2007-08 Hockey East Box Score
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Massachusetts (UMA) at Merrimack (MER)
Hockey East Conference Game

Final Score: Massachusetts 4, Merrimack 2
New Records: Massachusetts 14-14-6, Merrimack 12-18-4

Recap - Text Box - Game Sheet

Referee: Tim Benedetto
Assistant Referees: Chris Federico, Kevin Shea
Attendance: 2341
Start Time: 7:00 pm  End Time: 9:12 pm  Total Time: 2:12



 Score By Periods  1st 2nd 3rd Final   Power Plays
 Massachusetts  2 0 2 4    Massachusetts  1 / 5 (.200) 
 Merrimack  1 1 0 2    Merrimack  0 / 2 (.000) 
 
 Shots On Goal  1st 2nd 3rd Total   Penalties/Minutes SHGF 
 Massachusetts  10 6 9 25    Massachusetts  4 / 8 0 
 Merrimack  10 9 13 32    Merrimack  8 / 16 0 



Massachusetts Lineup
LW 67 Matt Burto  0-0-0  1/+1   C 26 Brett Watson  0-1-1  0/+2   RW 10 Will Ortiz  0-1-1  2/+1
LW 14 P.J. Fenton  0-1-1  2/E   C 25 Michael Lecomte  0-0-0  0/-1   RW 11 Chris Davis  0-0-0  1/E
LW 24 Alex Berry  1-1-2  3/E   C 12 Cory Quirk  1-0-1  3/E   RW 19 James Marcou  0-3-3  3/E
LW 21 Marc Concannon  0-0-0  0/E   C 8 Jordan Virtue  1-0-1  1/+1   RW 16 Scott Crowder  0-0-0  2/E
LD 2 Martin Nolet  0-1-1  1/E   RD 28 Mike Kostka  1-0-1  2/E   G 31 Paul Dainton  0-0-0  0
LD 7 David Leaderer  0-0-0  2/E   RD 27 Justin Braun  0-0-0  2/+1   G 33 Dan Meyers  0-0-0  0
LD 18 Douglas Kublin  0-0-0  0/E   RD 5 Topher Bevis  0-0-0  0/+1  
 
Merrimack Lineup
LW 18 Pat Kimball  0-0-0  2/-1   C 19 Derek Pallardy  0-0-0  2/-1   RW 20 Kurtis Astle  0-0-0  2/-1
LW 21 Francois Ouimet  1-0-1  4/+1   C 14 Joe Cucci  1-1-2  3/+1   RW 11 Matt Jones  0-1-1  2/+1
LW 23 Chris Barton  0-0-0  3/-1   C 24 Rob Ricci  0-0-0  1/-1   RW 16 J.C. Robitaille  0-0-0  0/-1
LW 15 John Jamieson  0-0-0  1/E   C 10 Bobby Kramer  0-0-0  2/E   RW 13 Mike Vaskivuo  0-0-0  0/E
LD 26 Adam Ross  0-0-0  1/E   RD 3 Joe Loprieno  0-0-0  1/-1   G 29 Patrick Watson  0-0-0  0
LD 2 Fraser Allan  0-0-0  2/E   RD 12 Grant Farrell  0-0-0  3/E   G 33 Andrew Braithwaite  0-0-0  0
LD 22 Brandon Sadlowski  0-1-1  0/E   RD 4 Pat Bowen  0-0-0  3/-1  



 Goals  Scoring/Penalties   Time 

 1st Period (20:00) 
 UMA-1 Alex Berry (2-Roughing) 10:20 
 MER-1 Matt Jones (2-Roughing) 10:20 
 MER-2 Joe Loprieno (2-Hitting from Behind) UMA 1x1 10:38 
 UMA  1 - 5x4 PP  Mike Kostka (9) (James Marcou, P.J. Fenton) 11:09 
 UMA: 28,19,14,12,G31   MER: 24,21,12,G33
 MER  1 - 6x6  Francois Ouimet (8) (Matt Jones, Joe Cucci) 12:57 
 MER (+): 21,11,14,3,26,G33   UMA (-): 24,2,12,19,28,G31
 UMA-2 Topher Bevis (2-CTH ROUGHING) MER 0x1 13:32 
 MER-3 Joe Loprieno (2-Slashing) UMA 1x2 15:42 
 UMA  2 - 6x6  Alex Berry (9) (James Marcou, Martin Nolet) 19:41 
 UMA (+): 24,19,2,28,26,G31   MER (-): 24,26,23,3,16,G33

