|   The Huskies celebrate after Alex Tuckerman's game-winning goal. |
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NU advances with 3-2 win over UMass
March 15, 2009
Matthews Arena (Boston, Mass.)
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | Final |
| Massachusetts (16-20-3, 10-14-3 HEA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| #4 Northeastern (25-10-4, 18-6-3 HEA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Brad Thiessen made 35 saves in the Huskies' win over UMass.
Freshman Alex Tuckerman scored at 10:26 in overtime to lift Northeastern to a 3-2 win over Massachusetts and a Hockey East Quarterfinal win over the Minutemen on Sunday night at Matthews Arena. It was Tuckerman's second goal of the game. UMass defenseman Matt Irwin scored an extra-attacker goal with 35 seconds left in regulation to force the extra period.
"I thought we played really well tonight, I really did," said head coach Greg Cronin. "I thought we had a real identity right out of the gate, we were driving the net really well, we were moving our feet in cycles, we had some quality chances. There was just a real good rhythm in the way we played."
Northeastern advanced to the Hockey East Semifinals against UMass Lowell on Friday at the TD Banknorth Garden. It's Northeastern's first semifinal appearance since 1993-94. It was Northeastern's 25th win of the season, tying the school record set back in 1981-82. Northeastern became the fifth team ever to win a best-of-three Hockey East Quarterfinal series after losing the first game. Boston College and Boston University will play in the other semifinal on Friday at 8 p.m., with the championship game on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Northeastern improved to 25-10-4 overall while Massachusetts finishes the season 16-20-3 overall. Northeastern earned the No. 2 seed in the Hockey East Tournament with an 18-6-3 Hockey East and Massachusetts came in seventh at 10-14-3 Hockey East.
On the winning play, Tuckerman and Steve Quailer were clogged behind the net with a pair of UMass players. Quailer chipped it free to Tuckerman, who took it around the right side and shot it off a defender's stick and under the crossbar for the game-winner at 10:26 in overtime.
Irwin forced overtime at 19:25 in the third period. Down 2-1, Massachusetts called a timeout with 1:14 left in the third period. Massachusetts goalie Paul Dainton was off the ice shortly after the ensuing faceoff for an extra attacker. Northeastern cleared the zone once but didn't get the empty netter and UMass got it back in. A Northeastern defenseman tried to clear the puck and Marcou intercepted it along the right boards and passed it to Irwin at the point. Irwin fired a shot through traffic into the back of the net to tie it up at 19:25 and force overtime.
UMass's James Marcou scored the first goal of the game at 2:06 in the second period. Marcou passed the puck to defenseman Matt Irwin, who shot the puck in from the left point. Marcou batted the loose puck into the net for the score.
Northeastern came back with a pair of goals within 38 seconds of each other. Mike McLaughlin passed the puck to J.P. Maley at the point and Maley fed a pass to Tuckerman in the right circle. Tuckerman shot it through traffic to make it 1-1 at 10:51 in the second period.
Senior Ryan Ginand made it 2-1 Huskies at 11:29 in the second period. Chris Donovan blocked a shot, then got control of the puck and passed it to Ginand, who took the puck up ice for a three-on-one. He faked a pass, then roofed it over Dainton for the score. It held at 2-1 until the final minute of regulation.
The first period went scoreless with Northeastern outshooting UMass 13-9. Two penalties were called, interference on NU's Louis Liotti at 2:01 and elbowing on UMass's Scott Crowder at 11:22.
Huskies goalie Brad Thiessen made 35 saves in the game while Dainton made 36. It was the 24th time this season Thiessen allowed two goals or less, and Northeastern is 19-1-4 in those games.
Northeastern makes its sixth-ever Hockey East semifinal appearance on Friday at 5 p.m. against UMass Lowell. Both semifinal games and the championship game on Saturday at 8 p.m. will be televised live on NESN. Northeastern's games will be broadcast live on 890 ESPN Boston and WRBB Radio.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Northeastern University Hockey
Massachusetts vs #4 Northeastern (Mar 15, 2009 at Boston, MA)
Massachusetts (16-20-3, 10-14-3 HEA) vs. Northeastern (25-10-4, 18-6-3 HEA)
Date: Mar 15, 2009 Location: Boston, MA Arena: Matthews Arena
Attendance:3722 Start time:7:05 PM End time:9:44 PM Total time:2:39
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 2nd 02:06 UMAS PP Marcou, James/15 Irwin, Matt/11 19,44,27,17,12 28,37,24
Quirk, Cory/19
2 2nd 10:51 NU PP Tuckerman, Alex/7 Maley, J.P./2 25,4,24,2 27,8,18,10,5
McLaughlin, Mike/5
3 2nd 11:29 NU EV Ginand, Ryan/20 Donovan, Chris/10 12,19,22,14,44 3,23,24,28,17
4 3rd 19:25 UMAS EX Irwin, Matt/7 Marcou, James/32 44,19,27,12,24,7 19,5,4,23,26
5 OT 10:26 NU EV Tuckerman, Alex/8 Quailer, Steve/15 24,9,7,5,44 27,10,5,8,18
