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