|   Freshman Robbie Vroylk registered his first-career assist on Friday night. He has two points this season. |
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MacLeod's two tallies too late in Hockey East opener
Oct. 23, 2009
Towse Rink at Whittemore Center (Durham, N.H.)
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| Northeastern (2-2-0 (0-1-0)) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| New Hampshire (1-2-1 (1-0-0)) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Junior forward Wade MacLeod scored two goals in the third period but Northeastern was not able to surmount New Hampshire’s early lead as the Huskies lost its Hockey East opener, 4-2, in front of 6,501 in Towse Rink at the Whittemore Center.
The loss drops Northeastern to 2-2-0, 0-1-0 in Hockey East while New Hampshire climbs to 1-2-1, 1-0-0 on the season.
MacLeod’s first marker came in power play fashion, extending the Huskies extra-man scoring streak to four games. The third-year forward registered his fourth-career two-goal game and 16th-career multi-point performance. The Coquitlam, British Columbia native also posted the first two-goal outing for Northeastern this season.
Freshman Robbie Vrolyk attained his first-career assist, second point of the season, on the powerplay scoring strike while senior defenseman Jim Driscoll secured his second helper of the year on MacLeod’s second tally.
Northeastern moved the puck well in the early parts of the first period, but the Wildcats applied heavy pressure throughout the duration and outshot the Huskies, 34-16. Rookie goaltender Chris Rawlings made 30 saves on the night, extending his career total to 124 stops through four starts.
New Hampshire broke into the scoring column at 14:41 of the first. Blake Kessel put the initial shot on net from the left point and Rawlings was not able to fully corrall the puck. Bobby Butler’s second attempt in the charge was blocked, but Dalton Speelman cleaned up the carom on the near right post for the early 1-0 edge.
The Wildcats doubled up quickly in the second period 24 seconds in. UNH scored in a similar fashion as their first tally, attacking Rawlings in close. Butler made the initial shot, followed by a pipe ringer from Peter LeBlanc. The puck lurched back to Speelman who finished off the job for his second tally of the night to extend the lead, 2-0.
In the same stanza, a hooking penalty form sophomore Alex Tuckerman at 4:02 gave way to a 3-0 advantage for the home team via the powerplay. The Wildcats worked their extra-man offense down to the extended goal line where Butler received a dish from Matt Campanale. Butler unleashed a dart parallel with the near post that snuck behind Rawlings at 5:55.
Northeastern cut the lead to 3-1 at 4:43 in the third on a crisp one-time pass from Vrolyk to MacLeod. The Huskies earned a 5-on-3 at 3:24 after Kessel and Mike Beck were whistled for interference and holding, respectively. NU almost converted immediately after the first faceoff, but in its second cycle, the Huskies cleanly won the draw, allowing Vrolyk to sail the puck to MacLeod in the slot who was waiting to deliver the slapshot from top right circle.
New Hampshire added to its buffer at 11:43 in a 4-on-3 situation. Mike Sislo fired a quick slapshot touched back to him by Kessel on the faceoff to stay ahead, 4-1.
MacLeod logged his second tally on a turnover in New Hampshire’s zone. Driscoll forced UNH’s defense to cough up the puck in front of the cage. MacLeod zeroed in on the loose puck and jetted down the left side through the seam and lifted it over Brian Foster’s glove at 14:20. MacLeod’s efforts were not enough as the final remained at 4-2.
Northeastern is now 2-2-1 in Hockey East road openers under the direction of head coach Greg Cronin.
Northeastern travels to Tsongas Arena for a 5 p.m. tilt against UMass Lowell as part of the Huskies’ second installment of a 12-game Hockey East stretch. Northeastern seeks revenge against the River Hawks in a Hockey East semifinals rematch from a year ago.
Catch a replay of Friday night’s game on the NHL Network on Saturday, Oct. 24 at noon. Also, Associate Athletics Director for Communications Jack Grinold will appear on the radio debut of 'College Hockey All-Access' featured on the NHL HOME ICE channel. The program will be aired this Saturday, Oct. 24. at 11 a.m. with a re-broadcast on Sunday at noon. The airing of this new program can be heard on XM 204 and Sirius 208. Grinold, a member of the Massachusetts Hockey Hall of Fame, will discuss Northeastern University’s Matthews Arena, the oldest operating ice rink in North America.
