2007-08 Schedule/Results
2007-08 Statistics
UMass Lowell 5, Northeastern 4 (OT)
Feb. 29, 2008
Tsongas Arena (Lowell, MA)
| Team |
1st
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2nd
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3rd
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OT
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Final
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| #18 Northeastern (14-14-3, 11-11-2 Hockey East) |
0
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2
|
2
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0
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4
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| UMass Lowell (14-13-4, 9-11-4 Hockey East) |
1
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
5
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Northeastern's Randy Guzior and David Strathman scored the final two goals of regulation to force overtime, but UMass Lowell's Paul Worthington scored in OT to propel the River Hawks to a 5-4 win over Northeastern on Friday night at Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Mass. UML's Mike Potacco had a hat trick and NU's Wade MacLeod had a goal and two assists.
With the loss, Northeastern hits .500 for the first time since Nov. 16, when the Huskies were 4-4-1. Northeastern is now 14-14-3 overall and 11-11-2 in Hockey East. UMass Lowell got back over .500 to 14-13-4 overall and 9-11-4 in Hockey East.
Down, 4-2, in the third period, Greg Costa got the Huskies rally started when he banked a pass off the boards to Dennis McCauley. McCauley took the puck in on the left side and shot it off UMass Lowell goalie Carter Hutton's pad, generating a big rebound for Guzior to fire in the net. That got the Huskies within a goal at 9:58.
Northeastern continued its late-game momentum when MacLeod passed the puck to Steve Silva, who sped into the UML zone with a defender. Silva dropped a pass to Strathman, who fired it top shelf past Hutton to tie the game at 11:08 in the third. Northeastern outshot UMass Lowell 11-7 in the third period.
UMass Lowell generated most of the chances in overtime and got five shots on goal. Worthington ended the game when he got the puck near the UMass Lowell goal line and sped into the Northeastern zone. He got by the defense and fired a shot past Northeastern goalie Brad Thiessen at 3:26 to lift the River Hawks to the win.
Northeastern outchanced UMass Lowell for most of the first period and had some excellent scoring opportunities. Chris Donovan had a point-blank slapshot and Tyler McNeely got a shot off from in front but Hutton made the save each time.
McNeely took a boarding penalty at 16:05 and UMass Lowell was able to get some momentum late in the first period. Potacco got open in front and fired a shot past Thiessen to for the first goal of the game at 19:18 in the first period. Mark Roebothan and Scott Campbell got assists on the play.
NU's Joe Vitale was called for contact to the head-high sticking at 19:50, which kept River Hawks rolling. UML's Maury Edwards scored a power-play goal when he put in the rebound of a Kory Falite shot just 37 seconds into the second period.
MacLeod got Northeastern on the board less than a minute later. Vitale threaded a pass through the middle to MacLeod on the far side and MacLeod put it behind Hutton at 1:19 to make it 2-1.
Potacco scored his second goal of the game, a short-hander, at 10:35 in the second period. He stole the puck at the Northeastern blueline and sped in for a breakaway, getting a shot past Thiessen low on his stick side.
Vitale got the Huskies back within a goal at 14:08 in the second period. A UMass Lowell player tried to clear the puck but Jim Driscoll kept it in the zone and deflected it to Strathman in the middle. Strathman passed it to MacLeod, who was open on the right side and MacLeod sent it to the front of the net, where Vitale was able to put it in the net.
Potacco's third goal of the game at 17:11 in the second period got UMass Lowell out to a 4-2 lead before the Huskies came back in the third.
It was Northeastern's first overtime loss since Jan. 27, 2007, a 2-1 loss to Maine at Alfond Arena. Thiessen made 31 saves in the game and Hutton stopped 27 shots.
It was junior defenseman Louis Liotti's 100th career game at Northeastern. An assistant captain, he has two goals and 12 assists and has missed just one game since coming to NU.
