,18,24,19
                                             Chisholm, Denis/3

TEAM SUMMARY

                        |-Shots by Prd-|
## Maine                 1  2  3    Tot +/-
-------------------------------------------
5 *Van Dyk, Josh.......  0  2  2  0   4  -1
6  Dimmen, Jeff........  1  0  0  0   1   0
7  Marshall, Jeff......  1  0  0  0   1   0
10*Flynn, Brian........  0  4  1  0   5   0
13 Abbott, Spencer.....  0  0  1  0   1  -1
15 Belmore, Glenn......  0  2  1  0   3   0
17 Swallow, Kevin......  0  1  0  0   1   0
18 Orsini, Keif........  0  1  0  0   1  +1
21 Duffy, Matt.........  1  1  1  0   3   0
22 Randall, Lem........  2  0  1  0   3   0
23 Dee, Robby..........  0  1  0  0   1   0
27 O'Neill, Will.......  1  0  0  0   1   0
29*House, Tanner.......  0  2  0  0   2  -1
37 Hahn, Chris.........  0  1  1  0   2  -1
38*Darling, Scott......  0  0  0  0   0   0
40 Carriere, Brett.....  0  0  0  0   0   0
44 Hegarty, Ryan.......  0  0  0  0   0  -1
79*Danis-Pepin, Simon..  0  1  0  0   1   0
89*Nyquist, Gustav.....  1  0  2  0   3   0
33 Wilson, Dave         DNP
   Totals..............  7 16 10  0  33  -4


                        |-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern          1  2  3    Tot +/-
-------------------------------------------
3  Ginand, Ryan........  3  1  2  1   7   0
4 *Driscoll, Jim.......  0  0  0  0   0   0
5  Liotti, Louis.......  0  1  0  1   2  +1
6 *Strathman, David....  2  0  0  0   2   0
7  Nycholat, Dan.......  0  0  0  0   0   0
10 Quailer, Steve......  0  1  0  0   1   0
12 McCauley, Dennis....  1  0  0  0   1  -1
13 Guzior, Randy.......  0  0  0  0   0   0
17 Silva, Steve........  0  0  0  0   0   0
18 McLaughlin, Mike....  1  0  2  0   3   0
19*MacLeod, Wade.......  1  0  0  0   1  +2
22 Costa, Greg.........  0  0  1  0   1   0
23 Donovan, Chris......  2  1  0  0   3   0
24 Chisholm, Denis.....  0  1  1  0   2  +1
26*Vitale, Joe.........  0  1  0  0   1  +1
27 Tuckerman, Alex.....  0  0  0  0   0   0
28 Hewkin, Mike........  1  0  0  0   1   0
37 Rassey, Rob.........  0  0  0  0   0  -1
94*McNeely, Tyler......  0  1  0  0   1  +1
30 Binnington, Mike     DNP
   Totals.............. 11  7  6  2  26  +4


Goals by Period
Team   1  2  3 OT  Tot
----------------------
MAIN   0  2  0  0 -  2
NU     1  1  0  1 -  3

Shots by Period
Team   1  2  3 OT  Tot
----------------------
MAIN   7 16 10  0 - 33
NU    11  7  6  2 - 26

Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd     MAINE        NU
-----------------------------
1st    0-2 (3)     0-3 (5)
2nd    1-1 (7)     1-3 (4)
3rd    0-2 (2)     0-1 (2)
OT     0-0 (0)     0-0 (0)
Total  1-5 (12)    1-7 (11)

Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd     MAINE      NU
-------------------------
1st      5/10      4/8
2nd      3/17      4/19
3rd      1/2       1/2
OT       1/2       1/2
Total   10/31     10/31

Three stars:
1. Liotti, Louis
2. Thiessen, Brad
3. Duffy, Matt

Officials:
Referee:J Bunyon, K Keenan
Linesman:Chris Low
Linesman:Tim Low

GOALTENDERS

Maine                   Dec  MIN  GA EN   1  2  3 OT Svs
--------------------------------------------------------
38 Darling, Scott...... OTL 62:29  3  0  10  6  6  1  23

