2006-07 Schedule/Results
2006-07 Statistics
Northeastern 4, Merrimack 1
Dec. 1, 2006
Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
| Team |
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
Final
|
| Merrimack (1-11-1, 1-7-0 Hockey East) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Northeastern (3-8-2, 1-7-2 Hockey East) |
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
Northeastern beat Merrimack, 4-1, in a penalty-filled game on Friday night at Matthews Arena. Senior Bryan Esner scored a short-handed goal and notched an assist on sophomore defenseman Denis Chisholm's first career goal in the third period. Rob Rassey and Dennis McCauley also scored while Ray Ortiz and Joe Vitale each recorded two assists.
The win was the Huskies' first in Hockey East and improved the Huskies to 3-8-2 overall and 1-7-2 in Hockey East. NU moved up to ninth in a tight race in the Hockey East standings, just five points behind Boston College, Massachusetts and Maine, which are tied for fourth in the league. Merrimack fell to 1-11-1 overall and 1-7-0 in Hockey East.
Northeastern scored the first goal of the game when Rassey potted a rebound at 12:27 in the first period. Jimmy Russo shot the rebound of a Vitale shot and Russo's rebound landed in front for Rassey.
Merrimack evened the score with a power play got at 19:39 in the first. Pat Kimball won a battle for the puck and passed it to Joe Loprieno at the point. Loprieno shot it past Northeastern goalie Brad Thiessen on Thiessen's stick-side for his first goal of the season.
McCauley scored what proved to be the game-winning goal at 16:17 in the second period to put the Huskies ahead for good. Vitale shot the puck into the crease and McCauley netted it for his third goal of the season.
Esner helped the Huskies put the game away in the third period with a short-handed goal at 2:32. Thiessen was out of position and Merrimack's Mike Alexiou shot the puck on the open net. NU defenseman Louis Liotti blocked the shot and got the puck to Ray Ortiz, who passed it to Esner and headed up the ice. Esner passed it back to Ortiz before Ortiz set him up for a shot over the glove of Merrimack goalie Patrick Watson.
Chisholm's first career goal capped the game for the Huskies. Esner started the scoring play when he passed the puck to Ortiz and Ortiz passed it to Chisholm, who was wide open on the left side. Chisholm ripped a slapshot past Watson to make it 4-1 at 10:30 in the third period.
Thiessen made 22 saves in the game to get his second win of the season while Watson stopped 27 shots. Northeastern went 1-10 on power plays while Merrimack went 1-12.
The teams rematch on Saturday night at Lawler Arena at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on 890 ESPN Boston with Rob Rudnick and Bill Doherty.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2006-07 Northeastern Men's Hockey
Merrimack vs Northeastern (Dec 01, 2006 at Boston, MA)
Merrimack (1-11-1, 1-7-0 HEA) vs. Northeastern (3-8-2, 1-7-2 HEA)
Date: Dec 01, 2006 Location: Boston, MA Arena: Matthews Arena
Attendance:2685 Start time:7:05 End time:9:25 Total time:2:20
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 12:27 NU EV Rassey, Rob/1 Russo, Jimmy/4 7,26,19,20,14 37,11,26,4,17
Vitale, Joe/3
2 1st 19:39 MER PP Joe Loprieno/1 Pat Kimball/2 3,18,27,26,16 8,24,17
3 2nd 16:17 NU PP McCauley, Dennis/3 Vitale, Joe/4 21,22,14,19 12,26,17,16,10
Costello, Chad/7
4 3rd 02:32 NU SH Esner, Bryan/2 Ortiz, Ray/4 27,18,3,16,22 8,15,17,5
Liotti, Louis/2
5 3rd 10:30 NU EV Chisholm, Denis/1 Ortiz, Ray/5 20,26,22,19 24,15,17,8
Esner, Bryan/1
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Merrimack 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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3 Joe Loprieno........ 1 0 0 1 -1
4 Pat Bowen........... 2 0 0 2 0
5 Chris Kane.......... 0 0 1 1 0
6 John Goebel......... 0 0 1 1 0
7 Matt Byrnes......... 0 0 1 1 -1
8 Mickey Rego......... 0 0 0 0 0
9 *Carmen Posteraro.... 0 0 0 0 0
11 Matt Jones.......... 1 0 0 1 0
13 Mike Vaskivuo....... 0 0 0 0 0
14*Brian Boulay........ 0 0 0 0 -1
16*J.C. Robitaille..... 1 0 0 1 -1
18*Pat Kimball......... 0 1 1 2 -1
19 Derek Pallardy...... 2 0 1 3 -2
20 Mike Alexiou........ 3 0 0 3 -2
21 Justin Mills........ 0 0 1 1 0
22 Brandon Sadlowski... 0 0 0 0 -2
26*Ryan Sillivan....... 2 0 1 3 -2
27 Justin Bonitatibus.. 2 1 0 3 -1
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0
33 Andre Brathwaite DNP
35 Jim Healey DNP
Totals.............. 14 2 7 23 -14
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 *Linard, Andrew...... 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ginand, Ryan........ 0 2 1 3 0
4 *Driscoll, Jim....... 0 0 2 2 +1
5 Liotti, Louis....... 0 2 0 2 +1
8 Esner, Bryan........ 0 1 3 4 +2
9 Perreault, Jacques.. 0 0 0 0 0
10*Costello, Chad...... 1 0 1 2 0
11 Russo, Jimmy........ 2 1 0 3 +1
12 McCauley, Dennis.... 0 2 0 2 0
