2006-07 Schedule/Results
2006-07 Statistics
Northeastern 2, Merrimack 0
Dec. 2, 2006
Lawler Arena (North Andover, MA)
| Team |
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
Final
|
| Northeastern (4-8-2, 2-7-2 Hockey East) |
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
| Merrimack (1-12-1, 1-8-0 Hockey East) |
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Freshman goalie Brad Thiessen turned in a 30-save shutout to lead the Huskies to a 2-0 win and a weekend sweep over Merrimack on Saturday at Lawler Arena in North Andover, Mass. Freshman Chad Costello scored the game-winner and freshman Chris Donovan scored an insurance goal.
It was Thiessen's first career shutout. Thiessen made 22 saves on 23 shots the night before in a 4-1 Husky victory over Merrimack for a .981 save percentage on the weekend. It was Northeastern's first weekend sweep since March 5-6, 2004, when the Huskies swept Massachusetts in a home-and-home series.
Costello got scored his sixth goal of the season at 10:53 in the second period and it proved to be the only score the Huskies needed. Costello carried the puck through the Merrimack zone, made a great move down low and got a shot off, which Merrimack goalie Jim Healy stopped. The rebound went right back to Costello and he shot it into the net. Jimmy Russo and Andrew Linard got assists on the play.
The Huskies made it 2-0 when Dennis McCauley made a crisp pass to Donovan, who scored on a slapshot from the left side. The puck went off Healy and into the net at 18:02. It was Donovan's third career goal.
The Huskies had some other great scoring chances in the second period. At 7:00 in the second, Ray Ortiz had a great setup on a rush up the ice, but Donovan couldn't get his stick on it in front of the net. A minute later, Costello got a shot on a Russo rebound, but Healy made a great save on the play.
Thiessen made some highlight-reel saves in the game for the shutout. In perhaps his best play of the game in the third period, Merrimack had a breakaway and Thiessen came out of the net to make a poke save. Matt Byrnes followed the play and shot the rebound but Thiessen stuffed him with his left pad.
Northeastern held Merrimack scoreless on five power plays, including two 5-on-3 advantages in the game. The game was high on penalties for the second night in a row, as 29 penalties were called 99 minutes. Many penalties were matching.
With the Huskies' league victory, NU moved into a tie with UMass Lowell for eighth in the Hockey East standings. Northeastern improved to 4-8-2 overall and 2-7-2 in Hockey East while Merrimack dropped to 1-12-1 and 1-8-0.
Northeastern is back in action next Saturday when it hosts Maine at Matthews Arena at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on 890 ESPN Boston and WRBB Radio, 104.9 FM.
Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2006-07 Merrimack College Hockey
Northeastern vs Merrimack Warriors (Dec 02, 2006 at North Andover, MA)
Northeastern (4-8-2, 2-7-2 HEA) vs. Merrimack Warriors (1-12-1, 1-8-0 HEA)
Date: Dec 02, 2006 Location: North Andover, MA Arena: Lawler Arena
Attendance: Start time:7 pm End time: Total time:
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 2nd 10:53 NU EV Costello, Chad/6 Russo, Jimmy/5 10,11,2,4 13,22,2,8
Linard, Andrew/2
2 2nd 18:02 NU EV Donovan, Chris/3 McCauley, Dennis/5 23,12,37,24,17 13,27,3,4,8
Rassey, Rob/3
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/- Bl
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2 *Linard, Andrew...... 0 0 0 0 +1 0
3 *Ginand, Ryan........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 *Driscoll, Jim....... 0 1 1 2 +1 0
5 Liotti, Louis....... 0 1 0 1 0 0
8 Esner, Bryan........ 1 1 0 2 0 0
9 Perreault, Jacques.. 0 1 0 1 0 0
10 Costello, Chad...... 0 3 0 3 +1 0
11 Russo, Jimmy........ 1 1 0 2 +1 0
12 McCauley, Dennis.... 3 2 1 6 +1 0
13 Guzior, Randy....... 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ortiz, Ray.......... 0 1 0 1 0 0
16*Kraemer, Kyle....... 0 0 1 1 0 0
17 Strathman, David.... 0 0 1 1 +1 0
20 Lewis, Yale......... 0 1 0 1 0 0
23 Donovan, Chris...... 0 1 0 1 +1 0
24 Chisholm, Denis..... 0 0 0 0 +1 0
26*Vitale, Joe......... 0 1 1 2 0 0
37 Rassey, Rob......... 1 0 0 1 +1 0
41 Geragosian, Adam DNP
Totals.............. 6 14 5 25 +9 0
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Merrimack Warriors 1 2 3 Tot +/- Bl
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2 Jordan Hart......... 1 0 0 1 -1 0
3 *Joe Loprieno........ 1 1 1 3 -1 0
4 *Pat Bowen........... 0 0 0 0 -1 0
6 John Goebel......... 0 1 0 1 0 0
7 Matt Byrnes......... 1 1 3 5 0 0
8 Mickey Rego......... 1 0 1 2 -2 0