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Massachusetts 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 *Nolet, Martin....... 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Wessbecker, John.... 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 Bevis, Topher....... 0 0 0 0 0 -1
7 Wellman, Casey...... 1 0 0 1 2 0
9 Saunders, Shawn..... 1 1 0 1 3 -1
11 Davis, Chris........ 1 0 1 1 3 0
12 Quirk, Cory......... 0 1 2 0 3 0
14 Syner, T.J.......... 1 2 2 1 6 -1
15*Keane, Brian........ 0 0 2 0 2 0
16*Crowder, Scott...... 1 0 2 0 3 0
17 Langeraap, Chase.... 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Kublin, Doug........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Marcou, James....... 0 3 0 0 3 0
22 Marcou, Michael..... 1 0 0 0 1 -1
24 Berry, Alex......... 1 2 1 0 4 0
25 Lecomte, Michael.... 0 0 0 0 0 0
26*Watson, Brett....... 0 0 1 1 2 0
27*Braun, Justin....... 0 2 0 0 2 +1
44 Irwin, Matt......... 1 0 1 0 2 -1
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Meyers, Dan DNP
Totals.............. 9 11 12 5 37 -4
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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3 Ginand, Ryan........ 2 3 3 0 8 +1
4 *Driscoll, Jim....... 1 0 0 0 1 -1
5 Liotti, Louis....... 0 1 0 0 1 0
6 *Strathman, David.... 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 Maley, J.P.......... 0 1 0 1 2 +1
10 Quailer, Steve...... 0 0 0 1 1 +1
12 McCauley, Dennis.... 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 Kraemer, Kyle....... 0 0 1 0 1 0
17*Silva, Steve........ 0 1 0 0 1 +1
18 McLaughlin, Mike.... 0 0 0 0 0 +1
19 MacLeod, Wade....... 3 2 1 0 6 -1
22*Costa, Greg......... 0 1 0 0 1 0
23*Donovan, Chris...... 1 1 0 0 2 0
24 Chisholm, Denis..... 0 1 0 0 1 +1
26 Vitale, Joe......... 2 0 0 2 4 -1
27 Tuckerman, Alex..... 2 2 1 1 6 +1
28 Hewkin, Mike........ 0 1 0 1 2 +1
37 Rassey, Rob......... 0 0 0 0 0 0
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Binnington, Mike DNP
Totals.............. 13 14 6 6 39 +5
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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UMAS 0 1 1 0 - 2
NU 0 2 0 1 - 3
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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UMAS 9 11 12 5 - 37
NU 13 14 6 6 - 39
Power Play Goals-Attempts (Shots)
Prd UMASS NU
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1st 0-1 (1) 0-1 (2)
2nd 1-3 (5) 1-2 (4)
3rd 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0)
OT 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0)
Total 1-4 (6) 1-3 (6)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd UMASS NU
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1st 1/2 1/2
2nd 2/4 3/6
3rd 0/0 0/0
OT 1/2 1/2
Total 4/8 5/10
Three stars:
1. Tuckerman, Alex
2. Irwin, Matt
3. Thiessen, Brad
Officials:
Referee:J.Bunyon,T.Benedetto
Linesman:Bob Bernard
Linesman:Chris Aughe
GOALTENDERS
Massachusetts Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 OT Svs
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31 Dainton, Paul....... OTL 69:50 3 0 13 12 6 5 36
TM EMPTY NET........... 00:36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 OT Svs
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39 Thiessen, Brad...... W 70:26 2 0 9 10 11 5 35
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st Liotti, Louis NU 2 O-INTERFERENCE 02:01 PP
1st Crowder, Scott UMAS 2 ELBOWING 11:22 PP
2nd Donovan, Chris NU 2 TRIPPING 01:22 PP
2nd Maley, J.P. NU 2 INTERFERENCE 01:39 PP
2nd Wessbecker, John UMAS 2 INTERFERENCE 05:56 PP
2nd Quirk, Cory UMAS 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 09:15 PP
2nd Chisholm, Denis NU 2 O-INTERFERENCE 13:58 PP
OT Nolet, Martin UMAS 2 ROUGHING 02:05
OT Tuckerman, Alex NU 2 ROUGHING 02:05
Win-Thiessen, Brad (25-10-4). Loss-Dainton, Paul (12-14-1).
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Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Northeastern University Hockey
Massachusetts vs #4 Northeastern (Mar 15, 2009 at Boston, MA)
Massachusetts - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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26 Watson, Brett 10 10
7 Wellman, Casey 8 8
12 Quirk, Cory 8 13
17 Langeraap, Chase 2 3
25 Lecomte, Michael 2 3
14 Syner, T.J. 1 0
18 Kublin, Doug 1 0
24 Berry, Alex 1 3
16 Crowder, Scott 0 1
15 Keane, Brian 0 1
Totals......... 33 42
Northeastern - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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17 Silva, Steve 15 6
26 Vitale, Joe 14 9
37 Rassey, Rob 6 5
18 McLaughlin, Mike 5 7
3 Ginand, Ryan 1 0
22 Costa, Greg 1 3
23 Donovan, Chris 0 1
19 MacLeod, Wade 0 2
Totals......... 42 33
Massachusetts - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 02:01 04:01 02:00 1 0
2nd 01:22 01:39 00:17 0 0
2nd 01:39 02:06 00:27 2 0 PPG
2nd 13:58 15:58 02:00 3 0
SUMMARY: 4 opps, 6 shots, 1 goal, time 04:44
Northeastern - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 11:22 13:22 02:00 2 0
2nd 05:56 07:56 02:00 3 0
2nd 09:15 10:51 01:36 1 0 PPG
SUMMARY: 3 opps, 6 shots, 1 goal, time 05:36
Penalty shots - None.
