Minnesota tops NU in OT
Jan. 3, 2009
Mariucci Arena (Minneapolis, Minn.)
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | Final |
| #6 Northeastern (12-4-2, 8-2-1 Hockey East) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| #4 Minnesota (10-3-5, 7-2-3 WCHA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
No. 6 Northeastern advanced to the final of the Dodge Holiday Classic and held a 2-1 lead but took a 3-2 overtime loss to No. 4 Minnesota on Saturday at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. Patrick White scored the game-winner for the Gophers seven seconds into a power play in overtime. Wade MacLeod and Tyler McNeely scored for Northeastern.
MacLeod, defenseman Louis Liotti and goaltender Brad Thiessen were named to the Dodge Holiday Classic All-Tournament team. White, forward Justin Bostrom and defenseman Aaron Ness were named to the All-Tournament team for Minnesota. Thiessen made 27 saves in the game. With the loss, Northeastern fell to 12-4-2 overall while Minnesota improved to 10-3-5 overall.
Northeastern scored the first goal of the game off a four-on-one rush. Liotti forced a turnover in the defensive zone and passed the puck to MacLeod, who took it all the way into the Minnesota zone. MacLeod had options but with Gopher defensemen chasing he opted for a strong wrist shot over the glove of Minnesota goalie Alex Kangas (26 saves) at 14:28 in the first period. It was his seventh goal of the season and extended his goal-scoring streak to three games.
Minnesota was able to tie it four minutes later on a play with Liotti in the penalty box for boarding. Jay Barriball passed the puck to Ness in the right circle and Ness fired the puck into the crease. It went off Tony Lucia's knee and into the net at 18:33 in the first period.
Northeastern was able to get the lead in the second period on a great play by McNeely. Thiessen cleared the puck to Dennis McCauley, and McCauley passed the puck ahead to McNeely in the neutral zone. McNeely took it up the left side with the puck on his forehand, faked a pass to the middle and backhanded it into the top right corner of the net, beating Kangas's glove. It was McNeely's seventh goal of the season.
The Gophers were also impressive in the second period, holding the puck in the Northeastern zone upwards of two minutes on one occasion, and outshooting the Huskies 12-7 in the second. Thiessen was stellar in the period. He stopped Ryan Stoa breakaway 4:00 into the second, one of his 12 saves in the frame. The Huskies were able to kill off a pair of Minnesota power plays in the second.
It was more back-and-forth action in the third. Early in the period, Minnesota's Ryan Flynn rang a shot off the post. McCauley had a similar play for the Huskies when his shot from the left circle hit the near post.
Ness scored the tying goal with a shot from the point at 11:32 in the third period. His slapshot went through a screen and into the top of the net, nearly getting deflected by Jake Hansen. The play was reviewed by the referees for possible high sticking by Hansen, but it was ruled a goal.
Northeastern had more chances late in the third period, including a MacLeod shot off the post on a three-on-one rush and a Ryan Ginand shot shortly after, but the game went into extras.
In overtime, Thiessen attempted to clear the puck off the glass but it went over and out of play. He took a penalty for delay of game at 1:31, setting up an overtime power play for the Gophers. Off the ensuing faceoff in the Northeastern zone, White streaked across the middle and backhanded the puck into the top of the net for the game-winner at 1:38 in OT.
The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Northeastern. It was just the second time this season that Northeastern allowed two power-play goals. It was senior forward Rob Rassey's 100th career game.
Northeastern resumes its Hockey East slate next weekend with a home-and-home series against Merrimack. The Huskies host Merrimack on Friday at 7 p.m. in a game that will be broadcast on 890 ESPN Boston and WRBB Radio and have live video on GoNU.TV. Saturday's game is at the Volpe Center at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on 890 ESPN Boston.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Northeastern University Hockey
#6 Northeastern vs #4 Minnesota (Jan 03, 2009 at Minneapolis, Minn.)
