Merrimack (MER) at Northeastern (NOE)
Hockey East Conference Game
Final Score: Northeastern 4, Merrimack 4 - OT
New Records: Northeastern 1-8-3, Merrimack 4-7-1
Referee: Jeff Bunyon
Assistant Referees: Brendan Kelleher, Frank Keough
Attendance: 2954
Start Time: 7:00 pm End Time: 9:28 pm Total Time: 2:28
| Score By Periods | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | Final | Power Plays | |||||
| Merrimack | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Merrimack | 3 | / | 6 | (.500) | |
| Northeastern | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Northeastern | 2 | / | 9 | (.222) | |
| Shots On Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | Total | Penalties/Minutes | SHGF | ||||
| Merrimack | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 26 | Merrimack | 12 | / | 35 | 0 | |
| Northeastern | 6 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 31 | Northeastern | 8 | / | 16 | 0 | |
| Merrimack Lineup | ||||||||||||||||
| LW | 18 | Brent Gough | 0-1-1 | 1/-1 | C | 10 | Rob Ricci | 0-1-1 | 2/-1 | RW | 27 | Matt Johnson | 0-1-1 | 0/-1 | ||
| LW | 8 | Mickey Rego | 0-0-0 | 1/-1 | C | 15 | Hank Carisio | 1-1-2 | 3/+1 | RW | 7 | Matt Byrnes | 0-0-0 | 2/-1 | ||
| LW | 11 | Jeff Royston | 0-1-1 | 0/+1 | C | 20 | Mike Alexiou | 1-1-2 | 5/-1 | RW | 23 | Mike Fournier | 1-0-1 | 2/+1 | ||
| LW | 19 | Derek Pallardy | 0-0-0 | 2/E | C | 6 | John Goebel | 0-0-0 | 2/E | RW | 22 | Nick Pomponio | 0-0-0 | 0/E | ||
| LD | 26 | Ryan Sullivan | 0-0-0 | 0/-1 | RD | 24 | Scott Drewicki | 0-0-0 | 3/-1 | G | 1 | Frank McLaughlin | 0-0-0 | 0 | ||
| LD | 25 | Brock Wilson | 1-0-1 | 2/E | RD | 4 | Bryan Schmidt | 0-1-1 | 1/E | G | 29 | Patrick Watson | 0-0-0 | 0 | ||
| LD | 3 | Rob LaLonde | 0-0-0 | 0/E | RD | 2 | Jordan Hart | 0-0-0 | 0/E | G | 35 | Jim Healey | 0-0-0 | 0 | ||
| Northeastern Lineup | ||||||||||||||||
| LW | 8 | Bryan Esner | 0-0-0 | 2/E | C | 26 | Joe Vitale | 0-0-0 | 2/E | RW | 56 | Matti Uusivirta | 0-0-0 | 1/E | ||
| LW | 20 | Yale Lewis | 1-0-1 | 1/+1 | C | 11 | Jimmy Russo | 0-2-2 | 5/+1 | RW | 3 | Ryan Ginand | 0-1-1 | 3/+1 | ||
| LW | 23 | Brian Swiniarski | 0-1-1 | 2/E | C | 37 | Rob Rassey | 1-0-1 | 2/E | RW | 7 | Joe Santilli | 1-0-1 | 6/E | ||
| LW | 10 | Steve Sanders | 0-1-1 | 2/E | C | 14 | Jason Blain | 0-0-0 | 0/E | RW | 12 | Dennis McCauley | 0-1-1 | 1/E | ||
| LD | 44 | Steve Birnstill | 0-2-2 | 2/E | RD | 5 | Louis Liotti | 0-0-0 | 0/E | G | 30 | Doug Jewer | 0-0-0 | 0 | ||
| LD | 4 | Chuck Tomes | 1-0-1 | 2/+2 | RD | 2 | Andrew Linard | 0-0-0 | 0/+2 | G | 41 | Adam Geragosian | 0-0-0 | 0 | ||
| LD | 22 | Steve McClellen | 0-0-0 | 0/-1 | RD | 9 | Jacques Perreault | 0-0-0 | 0/-1 | |||||||
| Goals | Scoring/Penalties | Time | ||||||
| 1st Period (20:00) | ||||||||
| NOE-1 Yale Lewis (2-Interference) MER 0x1 | 1:40 | |||||||