Northeastern Univ. vs UNH (Oct 23, 2009)
* Box Score
Hockey Game Box Score
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Northeastern Univ. vs UNH (Oct 23, 2009 at Durham, N.H.)
Northeastern Univ. (2-2-0, 0-1-0 HE) vs. UNH (1-2-1, 1-0-0 HE)
Date: Oct 23, 2009 Location: Durham, N.H. Arena: Whittemore Center
Attendance:6501 Start time:7:05 pm End time:9:32 Total time:2:27
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 14:41 UNH EV Speelman, Dalton/1 Butler, Bobby/3 16,94,17,13,4 10,20,9,2,12
Kessel, Blake/4
2 2nd 00:24 UNH EV Speelman, Dalton/2 Leblanc, Peter/5 17,16,94,5,6 10,12,24,9,20
Butler, Bobby/4
3 2nd 05:55 UNH PP Butler, Bobby/4 Campanale, Matt/2 94,22,5,13 12,24,20,9,10
Kessel, Blake/4
4 3rd 04:43 NU PP MacLeod, Wade/1 Vrolyk, Robbie/1 19,9,17,91,94 20,14,24
Silva, Steve
5 3rd 11:43 UNH PP Sislo, Mike/1 Kessel, Blake/5 28,4,18 19,20,39,14
DeSimone, Phil/1
6 3rd 14:20 NU EV MacLeod, Wade/1 Driscoll, Jim/2 19,91,4,13,27 9,4,22,17,24
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern Univ. 1 2 3 Tot +/- Bl
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3 Student, Chris...... 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Driscoll, Jim....... 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 *Newton, Jake........ 0 1 0 1 -1 1
6 *Strathman, David.... 0 0 1 1 -1 1
9 Vermeersch, Garrett. 2 1 0 3 0 0
11 Daniels, Justin..... 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Morra, Steve........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Guzior, Randy....... 0 0 0 0 0 0
16*Kraemer, Kyle....... 1 0 0 1 -2 0
17*Silva, Steve........ 0 0 1 1 -2 0
18 McLaughlin, Mike.... 0 1 0 1 0 0
19 MacLeod, Wade....... 1 0 2 3 +1 1
22 Costa, Greg......... 1 0 0 1 0 0
23 Donovan, Chris...... 0 0 0 0 0 2
27 Tuckerman, Alex..... 0 0 0 0 +1 0
28 Hewkin, Mike........ 0 0 0 0 0 3
91 Vrolyk, Robbie...... 1 1 0 2 +1 0
94*McNeely, Tyler...... 0 0 2 2 -2 0
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Binnington, Mike DNP
46 Mountain, Bryan DNP
Totals.............. 6 4 6 16 -5 10
|-Shots by Prd-|
## UNH 1 2 3 Tot +/- Bl
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2 Hardowa, Connor..... 0 0 0 0 +1 2
3 Block, Austin....... 0 1 1 2 0 0
4 Kipp, Damon......... 1 0 1 2 -1 2
9 *Leblanc, Peter...... 2 1 0 3 +1 1
10*Speelman, Dalton.... 1 1 0 2 +2 0
12*Butler, Bobby....... 1 4 2 7 +2 1
14 Borisenok, Mike..... 1 0 2 3 0 0
16 Henrion, John....... 1 0 0 1 0 0
17 Thompson, Paul...... 1 1 0 2 -1 0
18 Krates, Nick........ 0 0 0 0 0 1
19 Sislo, Mike......... 0 0 2 2 0 0
20*Kessel, Blake....... 1 0 1 2 +2 2
22 Moses, Stevie....... 2 1 0 3 -1 0
23 McCarey, Kevin...... 1 0 1 2 0 0
24*Campanale, Matt..... 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 Beck, Mike.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Burke, Greg......... 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DeSimone, Phil...... 0 0 3 3 0 0
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Scott, Tyler DNP
30 DiGirolamo, Matt DNP
Totals.............. 12 9 13 34 +5 10
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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NU 0 0 2 - 2
UNH 1 2 1 - 4
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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NU 6 4 6 - 16
