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Huskies muzzle Terriers in 1-0 thriller
Nov. 6, 2009
Matthews Arena (Boston, Mass.)
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
| #7/5 Boston University ((2-4-0, 1-3-0 HEA)) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northeastern ((3-3-0, 1-2-0 HEA)) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
In front of a flawless victory by rookie goaltender Chris Rawlings, the Northeastern hockey team grinded out its first Hockey East victory of the season against its arch-rival, #7/5 Boston University, with a 1-0 victory in front of the second-consecutive sellout crowd of 4,666 strong at Matthews Arena on Friday night.
Rawlings becomes the Huskies’ second-ever netminder to shut out Boston University as Northeastern recorded its first shutout since blanking UMass Lowell on Feb. 27, 2009. Northeastern can stake its claim to ending BU’s five-year run of not being shutout on the road. Friday night’s triumph marks NU’s first win over its Commonwealth Ave. foe since Feb. 28, 2007.
The last time Boston University was denied through 60 minutes on the road was on March 15, 2004.
Brad Thiessen was the last NU goalie to make 43 stops when he turned the trick against New Hampshire on Nov. 1, 2008.
Junior forward Wade MacLeod extended the Huskies’ powerplay scoring streak to six games as the Coquitlam, B.C. native netted his fifth-career game-winner at 12:37 of the final stanza. Junior Mike Hewkin tallied his first point of the year on the play while sophomore Alex Tuckerman logged his 25th-career point with the second helper on the play.
Rawlings acted as Northeastern’s linchpin in the victory, turning aside all 43 shots the Terriers tried. The Huskies were outshot, 43-20, giving up the most attempts on the season. The Terriers were enabled with numerous opportunities on net thanks to a season-high10 penalties for 31 minutes on the Huskies’ behalf.
“Obviously a lot of the credit has to go to Chris Rawlings,” head coach Greg Cronin said. “We were lucky to come away with two points, because both teams had a lot of injuries, but it was a big win for our team.”
Cronin celebrated his 60th-career win as the Northeastern skipper on Friday night.
The first five minutes of the game was directed by the Terriers’ offense. A senior Chris Donovan penalty at 1:57 for contact to the head gave BU an early opportunity to take the deafening crowd out early, but Rawlings offered a glimpse of what was in store for the next 58 minutes.
“I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life,” Rawlings said. “I can’t give enough credit to the team for playing great in front of me. The penalty-killing unit was great all night. I couldn’t have picked a better game to earn my first-career shutout in.”
The Terriers killed off a 68-second 5-on-3 situation in favor of Northeastern around the seven-minute mark of the opening period, but a few minutes later, the Huskies almost broke through on an odd play. Freshman Robbie Vrolyk managed to bat down an attempted clear by the Terriers, yielding a spectacular opportunity for junior captain Tyler McNeely. McNeely beat BU netminder Kieran Millan in the slot, but his wrister was met by the crossbar at the 11-minute mark of the initial session.
Boston University outshot the Huskies, 19-6, in the second period, but one Terriers’ try stood out in particular. BU’s Andrew Glass received a generous carom from the near boards for a point-blank standoff with Rawlings. Glass paused, gained his balance and tried to sneak a backhand attempt past the North Delta, British Columbia native, but the 6’5 backstopper kicked it away to keep the score even.
Alex Chiasson’s interference call at 11:37 turned out to be a costly penalty. The Terriers did a good job of killing off the first minute, but Northeastern battled back into BU’s zone. Tuckerman delivered a one-time pass to Hewkin who blasted Millan in the chest, but MacLeod’s presence in the crease was enough to earn the tip-in goal at 12:37 of the final stanza.
Northeastern was not out of the clear after Hewkin hit the showers after being charged with a 10-minute game misconduct for hitting from behind at 15:51. The Terriers had the man-up for the remainder of the game, but had only one clear shot at tying it up. With a minute and a half left, a scrum in front of the net gave way to a loose puck inches from the goal line, but no one could get a stick on it for the equalizer.