13 Guzior, Randy....... 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ortiz, Ray.......... 0 0 0 0 +2
16 Kraemer, Kyle....... 0 0 1 1 0
17 Strathman, David.... 2 1 2 5 +3
19*Morris, Mike........ 0 0 0 0 0
24 Chisholm, Denis..... 0 0 1 1 +1
26 Vitale, Joe......... 0 1 1 2 +1
36*Brennan, John....... 0 0 0 0 0
37 Rassey, Rob......... 1 1 2 4 +1
41 Geragosian, Adam DNP
Totals.............. 6 11 14 31 +13
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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MER 1 0 0 - 1
NU 1 1 2 - 4
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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MER 14 2 7 - 23
NU 6 11 14 - 31
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd MER NU
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1st 1-5 (7) 0-2 (0)
2nd 0-3 (1) 1-5 (7)
3rd 0-4 (3) 0-3 (5)
Total 1-12 (11) 1-10 (12)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd MER NU
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1st 3/6 7/22
2nd 5/10 3/6
3rd 7/14 8/16
Total 15/30 18/44
Three stars:
1. Esner, Bryan
2. Ortiz, Ray
3. Strathman, David
Officials:
Referee:John Gravallese
Linesman:Chris Aughe
Linesman:Kevin Shea
GOALTENDERS
Merrimack Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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29 Patrick Watson...... L 60:00 4 0 5 10 12 27
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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39 Thiessen, Brad...... W 60:00 1 0 13 2 7 22
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st Morris, Mike NU 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 00:46 PP
1st Matt Byrnes MER 2 TRIPPING 04:27 PP
1st Vitale, Joe NU 2 O-INTERFERENCE 09:37 PP
1st Derek Pallardy MER 2 SLASHING 10:10 PP
1st Ortiz, Ray NU 2 O-TRIPPING 13:07 PP
1st Brian Boulay MER 2 ROUGHING 18:05
1st McCauley, Dennis NU 2 ROUGHING 18:05
1st McCauley, Dennis NU 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 18:05 PP
1st McCauley, Dennis NU 10 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT 18:05
1st Linard, Andrew NU 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 18:23 PP
2nd Guzior, Randy NU 2 HOOKING 01:19 PP
2nd Mike Vaskivuo MER 2 TRIPPING 01:49 PP
2nd Strathman, David NU 2 O-HOOKING 04:21 PP
2nd TEAM MER 2 TOO MANY PLAYERS ON 10:46 PP
2nd John Goebel MER 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 13:06 PP
2nd Ryan Sillivan MER 2 HOLDING 14:53 PP
2nd Chris Kane MER 2 TRIPPING 16:40 PP
2nd McCauley, Dennis NU 2 SLASHING 18:05 PP
3rd Vitale, Joe NU 2 CHARGING 00:56 PP
3rd Strathman, David NU 2 O-INTERFERENCE 02:57 PP
3rd Vitale, Joe NU 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 08:53
3rd Pat Bowen MER 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 08:53
3rd Joe Loprieno MER 2 CONTACT TO THE HEAD 13:07 PP
3rd Justin Mills MER 2 ROUGHING 14:29
3rd Ortiz, Ray NU 2 ROUGHING 14:29
3rd Carmen Posteraro MER 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 17:06
3rd Vitale, Joe NU 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 17:06
3rd Brandon Sadlowski MER 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 17:06
3rd Kraemer, Kyle NU 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 17:06
3rd Carmen Posteraro MER 2 HITTING FROM BEHIND 17:06 PP
3rd Ryan Sillivan MER 2 CONTACT TO THE HEAD 17:25 PP
3rd Perreault, Jacques NU 2 CHECKING 19:33 PP
3rd Chisholm, Denis NU 2 SLASHING 19:48 PP
Win-Thiessen, Brad (2-7-2). Loss-Patrick Watson (0-3-0).
Merrimack - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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9 Carmen Posteraro 9 5
19 Derek Pallardy 6 10
21 Justin Mills 5 4
6 John Goebel 3 0
20 Mike Alexiou 3 2
7 Matt Byrnes 3 3
8 Mickey Rego 2 5
14 Brian Boulay 1 0
16 J.C. Robitaille 0 1
13 Mike Vaskivuo 0 1
26 Ryan Sillivan 0 2
18 Pat Kimball 0 2
27 Justin Bonitatibus 0 2
Totals......... 32 37
Northeastern - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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26 Vitale, Joe 15 6
8 Esner, Bryan 8 4
37 Rassey, Rob 7 6
15 Ortiz, Ray 3 9
11 Russo, Jimmy 2 0
12 McCauley, Dennis 1 0
19 Morris, Mike 1 3
3 Ginand, Ryan 0 1
10 Costello, Chad 0 3
Totals......... 37 32
Merrimack - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 00:46 02:46 02:00 0 0
1st 09:37 10:10 00:33 1 0
1st 13:07 15:07 02:00 1 1
1st 18:05 19:39 01:34 4 0 PPG
1st 19:39 01:39 02:00 1 1
2nd 01:19 01:49 00:30 0 0
2nd 04:21 06:21 02:00 1 0
2nd 18:40 00:05 01:25 0 1
3rd 00:56 02:56 02:00 1 2 SHG
3rd 02:57 04:57 02:00 2 0
3rd 19:33 20:00 00:27 0 0
SUMMARY: 12 opps, 11 shots, 1 goal, time 16:29
Northeastern - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 04:27 06:27 02:00 0 0
1st 11:37 12:10 00:33 0 0
2nd 03:19 03:49 00:30 1 0
2nd 10:46 12:46 02:00 3 0
2nd 13:06 15:06 02:00 0 0
2nd 15:06 16:17 01:11 2 0 PPG
2nd 16:40 18:05 01:25 1 0
3rd 13:07 15:07 02:00 1 1
3rd 17:06 19:06 02:00 4 0
3rd 19:06 19:25 00:19 0 0
SUMMARY: 10 opps, 12 shots, 1 goal, time 13:58