| MER-1 Rob LaLonde (2-Interference) NOE 0x1 | 4:52 | |||||||
| MER-2 Brock Wilson (2-O-INTERFERENCE) NOE 0x2 | 9:08 | |||||||
| MER | 1 | - | 0 | 6x6 | Mike Fournier (2) (Hank Carisio, Jeff Royston) | 12:17 | ||
| MER (+): 23,15,11,25,4,G35 NOE (-): 12,14,9,10,22,G41 | ||||||||
| MER-3 Scott Drewicki (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) | 16:40 | |||||||
| MER-4 Ryan Sullivan (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) | 16:40 | |||||||
| NOE-2 Steve McClellen (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) | 16:40 | |||||||
| NOE-3 Joe Santilli (2-HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) | 16:40 | |||||||
| NOE-4 Joe Santilli (2-Charging) (Served by Dennis McCauley) MER 0x2 | 16:40 | |||||||
| 2nd Period (20:00) | ||||||||
| MER-5 Brock Wilson (2-Tripping) NOE 0x3 | 0:43 | |||||||
| NOE-5 Matti Uusivirta (2-Hooking) MER 1x3 | 3:06 | |||||||
| MER | 2 | - | 0 | 6x5 PP | Mike Alexiou (2) (Rob Ricci, Matt Johnson) | 4:16 | ||
| MER: 20,10,27,4,18,G35 NOE: 23,44,9,8,G41 | ||||||||
| MER-6 Matt Johnson (2-O-HOOKING) NOE 0x4 | 6:41 | |||||||
| NOE | 1 | - | 2 | 6x6 | Chuck Tomes (1) (Steve Sanders, Dennis McCauley) | 10:03 | ||
| NOE (+): 4,10,12,14,2,G41 MER (-): 7,8,26,20,24,G35 | ||||||||
| MER-7 Hank Carisio (2-Interference) NOE 0x5 | 10:43 | |||||||
| MER-8 Jeff Royston (5-Hitting from Behind) (Served by Mike Fournier) NOE 0x6 | 13:39 | |||||||
| MER-9 Jeff Royston (10-Game Misconduct) | 13:39 | |||||||
| Timeout - Northeastern | 13:39 | |||||||
| NOE-6 Brian Swiniarski (2-Interference) MER 1x4 | 17:07 | |||||||
| NOE-7 Steve Sanders (2-Roughing) MER 2x5 | 19:51 | |||||||
| MER | 3 | - | 1 | 6x5 PP | Brock Wilson (1) (Mike Alexiou) | 19:55 | ||
| MER: 25,20,24,7,8,G35 NOE: 26,9,10,44,G41 | ||||||||
| 3rd Period (20:00) | ||||||||
| NOE | 2 | - | 3 | 6x6 | Yale Lewis (2) (Jimmy Russo, Ryan Ginand) | 5:04 | ||
| NOE (+): 20,11,3,2,4,G41 MER (-): 25,4,18,10,27,G35 | ||||||||
| MER-10 Rob Ricci (2-Interference) NOE 1x7 | 9:03 | |||||||
| NOE | 3 | - | 3 | 6x5 PP | Joe Santilli (2) (Jimmy Russo, Steve Birnstill) | 9:23 | ||
| NOE: 7,11,44,37,3,G41 MER: 3,19,7,4,G35 | ||||||||
| Timeout - Merrimack | 9:23 | |||||||
| NOE-8 Andrew Linard (2-O-INTERFERENCE) MER 3x6 | 13:09 | |||||||
| MER | 4 | - | 3 | 6x5 PP | Hank Carisio (4) (Bryan Schmidt, Brent Gough) | 14:21 | ||
| MER: 15,4,18,10,20,G35 NOE: 23,8,5,4,G41 | ||||||||
| MER-11 Matt Byrnes (2-CTH ELBOWING) NOE 2x8 | 18:17 | |||||||
| NOE | 4 | - | 4 | 6x5 PP | EA GT | Rob Rassey (1) (Brian Swiniarski, Steve Birnstill) | 19:19 | |
| NOE: 37,23,44,11,7,3 MER: 18,8,24,4,G35 | ||||||||
| Overtime (5:00) | ||||||||
| MER-12 Matt Byrnes (2-O-INTERFERENCE) NOE 2x9 | 2:32 | |||||||
| End of Game | ||||||||
| Merrimack Goaltending | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | Total | Minutes | GA |
