2008-09 Hockey East Box Score
Friday, February 6, 2009
Merrimack (MER) at Northeastern (NOE)
Hockey East Conference Game

Final Score: Northeastern 4, Merrimack 3
New Records: Northeastern 19-6-2, Merrimack 5-17-3

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Referees: Tim Benedetto, Bob Ritchie
Assistant Referees: Matt Reigert, Wayne Silva
Attendance: 3801
Start Time: 7:05 pm  End Time: 9:09 pm  Total Time: 2:04


 Score By Periods  1st 2nd 3rd Final   Power Plays
 Merrimack  1 1 1 3    Merrimack  2 / 4 (.500) 
 Northeastern  1 1 2 4    Northeastern  0 / 3 (.000) 
 
 Shots On Goal  1st 2nd 3rd Total   Penalties/Minutes SHGF 
 Merrimack  8 8 9 25    Merrimack  3 / 6 0 
 Northeastern  9 5 10 24    Northeastern  4 / 8 1 


Merrimack Lineup
LW 18 Pat Kimball  1-0-1  4/+1   C 15 John Jamieson  0-1-1  0/+1   RW 16 J.C. Robitaille  0-1-1  0/E
LW 20 Ryan Flanigan  0-0-0  2/-1   C 24 Rob Ricci  0-0-0  2/-2   RW 27 Jesse Todd  0-0-0  0/-2
LW 23 Chris Barton  1-0-1  2/-3   C 8 Carter Madsen  0-0-0  2/-2   RW 21 Francois Ouimet  0-0-0  1/-2
LW 9 Mickey Rego  0-0-0  2/E   C 17 Justin Bonitatibus  0-0-0  2/E   RW 14 Joe Cucci  0-0-0  1/E
LD 26 Adam Ross  0-0-0  1/E   RD 4 Pat Bowen  0-2-2  2/E   G 33 Andrew Braithwaite  0-0-0  0
LD 2 Fraser Allan  1-1-2  1/-2   RD 12 Grant Farrell  0-0-0  0/-1   G 35 Joe Cannata  0-0-0  0
LD 7 Karl Stollery  0-0-0  1/-1   RD 22 Brandon Sadlowski  0-0-0  2/-1  
 
Northeastern Lineup
LW 10 Steve Quailer  0-2-2  1/+3   C 26 Joe Vitale  1-0-1  3/+3   RW 19 Wade MacLeod  1-2-3  2/+3
LW 27 Alex Tuckerman  0-0-0  0/-1   C 17 Steve Silva  0-0-0  1/-1   RW 94 Tyler McNeely  0-0-0  0/-1
LW 12 Dennis McCauley  0-0-0  2/E   C 3 Ryan Ginand  0-0-0  4/E   RW 18 Mike McLaughlin  0-0-0  0/E
LW 22 Greg Costa  0-0-0  1/+1   C 37 Rob Rassey  0-0-0  0/E   RW 23 Chris Donovan  1-0-1  2/+1
LD 4 Jim Driscoll  0-0-0  1/+1   RD 6 David Strathman  0-0-0  1/+1   G 30 Mike Binnington  0-0-0  0
LD 7 Dan Nycholat  0-0-0  3/+2   RD 5 Louis Liotti  0-0-0  1/+2   G 39 Brad Thiessen  0-0-0  0
LD 8 J.P. Maley  1-0-1  2/E   RD 28 Mike Hewkin  0-0-0  0/E  


