2003-04 Schedule/Results
2003-04 Statistics
Northeastern 2, Boston University 2 (OT)
Feb. 27, 2004
Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
| Team |
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
OT
|
Final
|
| Boston U. (9-14-8, 5-12-4 HEA) |
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
| Northeastern (8-16-7, 2-13-6 HEA) |
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
Both Northeastern and Boston University entered last night's game in desperate need of a victory with Hockey East tournament implications on the line and the teams played the part, skating to a thrilling 2-2 tie in front of 2591 spectators at Matthews Arena Friday night.
"It was a good battle and both teams had a couple of bounces go their way," said NU goalie Keni Gibson, who stopped 36 saves. "It evened out in the end. We'll come back and do it again tomorrow."
The game peeked in the extra session with both teams getting quality scoring chances in end-to-end action. Gibson turned away a flury of three shots to open overtime, but the Huskies responded by peppering BU netminder Sean Fields (30 saves) with eight shots total. NU's best scoring opportunity came with 47 seconds left. Junior Jason Guerriero raced into the BU zone with the puck and left a drop pass for junior defenseman Donny Grover, who snapped off a wrister toward the upper-right hand corner that Fields snagged out of the air. On the ensuing play, BU's Bryan Miller and Mark Mullen skated in on Gibson on a 2-on-1. Mullen slipped a pass to Miller for a backhander that Gibson thwarted with his stick with 30 seconds left.
"We had some great chances and they had some great chances," said NU coach Bruce Crowder. "But, it ended in a tie and I don't think either team liked the outcome. We can't afford to give up too many more points right now."
With the tie, the Huskies tied the single-season school record for ties in a season with their seventh on the year and the Terriers broke their single-season record with their eighth of the 2003-04 campaign. Coincidentally, it was the first tie in the series between the schools since Nov. 13, 1999 (4-4) and only the third tie in 182 meetings.
NU (8-16-7, 2-13-6 HEA) stayed in playoff contention with the tie. The Huskies trail the Terriers (9-14-8, 5-12-4) by four points in the standings with three games remaining for both teams in the regular season. BU could have clinched the final playoff spot with a victory last night and still can with a win in Saturday night's rematch at Walter Brown Arena. NU wraps up next weekend with Massachusetts, while BU finishes with New Hampshire.
"It's do or die and I hope we'll do it," Gibson said. "I have a good feeling we'll come out flying tomorrow."
After a scoreless, up-and-down first period in which BU outshot NU, 13-7, the intensity and speed gradually built up. In the second period, Husky senior Eric Ortlip lit the lamp, beating Fields with crisp shot from the right slot over his left shoulder. Guerriero had dug the puck out from the boards and slid a pass to Ortlip for his eighth power-play goal of the season at 6:13.
The Terriers answered with a goal from Brian McConnell on a 3-on-1 odd-man rush at 11:21 of the second. Bryan Miller and Ryan Whitney assisted on the play.
In the final minutes of the second period, junior Jared Mudryk found the back of the net, beating Fields with a one-timer in front of the goal. Ortlip won a face off in the BU zone and knocked the puck to Mudryk for his sixth goal of year with 1:29 left before second intermission.
BU bounced back early in the third period with a heads-up goal by David Van der Gulik. Kevin Schaeffer had a shot blocked by Gibson and the goalie tried to cover it up. However, the puck wasn't underneath him and Van der Gulik spotted the puck sitting in the crease and skated in uncontested and banged it home to draw the teams even at 1:35 of the third.