| Jim Healey (T, 4-5-1) | 6 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 65:00 | 4 |
| Northeastern Goaltending | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | Total | Minutes | GA |
| Adam Geragosian (T, 1-6-3) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 59:08 | 4 |
| EMPTY NET | 0 | 0:11 | 0 | ||||
| Adam Geragosian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5:41 | 0 |
First Star: Rob Rassey (Northeastern)
Second Star: Hank Carisio (Merrimack)
Third Star: Steve Birnstill (Northeastern)
Date: Friday, December 2, 2005
Conference Game
Attendance: 2954
Start Time: 7:00 pm End Time: 9:28 pm Total Time: 2:28
Scoring by Period -
MER 1-2-1-0=4; NOE 0-1-3-0=4
1st Period
Scoring - 1, MER Mike Fournier/2 (Hank Carisio/2, Jeff Royston/1) 12:17
Penalties - Yale Lewis, NOE (Interference) 1:40; Rob LaLonde, MER (Interference) 4:52; Brock Wilson, MER (O-INTERFERENCE) 9:08; Scott Drewicki, MER (HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 16:40; Ryan Sullivan, MER (HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 16:40; Steve McClellen, NOE (HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 16:40; Joe Santilli, NOE (HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 16:40; Joe Santilli, NOE (Charging) 16:40
2nd Period
Scoring - 2, MER Mike Alexiou/2 (Rob Ricci/7, Matt Johnson/2) 4:16 (PP)
3, NOE Chuck Tomes/1 (Steve Sanders/1, Dennis McCauley/2) 10:03
4, MER Brock Wilson/1 (Mike Alexiou/4) 19:55 (PP)
Penalties - Brock Wilson, MER (Tripping) 0:43; Matti Uusivirta, NOE (Hooking) 3:06; Matt Johnson, MER (O-HOOKING) 6:41; Hank Carisio, MER (Interference) 10:43; Jeff Royston, MER (5-Hitting from Behind) 13:39; Jeff Royston, MER (10-Game Misconduct) 13:39; Brian Swiniarski, NOE (Interference) 17:07; Steve Sanders, NOE (Roughing) 19:51
3rd Period
Scoring - 5, NOE Yale Lewis/2 (Jimmy Russo/6, Ryan Ginand/3) 5:04
6, NOE Joe Santilli/2 (Jimmy Russo/7, Steve Birnstill/6) 9:23 (PP)
7, MER Hank Carisio/4 (Bryan Schmidt/5, Brent Gough/5) 14:21 (PP)
8, NOE Rob Rassey/1 (Brian Swiniarski/3, Steve Birnstill/7) 19:19 (PP) (EA)
Penalties - Rob Ricci, MER (Interference) 9:03; Andrew Linard, NOE (O-INTERFERENCE) 13:09; Matt Byrnes, MER (CTH ELBOWING) 18:17
Overtime
Scoring - None
Penalties - Matt Byrnes, MER (O-INTERFERENCE) 2:32
Merrimack Goaltending - Jim Healey (65:00, 31 shots, 27 saves, 4 GA)
Northeastern Goaltending - Adam Geragosian (64:49, 26 shots, 22 saves, 4 GA); Empty Net (0:11, 0 GA)
Tie - Jim Healey, MER (4-5-1). Tie - Adam Geragosian, NOE (1-6-3).
Shots On Goal -
MER 7-9-9-1=26; NOE 6-10-13-2=31
Power Plays -
MER 3 of 6; NOE 2 of 9
Penalties - MER 12 (35 min); NOE 8 (16 min)
Three Stars: 1. Rob Rassey (Northeastern) 2. Hank Carisio (Merrimack) 3. Steve Birnstill (Northeastern)
Referee: Jeff Bunyon Assistant Referees: Brendan Kelleher, Frank Keough