Box Score
DURHAM, N.H. – Brian Foster (Pembroke, N.H.) stopped
26 shots to record a shutout in his first collegiate
start to lead the 10th-ranked University of New
Hampshire hockey team to Saturday night’s 4-0 Hockey
East victory against the University of
Massachusetts-Lowell at the Whittemore Center.
UNH extended its unbeaten streak to six games (5-0-1)
to improve to 7-2-1 overall and 5-1-1 in Hockey East,
which puts them atop the league standings. UML,
defeated 5-2 Friday night at home by the Wildcats, is
now 3-5-3, 2-3-2.
Foster recorded nine saves in both the second and
third periods and held the River Hawks scoreless on
five power-play opportunities. With UML on the power
play late in the middle stanza, he denied an unmarked
Jeremy Hall after he collected a loose puck in the low
slot. In the final frame, Foster denied Mike Potacco’s
wrist shot from the slot then slid to his left to stop
Nick Monroe off the rebound at the right post with
6:30 to play.
The ‘Cats quickly took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Jerry
Pollastrone (Revere, Mass.) at 1:12 of the first
period. In a faceoff to the right of UML goaltender
Vinny Monaco, Trevor Smith (North Vancouver, British
Columbia) drew the puck back to Pollastrone, whose
high shot from the point sailed into the net.
New Hampshire struck twice early in the second period
to build a 3-0 lead. Mike Radja (Yorkville, Ill.;
goal, assist) netted his ninth goal of the season at
48 seconds when he lifted a shot off a rebound into
the open top half of the net. Brad Flashains
(Glendale, Ariz.; two assists), with the initial shot
from the high slot, and Jacob Micflikier (Winnipeg,
Manitoba; two assists) were credited with assists.
Shawn Vinz (Rochester, Minn.) extended the advantage
to three goals at 2:16. Danny Rossman (Boxford, Mass.)
swung the puck from the left circle to the high slot,
where Flashain’s shot was tipped by Vinz high in the
air over Monaco and the puck landed just across the
goal line. The assist was Rossman’s first career
point.
Brett Hemingway (Surrey, British Columbia) finished
off a 2-on-1 rush by shooting into an open right side
of the net to give the ‘Cats a 4-0 lead at 11:52 of
the third period. Radja collected Micflikier’s outlet
pass in the neutral zone and made a toe-drag move in
the left circle to elude the UML defenseman, then
feathered the puck across to Hemingway.
Monaco recorded eight of his 18 saves in the opening
stanza.
New Hampshire returns to action Nov. 22 (7 p.m.) at
Boston College. The Wildcats’ next home game is Dec. 3
vs. Vermont. Game time at the Whittemore Center is 3
p.m.