Northeastern            Dec  MIN  GA EN   1  2  3 OT Svs
--------------------------------------------------------
39 Thiessen, Brad......  W  62:29  2  0   7 14 10  0  31


PENALTY SUMMARY

Prd Player               Team Min Offense              Time
------------------------------------------------------------
1st House, Tanner        MAIN   2 O-INTERFERENCE       00:23 PP
1st Vitale, Joe          NU     2 ROUGHING             00:52
1st O'Neill, Will        MAIN   2 ROUGHING             00:52
1st O'Neill, Will        MAIN   2 HIT AFTER WHISTLE    00:52
1st Vitale, Joe          NU     2 HIT AFTER WHISTLE    00:52
1st Hegarty, Ryan        MAIN   2 ELBOWING             04:19 PP
1st Silva, Steve         NU     2 HOOKING              05:58 PP
1st Strathman, David     NU     2 HITTING FROM BEHIND  09:50 PP
1st Randall, Lem         MAIN   2 SLASHING             15:59 PP
2nd Dimmen, Jeff         MAIN   2 CROSS-CHECKING       05:03 PP
2nd O'Neill, Will        MAIN   5 HITTING FROM BEHIND  08:58 PP
2nd O'Neill, Will        MAIN  10 GAME MISCONDUCT      08:58
2nd Strathman, David     NU     2 O-INTERFERENCE       10:28 PP
2nd Silva, Steve         NU     2 CONTACT TO THE HEAD  17:43 PP
2nd Strathman, David     NU     5 HITTING FROM BEHIND  18:06 PP
2nd Strathman, David     NU    10 GAME MISCONDUCT      18:06
3rd Vitale, Joe          NU     2 HOOKING              06:21 PP
3rd Belmore, Glenn       MAIN   2 HOOKING              11:34 PP
 OT Donovan, Chris       NU     2 SLASHING             02:05
 OT Darling, Scott       MAIN   2 SLASHING             02:05

Win-Thiessen, Brad (11-3-2).  Loss-Darling, Scott (5-3-1).


Maine - Faceoffs

## Player                W  L
------------------------------
37 Hahn, Chris          14 10
29 House, Tanner         7 13
18 Orsini, Keif          6  3
7  Marshall, Jeff        4  7
17 Swallow, Kevin        2  0
89 Nyquist, Gustav       1  0
22 Randall, Lem          1  1
23 Dee, Robby            1  2
15 Belmore, Glenn        0  1
   Totals.........      36 37

Northeastern - Faceoffs

## Player                W  L
------------------------------
26 Vitale, Joe          15  9
17 Silva, Steve          9  8
22 Costa, Greg           4  5
3  Ginand, Ryan          3  3
37 Rassey, Rob           3  6
10 Quailer, Steve        1  0
94 McNeely, Tyler        1  2
27 Tuckerman, Alex       1  3
   Totals.........      37 36


Maine - Power Play Summary

Prd Start  End  Elapse Shots (Opp)
----------------------------------
1st 06:19 07:58  01:39     2     0
1st 09:50 11:50  02:00     1     0
2nd 17:43 19:43  02:00     5     0 PPG
2nd 19:43 03:06  03:23     2     0
3rd 06:21 08:21  02:00     2     0
SUMMARY: 5 opps, 12 shots, 1 goal, time 11:02

Northeastern - Power Play Summary

Prd Start  End  Elapse Shots (Opp)
----------------------------------
1st 00:23 02:23  02:00     3     0
1st 04:19 05:58  01:39     1     0
1st 15:59 17:59  02:00     1     0
2nd 05:03 07:03  02:00     2     0
2nd 08:58 09:10  00:12     1     0 PPG
2nd 09:10 10:28  01:18     0     0
2nd 12:28 13:58  01:30     1     0
3rd 11:34 13:34  02:00     2     0
SUMMARY: 7 opps, 11 shots, 1 goal, time 12:39


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