9 *Carmen Posteraro.... 1 0 0 1 0 0
11 Matt Jones.......... 0 2 0 2 0 0
13 Mike Vaskivuo....... 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Brian Boulay........ 1 0 0 1 0 0
16*J.C. Robitaille..... 0 0 0 0 0 0
18*Pat Kimball......... 2 1 0 3 0 0
19 Derek Pallardy...... 1 1 1 3 0 0
20 Mike Alexiou........ 0 3 0 3 0 0
22 Brandon Sadlowski... 0 0 2 2 -1 0
25 Brock Wilson........ 0 0 1 1 0 0
26 Ryan Sullivan....... 1 0 0 1 0 0
27 Justin Bonitatibus.. 0 0 1 1 -1 0
29 Patrick Watson DNP
33 Andrew Braithwaite DNP
Totals.............. 10 10 10 30 -9 0
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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NU 0 2 0 - 2
MER 0 0 0 - 0
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 Tot
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NU 6 14 5 - 25
MER 10 10 10 - 30
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd NU MER
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1st 0-2 (2) 0-1 (2)
2nd 0-2 (1) 0-1 (2)
3rd 0-2 (0) 0-3 (1)
Total 0-6 (3) 0-5 (5)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd NU MER
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1st 3/6 4/8
2nd 7/33 5/21
3rd 4/8 6/23
Total 14/47 15/52
Three stars:
1. Thiessen, Brad
2. Costello, Chad
3. Donovan, Chris
Officials:
Referee:Tim Benedetto
Linesman:Frank Keough
Linesman:John Jones
Scorer:Pete DiVito
GOALTENDERS
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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39 Thiessen, Brad...... W 59:57 0 0 10 10 10 30
TM EMPTY NET........... 00:03 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merrimack Warriors Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 Svs
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35 Jim Healey.......... L 59:43 2 0 6 12 5 23
TM EMPTY NET........... 00:17 0 0 0 0 0 0
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st Joe Loprieno MER 2 TRIPPING 01:41 PP
1st Lewis, Yale NU 2 O-TRIPPING 09:51 PP
1st Mike Alexiou MER 2 BOARDING 11:27 PP
1st Matt Jones MER 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 14:11
1st Chisholm, Denis NU 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 14:11
1st Brock Wilson MER 2 SLASHING 18:43
1st Guzior, Randy NU 2 HOOKING 18:43
2nd Carmen Posteraro MER 2 SLASHING 01:08 PP
2nd McCauley, Dennis NU 2 INTERFERENCE 04:16 PP
2nd Matt Jones MER 2 ROUGHING 10:39
2nd Guzior, Randy NU 2 ROUGHING 10:39
2nd Derek Pallardy MER 2 INTERFERENCE 19:10
2nd Esner, Bryan NU 2 ROUGHING 19:10
2nd Esner, Bryan NU 2 UNSPORTSMANLIKE COND 19:10
2nd Esner, Bryan NU 10 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT 19:10
2nd Mike Alexiou MER 5 FIGHTING 19:10 PP
2nd Mike Alexiou MER 10 DISQUALIFICATION 19:10
2nd Linard, Andrew NU 5 HITTING FROM BEHIND 19:54 PP
2nd Linard, Andrew NU 10 GAME MISCONDUCT 19:54
3rd Ginand, Ryan NU 2 INTERFERENCE 01:49 PP
3rd Chisholm, Denis NU 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 07:15
3rd Matt Jones MER 2 HITTING AFTER WHISTL 07:15
3rd Joe Loprieno MER 2 CTH ELBOWING 09:39 PP
3rd Matt Byrnes MER 2 ROUGHING 10:08
3rd Costello, Chad NU 2 ROUGHING 10:08
3rd Costello, Chad NU 2 UNSPORTSMANLIKE COND 10:08 PP
3rd Matt Jones MER 5 HITTING FROM BEHIND 18:14 PP
3rd Matt Jones MER 10 GAME MISCONDUCT 18:14
3rd J.C. Robitaille MER 2 HOOKING 20:00 PP
Win-Thiessen, Brad (3-7-2). Loss-Jim Healey (1-6-1).
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Hockey Game Box Score (Final)
2006-07 Merrimack College Hockey
Northeastern vs Merrimack Warriors (Dec 02, 2006 at North Andover, MA)
Northeastern - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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26 Vitale, Joe 14 8
37 Rassey, Rob 8 4
8 Esner, Bryan 5 2
11 Russo, Jimmy 5 7
15 Ortiz, Ray 4 8
17 Strathman, David 1 0
Totals......... 37 29
Merrimack Warriors - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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7 Matt Byrnes 7 5
9 Carmen Posteraro 7 8
8 Mickey Rego 4 6
19 Derek Pallardy 4 7
27 Justin Bonitatibus 3 2
6 John Goebel 2 3
11 Matt Jones 1 1
18 Pat Kimball 1 1
20 Mike Alexiou 0 2
16 J.C. Robitaille 0 2
Totals......... 29 37
Northeastern - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 01:41 03:41 02:00 0 2
1st 11:51 13:27 01:36 2 0
2nd 01:08 03:08 02:00 1 0
3rd 09:39 11:39 02:00 0 1
3rd 18:14 20:00 01:46 0 2
SUMMARY: 6 opps, 3 shots, 0 goals, time 09:22
Merrimack Warriors - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 09:51 11:27 01:36 2 0
2nd 04:16 06:16 02:00 2 0
3rd 00:00 01:14 01:14 0 0
3rd 01:49 03:49 02:00 0 0
3rd 11:39 12:08 00:29 1 0
SUMMARY: 5 opps, 5 shots, 0 goals, time 07:19
