|   Matthews Arena set a new student attendance record of 2,724. |
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Huskies beat Bentley at sold-out Matthews Arena
Oct. 16, 2009
Matthews Arena (Boston, Mass.)
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Bentley (0-1-0) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Northeastern (2-1-0) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
In front of a sold-out Matthews Arena crowd, the No. 20 Huskies put on a powerplay extravaganza and used three-extra man goals to propel Northeastern to a 3-2 victory against Bentley University in the home opener.
In the victory, it was the first points of the season for all six Huskies who found their way onto the score sheet.
Freshman Jake Newton registered his first-career multi-point performance by taking advantage of the power play and assisted on junior Steve Silva’s first marker of the year, also acting as the game-winner. Silva reciprocated on Newton’s tally for his first multi-point outing of the year, 10th of his career.
Junior forward Wade MacLeod, the 2008-09 points leader, returned to the scoring column with a pair of assists, marking his 15th career multi-point game.
Rookie Justin Daniels, sidelined with an injury the first two tilts, notched his first-career goal on his first-ever shot for Northeastern’s first marker of the match. Senior Kyle Kraemer and sophomore Mike McLaughlin aided on the play, marking their first points of 2009-10.
“I give a tremendous amount of credit to Bentley,” head coach Greg Cronin said. “We had significant time on the power play tonight, but they played us tough when it was five-on-five.”
Freshman netminder Chris Rawlings strung together his second-consecutive victory by stopping 27 shots on 29 attempts. Friday’s game was Rawlings third-straight start between the pipes for Northeastern.
“Rawlings was vital on the 5-on-3,” Cronin said. “He did very well with the rebounds tonight. You know a goaltender is doing well when he directs where the shots are going.”
Bentley attacked in the early goings of the first, but after an officials review, the goal was disallowed because of a high stick. Luckily for the Falcons, Marc Menzione officially made it 1-0 visitors after McLaughlin was sent off for interference at 8:30. A slapshot from the top of the right circle 21 seconds later gave Bentley the early edge.
Following a couple offensive exchanges, Northeastern took the draw in Bentley’s zone a man up and reaped the benefits. The Huskies won the face-off and as the puck was lying untouched, Kraemer nudged the disc over to (Justin) Daniels. Daniels wasted no time and released a quick snapshot that Falcons’ goaltender Kyle Rank didn’t even see. Daniels’ equalizer came at 11:10.
Newton put away what proved to be the game-winner at 6:09 of the second session. Micah Williams was whistled for offensive interference at 4:15. After Silva cycled the puck down to MacLeod behind the net, Newton appeared in the slot and was delivered a perfect pass to be one-timed past Rank for the 2-1 lead.
The Huskies were bestowed with a 5-on-3 situation with about five minutes remaining in the second. Bentley staved off the first offense, but Silva stymied Rank with a fantastic follow-up off of Newton’s initial shot. Silva had a sight line to the back of the net and converted for the 3-1 advantage at 14:49.
Bentley sent one home with an extra attacker with 16 seconds remaining in the game to inch within one, 3-2, but Northeastern held on for the victory in front of the Husky faithful.
Along with the fiery play of the freshmen class, fourth-year blueliner David Strathman celebrated his 100th-career game wearing a Northeastern sweater in the triumph.
With tonight’s contest being the first regular season game after all of
the renovations to Matthews Arena, the Northeastern student body set a
record attendance of 2,724. The home opener’s total attendance was
4,666.
The Huskies initiate Hockey East play when they travel to Durham, N.H. to take on the University of New Hampshire on Friday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Friday’s contest is also Northeastern’s first televised game. Fans can tune in to the action at the Whittemore Center on NESN.
Bentley University vs Northeastern (Oct 16, 2009)
* Box Score
Hockey Game Box Score
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
The Automated ScoreBook
Bentley University vs #20 Northeastern (Oct 16, 2009 at Boston, Mass.)
Bentley University (0-1-0) vs. Northeastern (2-1-0)
Date: Oct 16, 2009 Location: Boston, Mass. Arena: Matthews Arena
Attendance:4666 Start time:7 p.m. End time:9:20 pm Total time:2:20
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 08:51 BEN PP Marc Menzione/1 Bobby Preece/1 19,24,7,23,3 4,17,94,28
Erik Peterson/1
2 1st 11:10 NU PP Daniels, Justin/1 Kraemer, Kyle/1 23,6,11,26 11,28,16,4,18
McLaughlin, Mike/1
3 2nd 06:09 NU PP Newton, Jake/1 MacLeod, Wade/1 7,26,11,4 5,17,19,6,94
Silva, Steve/1
4 2nd 14:59 NU PP Silva, Steve/1 Newton, Jake/1 19,24,4,7 5,17,19,6,94
MacLeod, Wade/2
5 3rd 19:44 BEN EX Erik Peterson/1 Bobby Preece/2 7,24,19,3,16,23 19,21,94,3
Marc Menzione/1