Northeastern and UMass Lowell rematch on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Matthews Arena. It will be the final meeting of the regular season for the two teams. The game will be broadcast on 890 ESPN Boston and WRBB Radio and will have live audio and video on GoNU.TV.
Northeastern (14-14-3, 11-11-2) vs. UMass Lowell (14-13-4, 9-11-4)
Date: Feb 29, 2008 Location: Lowell, Mass. Arena: Tsongas Arena
Attendance:3715 Start time:7:00 End time:9:27 Total time:2:27
# Prd Time Team Typ Scored By Assists Visitor On Ice Home On Ice
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1 1st 19:18 UML EV Potacco, Mike/7 Roebothan, Mark/9 12,13,22,4,28 19,9,15,5,2
Campbell, Scott/9
2 2nd 00:37 UML PP Edwards, Maury/7 Falite, Kory/10 23,21,22,5 7,12,6,21,2
Goers, Barry/17
3 2nd 01:29 NU EV MacLeod, Wade/7 Vitale, Joe/20 19,26,23,6,7 15,19,9,5,2
Donovan, Chris/3
4 2nd 10:35 UML SH Potacco, Mike/8 - 3,94,5,21 19,15,2,7
5 2nd 14:08 NU EV Vitale, Joe/12 MacLeod, Wade/15 26,19,6,4,23 19,15,9,7,6
Strathman, David/11
6 2nd 17:11 UML EV Potacco, Mike/9 Blair, Ryan/8 23,19,4,26,5 19,9,15,7,26
Campbell, Scott/10
7 3rd 09:58 NU EV Guzior, Randy/10 McCauley, Dennis/2 13,12,22,5,7 4,2,23,25,16
Costa, Greg/5
8 3rd 11:08 NU EV Strathman, David/4 Silva, Steve/9 6,17,11,3,4 12,21,22,6,4
MacLeod, Wade/16
9 OT 03:26 UML EV Worthington, Paul/1 Falite, Kory/11 23,3,7,17,94 22,12,16,2,21
Dehner, Jeremy/12
TEAM SUMMARY
|-Shots by Prd-|
## Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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3 Ginand, Ryan........ 1 1 0 0 2 -1
4 Driscoll, Jim....... 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 *Liotti, Louis....... 1 0 0 0 1 -1
6 Strathman, David.... 1 0 2 0 3 +3
7 Nycholat, Dan....... 1 0 0 0 1 +1
11 Russo, Jimmy........ 1 0 2 0 3 +1
12 McCauley, Dennis.... 0 0 1 0 1 0
13 Guzior, Randy....... 1 0 2 0 3 0
17 Silva, Steve........ 0 2 1 0 3 0
19*MacLeod, Wade....... 0 2 1 0 3 +1
21*Muench, Drew........ 0 0 0 0 0 -1
22 Costa, Greg......... 0 1 1 0 2 0
23*Donovan, Chris...... 2 0 0 0 2 0
26*Vitale, Joe......... 0 1 0 1 2 +1
28 Hewkin, Mike........ 0 0 0 0 0 -1
32 Wiwchar, Dylan...... 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 Rassey, Rob......... 0 2 0 0 2 0
94 McNeely, Tyler...... 1 0 1 0 2 -2
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Binnington, Mike DNP
Totals.............. 10 9 11 1 31 +1
|-Shots by Prd-|
## UMass Lowell 1 2 3 Tot +/-
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2 Dehner, Jeremy...... 1 1 1 1 4 +1
4 *Sullivan, Kelly..... 1 0 0 0 1 -2
5 Schaus, Nick........ 0 1 0 0 1 0
6 *Goers, Barry........ 0 2 0 1 3 -2
7 Edwards, Maury...... 0 1 0 0 1 +1
9 Roebothan, Mark..... 1 1 2 0 4 0
12*Falite, Kory........ 1 2 0 1 4 0
14 Monroe, Nick........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Campbell, Scott..... 1 0 2 0 3 +1
16 Auger, Chris........ 1 1 1 1 4 0