The first time Northeastern knocked off a defending champion was actually against Boston University on Jan 10, 1979, when NU toppled the Terriers, 6-4. NU earned its 12th victory in program history over a defending champion on Friday night.
Northeastern will stay within close quarters when the Huskies make their way across town for a game at 2008 national champions Boston College on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. Boston University will take a travel day tomorrow to head to Orono for a game at Maine on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 4 p.m.
Boston University vs Northeastern Univ. (Nov 06, 2009)
* Box Score
Hockey Game Box Score
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
#7 Boston University vs Northeastern Univ. (Nov 06, 2009 at Boston, Mass.)
Boston University (2-4-0, 1-3-0) vs. Northeastern Univ. (3-3-0, 1-2-0)
Date: Nov 06, 2009 Location: Boston, Mass. Arena: Matthews Arena
Attendance:4666 Start time:7 p.m. End time:9:24 Total time:2:24
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 3rd 12:37 NU PP MacLeod, Wade/3 Hewkin, Mike/1 27,12,2,21 19,27,17,5,28
Tuckerman, Alex/3
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Boston University 1 2 3 Tot +/- Bl
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2 Gryba, Eric......... 0 0 0 0 0 1
3 *Shattenkirk, Kevin.. 3 1 1 5 0 1
6 *Pereira, Joe........ 0 2 2 4 0 0
7 Nicastro, Max....... 1 0 0 1 0 1
8 Rosen, Ben.......... 0 1 1 2 0 0
9 Chiasson, Alex...... 0 1 1 2 0 1
10 Trivino, Corey...... 0 1 2 3 0 0
11*Cohen, Zach......... 0 1 0 1 0 1
12 Connolly, Chris..... 2 4 2 8 0 0
14 Glass, Andrew....... 3 2 0 5 0 0
15 Santana, Ryan....... 0 1 0 1 0 0
16 Gilroy, Kevin....... 0 1 0 1 0 0
19 Courtnall, Justin... 1 0 0 1 0 0
21 Escobedo, Sean...... 0 1 0 1 0 0
22 Gaudet, Ross........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
25*Cohen, Colby........ 1 2 1 4 0 0
26*Popko, Luke......... 0 0 1 1 0 0
27 Saponari, Vinny..... 1 1 1 3 0 0
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0 9
32 Kraus, Adam DNP
Totals.............. 12 19 12 43 0 14
|-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....... 1 0 1 2 0 0
5 Newton, Jake........ 0 2 0 2 0 0
6 Strathman, David.... 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Daniels, Justin..... 0 0 1 1 0 0
13*Guzior, Randy....... 0 1 1 2 0 1
16 Kraemer, Kyle....... 1 0 0 1 0 1
17*Silva, Steve........ 1 0 0 1 0 0
18 McLaughlin, Mike.... 0 1 0 1 0 2
19*MacLeod, Wade....... 0 1 1 2 0 0
22 Costa, Greg......... 0 0 0 0 0 5
23 Donovan, Chris...... 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Daniels, Drew....... 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Tuckerman, Alex..... 0 1 0 1 0 0
28 Hewkin, Mike........ 0 0 1 1 0 1
29 Lipinski, Matt...... 1 0 0 1 0 1
91 Vrolyk, Robbie...... 3 0 1 4 0 1
94*McNeely, Tyler...... 1 0 0 1 0 0
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0 7
30 Binnington, Mike DNP
46 Mountain, Bryan DNP
Totals.............. 8 6 6 20 0 20
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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BU 0 0 0 - 0
NU 0 0 1 - 1
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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BU 12 19 12 - 43
NU 8 6 6 - 20