Northeastern (12-4-2) vs. Minnesota (10-3-5)
Date: Jan 03, 2009 Location: Minneapolis, Minn. Arena: Mariucci Arena
Attendance:9887 Start time:7:10 pm End time:9:45 pm Total time:2:35
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 14:28 NU EV MacLeod, Wade/7 Liotti, Louis/3 19,5,16,26,4 21,16,10,22,20
2 1st 18:33 MINN PP Tony Lucia/4 Aaron Ness/8 26,24,19,28 12,10,26,7,29
Jay Barriball/9
3 2nd 08:58 NU EV McNeely, Tyler/7 McCauley, Dennis/3 94,12,37,7,5 14,13,10,7,20
Thiessen, Brad/1
4 3rd 11:32 MINN EV Aaron Ness/1 Jake Hansen/2 18,10,4,6,27 10,21,20,6,22
David Fischer/11
5 OT 01:38 MINN PP Patrick White/3 Jay Barriball/10 24,37,23,28 7,26,29,10,12
Ryan Stoa/12
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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3 Ginand, Ryan........ 1 0 1 0 2 0
4 *Driscoll, Jim....... 0 0 1 0 1 0
5 Liotti, Louis....... 0 1 0 0 1 +2
6 *Strathman, David.... 0 1 1 0 2 -1
7 Nycholat, Dan....... 0 1 0 0 1 +1
10 Quailer, Steve...... 1 1 0 0 2 -1
12 McCauley, Dennis.... 1 0 2 0 3 +1
13 Guzior, Randy....... 0 0 0 0 0 0
16*Kraemer, Kyle....... 0 1 0 0 1 +1
18 McLaughlin, Mike.... 0 1 0 0 1 -1
19*MacLeod, Wade....... 1 0 2 0 3 +1
23 Donovan, Chris...... 0 1 0 0 1 0
24 Chisholm, Denis..... 0 1 0 0 1 0
26*Vitale, Joe......... 2 1 1 0 4 +1
27 Tuckerman, Alex..... 0 0 0 0 0 -1
28 Hewkin, Mike........ 0 1 0 0 1 0
37 Rassey, Rob......... 1 0 0 0 1 +1
39*Thiessen, Brad...... 0 0 0 0 0 0
94 McNeely, Tyler...... 1 2 0 0 3 +1
30 Binnington, Mike DNP
Totals.............. 8 12 8 0 28 +5
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Minnesota 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 Kevin Wehrs......... 0 1 0 0 1 0
3 Sam Lofquist........ 0 1 0 0 1 0
6 R.J. Anderson....... 0 1 2 0 3 +1
7 Patrick White....... 1 0 0 1 2 -1
10*Aaron Ness.......... 1 1 1 0 3 -1
12*Tony Lucia.......... 2 1 0 0 3 0
13 Nico Sacchetti...... 0 0 0 0 0 -1
14 Justin Bostrom...... 0 0 0 0 0 -1
15 Joe Miller.......... 0 0 3 0 3 0
16 Mike Carman......... 0 1 0 0 1 -1
18 Nick Larson......... 0 0 0 0 0 0
20*David Fischer....... 1 0 1 0 2 -1
21 Jake Hansen......... 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Ryan Flynn.......... 1 0 3 0 4 0
25 Drew Fisher......... 0 0 0 0 0 0
26*Jay Barriball....... 2 1 1 0 4 0
27 Brian Schack........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
29*Ryan Stoa........... 1 1 1 0 3 0
30 Jake Kremer DNP
35 Kent Patterson DNP
Totals.............. 9 8 12 1 30 -5
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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NU 1 1 0 0 - 2
MINN 1 0 1 1 - 3
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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NU 8 12 8 0 - 28
MINN 9 8 12 1 - 30
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd NU MINN
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1st 0-2 (2) 1-2 (2)
2nd 0-1 (1) 0-2 (0)
3rd 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0)
OT 0-0 (0) 1-1 (1)
Total 0-3 (3) 2-5 (3)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd NU MINN
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1st 4/8 4/8
2nd 4/8 3/6
3rd 0/0 0/0
OT 1/2 0/0
Total 9/18 7/14
Three stars:
1. Patrick White
2. Aaron Ness
3. Jay Barriball
Officials:
Referee:Brian Thul
Linesman:Scott Bokal
Linesman:Jeff Schultz
Goal judge:Chris Olsen
GOALTENDERS
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 OT Svs
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39 Thiessen, Brad...... OTL 61:38 3 0 8 8 11 0 27
Minnesota Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 OT Svs
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33 Alex Kangas......... W 61:38 2 0 7 11 8 0 26
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st Kevin Wehrs MINN 2 HOOKING 01:26 PP
1st Jake Hansen MINN 2 HOOKING 10:41 PP
1st Chisholm, Denis NU 2 ROUGHING 15:12
1st Jay Barriball MINN 2 ROUGHING 15:12
1st Tuckerman, Alex NU 2 ROUGHING 15:12
1st Ryan Stoa MINN 2 ROUGHING 15:12
1st Rassey, Rob NU 2 HOOKING 15:30 PP
1st Liotti, Louis NU 2 BOARDING 18:15 PP
2nd Jay Barriball MINN 2 DV 00:44
2nd Quailer, Steve NU 2 HOOKING 00:44
2nd Ginand, Ryan NU 2 HOLDING 01:21 PP
2nd Ginand, Ryan NU 2 GOALTENDER INTERFERE 13:00 PP
2nd David Fischer MINN 2 SLASHING 15:44 PP
2nd McCauley, Dennis NU 2 ROUGHING 17:59
2nd Ryan Stoa MINN 2 ROUGHING 17:59
OT Thiessen, Brad NU 2 DELAYING THE GAME 01:31 PP
Win-Alex Kangas (10-3-5). Loss-Thiessen, Brad (12-4-2).
Game 4 of Dodge Holiday Classic
Minnesota wins Dodge Holiday Classic with OT win.
Northeastern - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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26 Vitale, Joe 14 10
3 Ginand, Ryan 7 4
18 McLaughlin, Mike 5 9
37 Rassey, Rob 4 2
94 McNeely, Tyler 3 2
Totals......... 33 27
Minnesota - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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16 Mike Carman 14 10
29 Ryan Stoa 9 11
18 Nick Larson 2 5
7 Patrick White 2 7
Totals......... 27 33
Northeastern - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 01:26 03:26 02:00 2 0
1st 10:41 12:41 02:00 0 0
2nd 15:44 17:44 02:00 1 0
SUMMARY: 3 opps, 3 shots, 0 goals, time 06:00
Minnesota - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 15:30 17:30 02:00 0 0
1st 18:15 18:33 00:18 2 0 PPG
2nd 01:21 03:21 02:00 0 0
2nd 13:00 15:00 02:00 0 0
OT 01:31 01:38 00:07 1 0 PPG
SUMMARY: 5 opps, 3 shots, 2 goals, time 06:25
