2007-08 Hockey East Box Score
Niagara (NIA) at Merrimack (MER)
Date: Friday, October 12, 2007
Non-Conference Game
Attendance: 1024
Start Time: 7:05 pm  End Time: 9:19 pm  Total Time: 2:14

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

1st Period
Scoring - 1, MER Matt Jones/1 (Pat Kimball/1, Justin Bonitatibus/1) 15:00
Penalties - Pat Bowen, MER (Roughing) 1:51; David Burkholder, MER (Interference) 7:09; Scott Langdon, NIA (Hooking) 10:26; David Burkholder, MER (Interference) 18:54

2nd Period
Scoring - 2, MER Grant Farrell/1 (Adam Ross/1, Kurtis Astle/1) 2:56
3, NIA Matt Caruana/1 (Tyler Gotto/1, Ryan Annesley/1) 10:19 (PP)
4, MER Chris Barton/1 (Francois Ouimet/1, Rob Ricci/1) 16:28 (GW)
Penalties - Matt Caruana, NIA (Roughing) 2:41; Rob Ricci, MER (Roughing) 2:41; Pat Bowen, MER (Tripping) 9:33

3rd Period
Scoring - 5, NIA Kyle Rogers/1 (Vince Rocco/1, Bryan Haczyk/1) 6:26
6, MER Derek Pallardy/1 19:43 (EN)
Penalties - Adam Ross, MER (Roughing) 15:26

Niagara Goaltending - Juliano Pagliero (58:40, 30 shots, 27 saves, 3 GA); Empty Net (1:20, 1 GA)

Merrimack Goaltending - Patrick Watson (60:00, 30 shots, 28 saves, 2 GA)

Win - Patrick Watson, MER (1-0-0). Loss - Juliano Pagliero, NIA (0-1-0).

Shots On Goal - NIA 12-7-11=30; MER 13-13-5=31

Power Plays - NIA 1 of 5; MER 0 of 1

Penalties - NIA 2 (4 min); MER 6 (12 min)

Three Stars: 1. Patrick Watson (Merrimack) 2. Francois Ouimet (Merrimack) 3. Matt Caruana (Niagara)

Referees: Dave Hansen, Joe Andrews  Assistant Referees: Paul Scleparis, Dan Harding