2009-10 Hockey East Box Score
Merrimack (MER) at Boston University (BU)
Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Conference Game
Attendance: 5382
Start Time: 7:00 pm  End Time: 9:23 pm  Total Time: 2:23

Scoring by Period - MER 0-2-2=4; BU 4-1-1=6

1st Period
Scoring - 1, BU Kevin Shattenkirk/2 (Chris Connolly/4, Joe Pereira/2) 0:44
2, BU Ross Gaudet/1 (Eric Gryba/2, Ryan Santana/1) 2:47
3, BU Chris Connolly/2 (Nick Bonino/1) 14:48
4, BU Max Nicastro/1 (Luke Popko/1, Victor Saponari/1) 17:51
Penalties - Pat Bowen, MER (Slashing) 8:59; Kyle Bigos, MER (CHECKING) 10:30; Ben Rosen, BU (Slashing) 18:34; Eric Gryba, BU (Tripping) 19:23

2nd Period
Scoring - 5, MER Brandon Brodhag/5 (Stephane Da Costa/5, Joe Cucci/10) 7:53 (PP)
6, MER Stephane Da Costa/8 (Kyle Bigos/3, Jesse Todd/4) 14:13 (PP)
7, BU Colby Cohen/3 (Nick Bonino/2, Kevin Shattenkirk/7) 17:52 (PP) (GW)
Penalties - Elliott Sheen, MER (Tripping) 2:14; Nick Bonino, BU (Tripping) 3:02; Justin Courtnall, BU (Elbowing) 6:22; Kyle Bigos, MER (HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 11:33; Eric Gryba, BU (HITTING AFTER WHISTLE) 11:33; Kevin Shattenkirk, BU (Slashing) 12:52; Kyle Bigos, MER (CONTACT TO THE HEAD) 16:22; Pat Bowen, MER (CHECKING) 17:26

3rd Period
Scoring - 8, MER Elliott Sheen/4 (Adam Ross/3, Brandon Sadlowski/3) 4:35
9, MER Joe Cucci/1 (Chris Barton/5, Stephane Da Costa/6) 8:20 (PP)
10, BU Chris Connolly/3 (Joe Pereira/3) 19:53 (EN)
Penalties - Joe Cucci, MER (Slashing) 5:41; Eric Gryba, BU (CHECKING) 5:41; Sean Escobedo, BU (Interference) 7:30; Max Nicastro, BU (Roughing) 7:30; Eric Gryba, BU (Hooking) 9:09; Matt Moulakelis, MER (CHECKING) 11:43

Merrimack Goaltending - Andrew Braithwaite (20:00, 17 shots, 13 saves, 4 GA); Joe Cannata (38:36, 16 shots, 15 saves, 1 GA); Empty Net (1:24, 1 GA)

Boston University Goaltending - Grant Rollheiser (59:55, 29 shots, 25 saves, 4 GA); Empty Net (0:05, 0 GA)

Win - Grant Rollheiser, BU (1-0-0). Loss - Joe Cannata, MER (3-3-0).

Shots On Goal - MER 6-9-14=29; BU 17-8-9=34

Power Plays - MER 3 of 8; BU 1 of 6

Penalties - MER 8 (16 min); BU 10 (20 min)

Three Stars: 1. Kevin Shattenkirk (Boston University) 2. Stephane Da Costa (Merrimack) 3. Chris Connolly (Boston University)

Referees: Bob Ritchie, Matt Smith  Assistant Referees: Matt Riegert, Marc Sullivan