UNH 12 9 13 - 34
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd NU UNH
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1st 0-1 (1) 0-1 (0)
2nd 0-3 (1) 1-1 (2)
3rd 1-3 (4) 1-4 (8)
Total 1-7 (6) 2-6 (10)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd NU UNH
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1st 1/2 1/2
2nd 2/4 4/8
3rd 4/8 4/8
Total 7/14 9/18
Three stars:
1. Butler, Bobby
2. Speelman, Dalton
3. MacLeod, Wade
Officials:
Referee:Kevin Keenan
Linesman:Tim Benedetto
Linesman:Tom Cronin
Goal judge:Wayne Silva
GOALTENDERS
Northeastern Univ. Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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37 Rawlings, Chris..... L 59:27 4 0 11 7 12 30
TM EMPTY NET........... 00:33 0 0 0 0 0 0
UNH Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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29 Foster, Brian....... W 59:56 2 0 6 4 4 14
TM EMPTY NET........... 00:04 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st TEAM UNH 2 TOO MANY ON ICE 01:31 PP
1st Guzior, Randy NU 2 HOLDING 07:47 PP
2nd Tuckerman, Alex NU 2 HOOKING 04:02 PP
2nd Borisenok, Mike UNH 2 TRIPPING 06:15 PP
2nd Driscoll, Jim NU 2 ROUGHING 11:21 PP
2nd Thompson, Paul UNH 2 HIGH STICKING 11:21
2nd Sislo, Mike UNH 2 HK 11:43 PP
2nd Kessel, Blake UNH 2 OI 14:01 PP
3rd Beck, Mike UNH 2 INTERFERENCE 03:48 PP
3rd Butler, Bobby UNH 2 HOLDING 04:24 PP
3rd Tuckerman, Alex NU 2 HK 08:34 PP
3rd TEAM NU 2 TOO MANY ON ICE 10:41 PP
3rd Leblanc, Peter UNH 2 SLASHING 10:51 PP
3rd TEAM NU 2 TOO MANY ON ICE 11:35 PP
3rd MacLeod, Wade NU 2 TRIPPING 11:58 PP
3rd Beck, Mike UNH 2 BOARDING 17:22 PP
Win-Foster, Brian (1-2-1). Loss-Rawlings, Chris (2-2-0).
NU takes timeout at 4:42 of 3rd
UNH takes timeout at 19:28 of 3rd
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
Northeastern Univ. vs UNH (Oct 23, 2009 at Durham, N.H.)
Northeastern Univ. - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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11 Daniels, Justin 6 1
22 Costa, Greg 6 4
17 Silva, Steve 6 4
18 McLaughlin, Mike 4 6
9 Vermeersch, Garrett 3 7
19 MacLeod, Wade 2 0
23 Donovan, Chris 2 1
94 McNeely, Tyler 2 3
3 Student, Chris 1 1
91 Vrolyk, Robbie 1 2
16 Kraemer, Kyle 0 1
27 Tuckerman, Alex 0 2
Totals......... 33 32
UNH - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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9 Leblanc, Peter 9 6
3 Block, Austin 8 4
12 Butler, Bobby 5 5
39 DeSimone, Phil 4 0
14 Borisenok, Mike 4 8
17 Thompson, Paul 1 2
26 Burke, Greg 1 6
22 Moses, Stevie 0 1
10 Speelman, Dalton 0 1
Totals......... 32 33
Northeastern Univ. - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 01:31 03:31 02:00 1 1
2nd 06:15 08:15 02:00 0 0
2nd 11:43 13:43 02:00 1 0
2nd 14:01 16:01 02:00 0 0
3rd 03:48 05:48 02:00 3 0 PPG
3rd 05:48 06:24 00:36 0 0
3rd 17:22 19:22 02:00 1 0
SUMMARY: 7 opps, 6 shots, 1 goal, time 12:36
UNH - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 07:47 09:47 02:00 0 0
2nd 04:02 05:55 01:53 2 1 PPG
3rd 08:34 10:34 02:00 2 0
3rd 10:41 10:51 00:10 0 0
3rd 11:35 12:41 01:06 1 0 PPG
3rd 11:58 13:58 02:00 5 0
SUMMARY: 6 opps, 10 shots, 2 goals, time 09:09
Penalty shots - None.