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd BU NU
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1st 0-2 (6) 0-3 (3)
2nd 0-4 (10) 0-1 (3)
3rd 0-1 (3) 1-2 (5)
Total 0-7 (19) 1-6 (11)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd BU NU
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1st 3/6 2/4
2nd 3/6 6/12
3rd 2/4 2/15
Total 8/16 10/31
Three stars:
1. Rawlings, Chris
2. MacLeod, Wade
3. Hewkin, Mike
Officials:
Referee:Dave Hansen
Linesman:Chris Federico
Linesman:Ben Bernard
Goal judge:Marc Sullivan
Scorer:Asha Michener
GOALTENDERS
Boston University Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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31 Millan, Kieran...... L 58:25 1 0 8 6 5 19
TM EMPTY NET........... 01:35 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northeastern Univ. Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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37 Rawlings, Chris..... W 59:46 0 0 12 19 12 43
TM EMPTY NET........... 00:14 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st Donovan, Chris NU 2 EH 01:57 PP
1st Pereira, Joe BU 2 CROSS-CHECKING 05:39 PP
1st Shattenkirk, Kevin BU 2 TRIPPING 06:55 PP
1st Gryba, Eric BU 2 SLASHING 07:48 PP
1st Donovan, Chris NU 2 TRIPPING 15:21 PP
2nd MacLeod, Wade NU 2 TRIPPING 00:23 PP
2nd Guzior, Randy NU 2 HIT AFTER WHISTLE 07:55
2nd Cohen, Zach BU 2 HIT AFTER WHISTLE 07:55
2nd Driscoll, Jim NU 2 HIT AFTER WHISTLE 07:55 PP
2nd Santana, Ryan BU 2 CROSS-CHECKING 11:07 PP
2nd MacLeod, Wade NU 2 ROUGHING 13:04
2nd Gryba, Eric BU 2 CROSS-CHECKING 13:04
2nd Hewkin, Mike NU 2 TRIPPING 14:32 PP
2nd Costa, Greg NU 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 15:54 PP
3rd Gaudet, Ross BU 2 BOARDING 01:53 PP
3rd Chiasson, Alex BU 2 INTERFERENCE 11:37 PP
3rd Hewkin, Mike NU 5 HITTING FROM BEHIND 15:51 PP
3rd Hewkin, Mike NU 10 GAME MISCONDUCT 15:51
Win-Rawlings, Chris (3-3-0). Loss-Millan, Kieran (2-4-0).
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
#7 Boston University vs Northeastern Univ. (Nov 06, 2009 at Boston, Mass.)
Boston University - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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26 Popko, Luke 12 11
27 Saponari, Vinny 8 4
10 Trivino, Corey 8 8
12 Connolly, Chris 3 1
15 Santana, Ryan 3 1
11 Cohen, Zach 2 2
14 Glass, Andrew 1 0
19 Courtnall, Justin 1 0
22 Gaudet, Ross 1 3
Totals......... 39 30
Northeastern Univ. - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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22 Costa, Greg 9 13
18 McLaughlin, Mike 8 6
17 Silva, Steve 8 11
11 Daniels, Justin 4 5
94 McNeely, Tyler 1 1
27 Tuckerman, Alex 0 1
23 Donovan, Chris 0 2
Totals......... 30 39
Boston University - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 01:57 03:57 02:00 3 0
1st 15:21 17:21 02:00 3 2
2nd 00:23 02:23 02:00 4 0
2nd 07:55 09:55 02:00 2 0
2nd 14:32 15:54 01:22 2 0
2nd 15:54 17:54 02:00 2 0
3rd 15:51 20:00 04:09 3 0
SUMMARY: 7 opps, 19 shots, 0 goals, time 15:31
Northeastern Univ. - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 05:39 06:55 01:16 2 0
1st 06:55 07:48 00:53 0 0
1st 07:48 09:48 02:00 1 0
2nd 11:07 13:07 02:00 3 0
3rd 01:53 03:53 02:00 1 1
3rd 11:37 12:37 01:00 4 0 PPG
SUMMARY: 6 opps, 11 shots, 1 goal, time 09:09
Penalty shots - None.