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Bentley University 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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3 Tyler Quartuccio.... 0 0 1 1 0
4 Mike Switzer........ 0 1 0 1 0
5 *Micah Williams...... 0 0 0 0 0
6 Trent Bonnett....... 0 0 0 0 0
7 Erik Peterson....... 1 0 3 4 0
9 Brendan Harrison.... 0 0 2 2 0
11*Jamie Nudy.......... 0 1 1 2 0
13 Dan Koudys.......... 1 1 0 2 0
14 Kane Osmars......... 0 0 0 0 0
16 Joe Campanelli...... 0 0 2 2 0
18 Aaron Stonacek...... 1 0 0 1 0
19*Marc Menzione....... 1 0 2 3 0
21 Herbie Kent......... 0 0 1 1 0
22 Jordy Trottier...... 0 0 0 0 0
23*Dustin Cloutier..... 2 0 4 6 0
24*Bobby Preece........ 0 0 1 1 0
26 Anders Olson........ 0 0 0 0 0
27 Justin Kemmerer..... 2 1 0 3 0
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0
1 Kyle Rank DNP
31 Nick Vitale DNP
Totals.............. 8 4 17 29 0
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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3 Student, Chris...... 0 0 0 0 0
4 *Driscoll, Jim....... 0 1 1 2 0
5 Newton, Jake........ 1 2 3 6 0
6 Strathman, David.... 0 0 1 1 0
9 Vermeersch, Garrett. 0 0 0 0 0
11 Daniels, Justin..... 1 0 0 1 0
13 Guzior, Randy....... 1 3 0 4 0
16 Kraemer, Kyle....... 1 0 0 1 0
17*Silva, Steve........ 0 1 1 2 0
18 McLaughlin, Mike.... 1 0 0 1 0
19*MacLeod, Wade....... 2 1 1 4 0
21 Muench, Drew........ 0 1 0 1 0
22 Costa, Greg......... 1 0 0 1 0
24 Daniels, Drew....... 0 0 0 0 0
28*Hewkin, Mike........ 0 0 0 0 0
29 Lipinski, Matt...... 2 0 0 2 0
91 Vrolyk, Robbie...... 1 0 2 3 0
94*McNeely, Tyler...... 0 0 1 1 0
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0
30 Binnington, Mike DNP
46 Mountain, Bryan DNP
Totals.............. 11 9 10 30 0
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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BEN 1 0 1 - 2
NU 1 2 0 - 3
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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BEN 8 4 17 - 29
NU 11 9 10 - 30
Power Play Goals-Attempts (Shots)
Prd BEN NU
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1st 1-1 (1) 1-3 (3)
2nd 0-0 (0) 2-4 (5)
3rd 1-3 (4) 0-2 (5)
Total 2-4 (5) 3-9 (13)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd BEN NU
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1st 3/6 1/2
2nd 5/10 1/2
3rd 2/4 3/6
Total 10/20 5/10
Three stars:
1. Newton, Jake
2. Silva, Steve
3. MacLeod, Wade
Officials:
Referee:Tom Fryer
Referee:Jack Millea
Assistant:Chris Millea
Assistant:Frank Keogh
Scorer:Asha Michener
GOALTENDERS
Bentley University Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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35 Joe Calvi........... L 58:38 3 0 10 7 10 27
TM EMPTY NET........... 01:22 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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37 Rawlings, Chris..... W 59:52 2 0 7 4 16 27
TM EMPTY NET........... 00:08 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st McLaughlin, Mike NU 2 INTERFERENCE 08:30 PP
1st Kane Osmars BEN 2 TRIPPING 09:19 PP
1st Mike Switzer BEN 2 CTH HIGH-STICKING 13:06 PP
1st Kane Osmars BEN 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 16:26 PP
2nd Micah Williams BEN 2 O-INTERFERENCE 04:15 PP
2nd Dustin Cloutier BEN 2 HOOKING 08:13 PP
2nd Jordy Trottier BEN 2 HOLDING 12:27 PP
2nd TEAM BEN 2 TOO MANY PLAYERS ON 13:20 PP
2nd Bobby Preece BEN 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 14:59
2nd MacLeod, Wade NU 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 14:59
3rd Strathman, David NU 2 HOLDING 01:32 PP
3rd Muench, Drew NU 2 CTH ROUGHING 02:24 PP
3rd Bobby Preece BEN 2 HIGH STICKING 09:59 PP
3rd Mike Switzer BEN 2 CROSS-CHECKING 15:14 PP
3rd McLaughlin, Mike NU 2 SLASHING 18:52 PP
Win-Rawlings, Chris (2-1-0). Loss-Joe Calvi (0-1-0).
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
The Automated ScoreBook
Bentley University vs #20 Northeastern (Oct 16, 2009 at Boston, Mass.)
Bentley University - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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23 Dustin Cloutier 12 10
27 Justin Kemmerer 8 9
18 Aaron Stonacek 5 13
19 Marc Menzione 2 2
22 Jordy Trottier 2 5
16 Joe Campanelli 1 1
7 Erik Peterson 1 1
Totals......... 31 41
Northeastern - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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17 Silva, Steve 13 8
18 McLaughlin, Mike 8 3
11 Daniels, Justin 8 5
9 Vermeersch, Garrett 6 5
94 McNeely, Tyler 3 2
22 Costa, Greg 3 5
13 Guzior, Randy 0 1
19 MacLeod, Wade 0 2
Totals......... 41 31
Bentley University - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 08:30 08:51 00:21 1 0 PPG
3rd 01:32 02:24 00:52 2 0
3rd 02:24 02:24 00:00 0 0
3rd 18:52 19:44 00:52 2 0 PPG
SUMMARY: 4 opps, 5 shots, 2 goals, time 02:05
Northeastern - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 09:19 11:10 01:51 1 2 PPG
1st 13:06 15:06 02:00 1 0
1st 16:26 18:26 02:00 1 1
2nd 04:15 06:09 01:54 2 1 PPG
2nd 08:13 10:13 02:00 0 0
2nd 12:27 13:20 00:53 0 0
2nd 13:20 15:20 02:00 3 0 PPG
3rd 09:59 11:59 02:00 4 0
3rd 15:14 17:14 02:00 1 1
SUMMARY: 9 opps, 13 shots, 3 goals, time 16:38
Penalty shots - None.