 2nd Period (20:00) 
 UMA-3 Martin Nolet (2-Holding) MER 0x2 3:12 
 MER  2 - 6x6  Joe Cucci (3) (Brandon Sadlowski) 11:58 
 MER (+): 14,22,4,11,21,G33   UMA (-): 28,24,25,19,2,G31
 MER-4 Adam Ross (2-O-INTERFERENCE) UMA 1x3 12:32 
 UMA-4 Cory Quirk (2-UNSPORTSMANLIKE - DIVING) 13:06 
 MER-5 Derek Pallardy (2-Hooking) 13:06 
 MER-6 John Jamieson (2-Hooking) UMA 1x4 16:20 

 3rd Period (20:00) 
 UMA  3 - 6x6  GW  Cory Quirk (11) (Alex Berry, James Marcou) 12:17 
 UMA (+): 12,24,19,27,5,G31   MER (-): 21,14,11,3,4,G33
 UMA  4 - 6x6  EA  Jordan Virtue (4) (Will Ortiz, Brett Watson) 12:47 
 UMA (+): 8,10,26,67,2,28   MER (-): 19,18,20,22,4,G33
 MER-7 Joe Loprieno (2-Roughing) UMA 1x5 19:45 
 MER-8 Joe Loprieno (2-Boarding) (Served by Mike Vaskivuo) 19:45 

 End of Game 



 Massachusetts Goaltending  1st 2nd 3rd Total Minutes GA
 Paul Dainton (W, 12-12-6)  9 8 9 26 52:42 2
 EMPTY NET  0 0:05 0
 Paul Dainton  0 0 4 4 7:13 0
 
 Merrimack Goaltending  1st 2nd 3rd Total Minutes GA
 Andrew Braithwaite  8 0 0 8 19:57 2
 EMPTY NET  0 0:03 0
 Andrew Braithwaite (L, 8-11-2)  0 6 7 13 38:08 2
 EMPTY NET  0 1:37 0
 Andrew Braithwaite  0 0 0 0 0:15 0



First Star: James Marcou (Massachusetts)
Second Star: Cory Quirk (Massachusetts)
Third Star: Joe Cucci (Merrimack)

Massachusetts (UMA) at Merrimack (MER)
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Conference Game
Attendance: 2341
Start Time: 7:00 pm  End Time: 9:12 pm  Total Time: 2:12

Scoring by Period - UMA 2-0-2=4; MER 1-1-0=2

1st Period
Scoring - 1, UMA Mike Kostka/9 (James Marcou/22, P.J. Fenton/18) 11:09 (PP)
2, MER Francois Ouimet/8 (Matt Jones/7, Joe Cucci/7) 12:57
3, UMA Alex Berry/9 (James Marcou/23, Martin Nolet/4) 19:41
Penalties - Alex Berry, UMA (Roughing) 10:20; Matt Jones, MER (Roughing) 10:20; Joe Loprieno, MER (Hitting from Behind) 10:38; Topher Bevis, UMA (CTH ROUGHING) 13:32; Joe Loprieno, MER (Slashing) 15:42

2nd Period
Scoring - 4, MER Joe Cucci/3 (Brandon Sadlowski/1) 11:58
Penalties - Martin Nolet, UMA (Holding) 3:12; Adam Ross, MER (O-INTERFERENCE) 12:32; Cory Quirk, UMA (UNSPORTSMANLIKE - DIVING) 13:06; Derek Pallardy, MER (Hooking) 13:06; John Jamieson, MER (Hooking) 16:20

3rd Period
Scoring - 5, UMA Cory Quirk/11 (Alex Berry/7, James Marcou/24) 12:17 (GW)
6, UMA Jordan Virtue/4 (Will Ortiz/7, Brett Watson/2) 12:47 (EA)
Penalties - Joe Loprieno, MER (Roughing) 19:45; Joe Loprieno, MER (Boarding) 19:45

Massachusetts Goaltending - Paul Dainton (59:55, 32 shots, 30 saves, 2 GA); Empty Net (0:05, 0 GA)

Merrimack Goaltending - Andrew Braithwaite (58:20, 25 shots, 21 saves, 4 GA); Empty Net (1:40, 0 GA)

Win - Paul Dainton, UMA (12-12-6). Loss - Andrew Braithwaite, MER (8-11-2).

Shots On Goal - UMA 10-6-9=25; MER 10-9-13=32

Power Plays - UMA 1 of 5; MER 0 of 2

Penalties - UMA 4 (8 min); MER 8 (16 min)

Three Stars: 1. James Marcou (Massachusetts) 2. Cory Quirk (Massachusetts) 3. Joe Cucci (Merrimack)

Referee: Tim Benedetto  Assistant Referees: Chris Federico, Kevin Shea