 Goals  Scoring/Penalties   Time 
 1st Period (20:00) 
 NOE  1 - 0  6x6  Wade MacLeod (11) (Steve Quailer) 8:26 
 NOE (+): 19,10,6,4,26,G39   MER (-): 24,27,20,26,4,G35
 MER-1 Pat Bowen (2-Hooking) NOE 0x1 11:03 
 NOE-1 Steve Silva (2-O-INTERFERENCE) MER 1x1 17:20 
 MER  1 - 1  6x5 PP  Fraser Allan (3) (Pat Bowen) 18:52 
 MER: 2,4,8,23,18,G35   NOE: 23,22,6,4,G39
 MER-2 Ryan Flanigan (2-CTH ROUGHING) NOE 0x2 19:28 
 2nd Period (20:00) 
 NOE-2 Joe Vitale (2-Slashing) MER 1x2 1:07 
 NOE  2 - 1  5x6 SH  Chris Donovan (7) (unassisted) 1:59 
 NOE (+): 23,22,5,7,G39   MER (-): 16,7,27,24,23,G35
 MER  2 - 2  6x6  Pat Kimball (5) (John Jamieson, J.C. Robitaille) 14:50 
 MER (+): 18,15,16,26,4,G35   NOE (-): 17,27,94,8,28,G39
 NOE-3 Alex Tuckerman (2-CTH ELBOWING) MER 1x3 17:51 
 3rd Period (20:00) 
 NOE-4 J.P. Maley (2-O-INTERFERENCE) MER 2x4 8:42 
 MER  3 - 2  6x5 PP  Chris Barton (7) (Pat Bowen, Fraser Allan) 9:52 
 MER: 23,4,2,18,14,G35   NOE: 23,22,5,7,G39
 NOE  3 - 3  6x6  J.P. Maley (1) (Steve Quailer, Wade MacLeod) 11:14 
 NOE (+): 8,10,19,28,26,G39   MER (-): 8,21,2,12,23,G35
 MER-3 Jesse Todd (2-O-INTERFERENCE) NOE 0x3 13:59 
 NOE  4 - 3  6x6  GW  Joe Vitale (5) (Wade MacLeod) 17:16 
 NOE (+): 26,19,7,10,5,G39   MER (-): 22,8,21,23,2,G35
  End of Game 


 Merrimack Goaltending  1st 2nd 3rd Total Minutes GA
 Joe Cannata (L, 3-8-3)  8 4 8 20 58:22 4
 EMPTY NET  0 1:38 0
 
 Northeastern Goaltending  1st 2nd 3rd Total Minutes GA
 Brad Thiessen  4 0 0 4 11:01 0
 EMPTY NET  0 0:02 0
 Brad Thiessen  3 0 0 3 8:21 1
 EMPTY NET  0 0:04 0
 Brad Thiessen (W, 19-6-2)  0 7 8 15 40:32 2


First Star: Joe Vitale (Northeastern)
Second Star: Chris Barton (Merrimack)
Third Star: J.P. Maley (Northeastern)

Recap

Merrimack (MER) at Northeastern (NOE)
Date: Friday, February 6, 2009
Conference Game
Attendance: 3801
Start Time: 7:05 pm  End Time: 9:09 pm  Total Time: 2:04

Scoring by Period - MER 1-1-1=3; NOE 1-1-2=4

1st Period
Scoring - 1, NOE Wade MacLeod/11 (Steve Quailer/11) 8:26
2, MER Fraser Allan/3 (Pat Bowen/5) 18:52 (PP)
Penalties - Pat Bowen, MER (Hooking) 11:03; Steve Silva, NOE (O-INTERFERENCE) 17:20; Ryan Flanigan, MER (CTH ROUGHING) 19:28

2nd Period
Scoring - 3, NOE Chris Donovan/7 1:59 (SH)
4, MER Pat Kimball/5 (John Jamieson/2, J.C. Robitaille/3) 14:50
Penalties - Joe Vitale, NOE (Slashing) 1:07; Alex Tuckerman, NOE (CTH ELBOWING) 17:51

3rd Period
Scoring - 5, MER Chris Barton/7 (Pat Bowen/6, Fraser Allan/7) 9:52 (PP)
6, NOE J.P. Maley/1 (Steve Quailer/12, Wade MacLeod/15) 11:14
7, NOE Joe Vitale/5 (Wade MacLeod/16) 17:16 (GW)
Penalties - J.P. Maley, NOE (O-INTERFERENCE) 8:42; Jesse Todd, MER (O-INTERFERENCE) 13:59

Merrimack Goaltending - Joe Cannata (58:22, 24 shots, 20 saves, 4 GA); Empty Net (1:38, 0 GA)

Northeastern Goaltending - Brad Thiessen (59:54, 25 shots, 22 saves, 3 GA); Empty Net (0:06, 0 GA)

Win - Brad Thiessen, NOE (19-6-2). Loss - Joe Cannata, MER (3-8-3).

Shots On Goal - MER 8-8-9=25; NOE 9-5-10=24

Power Plays - MER 2 of 4; NOE 0 of 3

Penalties - MER 3 (6 min); NOE 4 (8 min)

Three Stars: 1. Joe Vitale (Northeastern) 2. Chris Barton (Merrimack) 3. J.P. Maley (Northeastern)

Referees: Tim Benedetto, Bob Ritchie  Assistant Referees: Matt Reigert, Wayne Silva