At the end of 65 minutes of play, BU outshot NU, 38-32. The Huskies went 1-for-2 on the power play and killed all three Terrier man-advantages.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2003-04 Northeastern Hockey
Boston University vs Northeastern (Feb 27, 2004 at Boston)
Boston University (9-14-8;5-12-4 HEA) vs. Northeastern (8-16-7;2-13-6 HEA)
Date: Feb 27, 2004 Location: Boston Arena: Matthew's
Attendance:2591 Start time:7:00 pm End time:9:23 pm Total time:2:23
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 2nd 06:13 NU PP Eric Ortlip/12 Jason Guerriero/16 3,12,11,18 44,13,16,11
2 2nd 11:21 BU EV Brian McConnell/8 Bryan Miller/13 9,23,27,19,2 5,2,44,8,17
Ryan Whitney/15
3 2nd 18:31 NU EV Jared Mudryk/6 Eric Ortlip/13 14,21,6,7,12 3,11,9,28,23
4 3rd 01:35 BU EV David Van der Gulik/9 Kevin Schaeffer/11 11,3,12,6,7 16,10,4,13,3
Brad Zancanaro/9
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Boston University 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 Sean Sullivan....... 2 0 0 0 2 +1
3 Kevin Schaeffer..... 0 2 2 0 4 +1
5 John Laliberte...... 1 0 0 0 1 0
6 Kenny Roche......... 0 0 1 0 1 0
7 David Van der Gulik. 1 2 1 1 5 0
8 Steve Greeley....... 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Brian McConnell..... 2 1 1 0 4 +1
11 Dan Spang........... 1 3 0 0 4 +1
12 Brad Zancanaro...... 1 2 0 0 3 0
14 Jekabs Redlihs...... 0 0 0 0 0 -1
15 Ken Magowan......... 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 Gregg Johnson....... 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 Frantisek Skladany.. 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Matt Radoslovich.... 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Ryan Whitney........ 1 1 1 0 3 +1
21 Thomas Morrow....... 0 3 0 0 3 -1
23 Mark Mullen......... 1 0 0 0 1 +1
27 Bryan Miller........ 1 0 1 3 5 +1
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals.............. 13 14 7 4 38 +5
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 Jon Awe............. 1 0 0 0 1 -1
3 Donny Grover........ 0 1 0 1 2 0
4 Chuck Tomes......... 1 0 1 0 2 -1
5 *Tim Judy............ 0 0 0 0 0 -1
8 Bryan Esner......... 0 0 0 0 0 -1
9 *Jared Mudryk........ 0 2 2 2 6 +1
10 Steve Sanders....... 1 0 0 0 1 -1
11*Eric Ortlip......... 1 1 1 0 3 +1
13 Jason Guerriero..... 0 0 1 0 1 -1
15 Ray Ortiz........... 0 1 0 0 1 0
16 Mike Morris......... 0 1 0 1 2 -1
17 Trevor Reschny...... 0 0 0 0 0 -1
20 Yale Lewis.......... 1 0 0 0 1 0
21 Aaron Moore......... 1 0 0 0 1 0
23*Brian Swiniarski.... 0 3 2 3 8 +1
28 Jonathan Koop....... 0 0 0 0 0 +1
44*Steve Birnstill..... 1 0 0 1 2 -1
55 Brian Deeth......... 0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals.............. 7 9 8 8 32 -5
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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BU 0 1 1 0 - 2
NU 0 2 0 0 - 2
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
----------------------
BU 13 14 7 4 - 38
NU 7 9 8 8 - 32
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd BU NU
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1st 0-1 (0) 0-1 (1)
2nd 0-2 (0) 1-1 (1)
3rd 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0)
OT 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0)
Total 0-3 (0) 1-2 (2)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd BU NU
-------------------------
1st 2/4 2/4
2nd 1/2 2/4
3rd 0/0 0/0
OT 0/0 0/0
Total 3/6 4/8
Three stars:
1. Eric Ortlip
2. Keni Gibson
3. Sean Fields
Officials:
GOALTENDERS
Boston University Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 OT Svs
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31 Sean Fields......... T 65:00 2 0 7 7 8 8 30
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 OT Svs
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31 Keni Gibson......... T 65:00 2 0 13 13 6 4 36
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st Thomas Morrow BU 2 ROUGHING 08:45 PP
1st Yale Lewis NU 2 ROUGHING 08:45 PP
1st Donny Grover NU 2 obstruction interfer 10:48 PP
1st Gregg Johnson BU 2 HOLDING 17:16 PP
2nd Steve Sanders NU 2 HOLDING 03:43 PP
2nd TEAM BU 2 TOO MANY ON ICE 05:03
2nd Tim Judy NU 2 INTERFERENCE 11:40 PP
BU-Sean Fields (7-13-6). NU-Keni Gibson (8-13-7).
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Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2003-04 Northeastern Hockey
Boston University vs Northeastern (Feb 27, 2004 at Boston)
Boston University - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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9 Brian McConnell 8 18
5 John Laliberte 6 11
12 Brad Zancanaro 6 17
6 Kenny Roche 1 1
16 Gregg Johnson 1 4
23 Mark Mullen 0 1
Totals......... 22 52
Northeastern - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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11 Eric Ortlip 27 10
15 Ray Ortiz 12 1
13 Jason Guerriero 11 9
8 Bryan Esner 2 2
Totals......... 52 22
Boston University - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 10:48 12:48 02:00 0 0
2nd 03:43 05:03 01:20 0 1
2nd 11:40 13:40 02:00 0 1
SUMMARY: 3 opps, 0 shots, 0 goals, time 05:20
Northeastern - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 17:16 19:16 02:00 1 0
2nd 05:43 06:13 00:30 1 1 PPG
SUMMARY: 2 opps, 2 shots, 1 goal, time 02:30