18 Cey, Patrick........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Potacco, Mike....... 1 3 1 0 5 +1
20 Bartelson, Todd..... 1 0 0 0 1 0
21*Holmstrom, Ben...... 3 0 0 0 3 0
22*Worthington, Paul... 0 1 0 1 2 0
23 Maniff, Jonathan.... 1 0 0 0 1 -1
25 DeLuca, Jason....... 0 1 0 0 1 -1
26 Blair, Ryan......... 0 0 0 0 0 +1
TM TEAM................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Hamilton, Nevin DNP
29 Dryjowicz-Burek, J. DNP
Totals.............. 12 14 7 5 38 -1
Goals by Period
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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NU 0 2 2 0 - 4
UML 1 3 0 1 - 5
Shots by Period
Team 1 2 3 OT Tot
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NU 10 9 11 1 - 31
UML 12 14 7 5 - 38
Power Play G-Att (Shots)
Prd NU UML
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1st 0-0 (0) 0-1 (0)
2nd 0-3 (3) 1-1 (2)
3rd 0-1 (5) 0-0 (0)
OT 0-0 (0) 0-0 (0)
Total 0-4 (8) 1-2 (2)
Penalties/Minutes by Prd
Prd NU UML
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1st 3/6 1/2
2nd 3/14 5/21
3rd 1/2 2/4
OT 0/0 0/0
Total 7/22 8/27
Three stars:
1. Potacco, Mike
2. Worthington, Paul
3. Strathman, David
Officials:
Referee:Tom Quinn
Linesman:Bob Bernard
Linesman:Tim Low
Goal judge:Joe DiSisto
Goal judge:Roger Pepin
GOALTENDERS
Northeastern Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 OT Svs
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39 Thiessen, Brad...... OTL 63:26 5 0 11 11 7 4 33
UMass Lowell Dec MIN GA EN 1 2 3 OT Svs
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30 Hutton, Carter...... W 63:26 4 0 10 7 9 1 27
PENALTY SUMMARY
Prd Player Team Min Offense Time
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1st Maniff, Jonathan UML 2 HIT AFTER WHISTLE 12:05
1st Guzior, Randy NU 2 HIT AFTER WHISTLE 12:05
1st McNeely, Tyler NU 2 BOARDING 16:05 PP
1st Vitale, Joe NU 2 HIGH STICKING 19:50 PP
2nd Auger, Chris UML 2 HOLDING THE STICK 01:57 PP
2nd Holmstrom, Ben UML 2 IF 09:27 PP
2nd Holmstrom, Ben UML 5 CHARGING 18:37 PP
2nd McNeely, Tyler NU 2 HIT AFTER WHISTLE 18:37
2nd Schaus, Nick UML 2 HIT AFTER WHISTLE 18:37
2nd Schaus, Nick UML 10 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT 18:37
2nd McNeely, Tyler NU 10 10-MINUTE MISCONDUCT 18:37
2nd Russo, Jimmy NU 2 BOARDING 19:18
3rd Roebothan, Mark UML 2 HOOKING 00:27
3rd MacLeod, Wade NU 2 UNSPORTSMANLIKE COND 00:27
3rd Schaus, Nick UML 2 HOOKING 14:00 PP
Win-Hutton, Carter (5-6-2). Loss-Thiessen, Brad (14-13-3).
Northeastern - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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26 Vitale, Joe 15 13
17 Silva, Steve 9 8
22 Costa, Greg 8 10
37 Rassey, Rob 4 4
19 MacLeod, Wade 2 3
94 McNeely, Tyler 1 0
Totals......... 39 38
UMass Lowell - Faceoffs
## Player W L
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21 Holmstrom, Ben 12 12
15 Campbell, Scott 11 11
16 Auger, Chris 7 9
14 Monroe, Nick 4 5
12 Falite, Kory 2 0
23 Maniff, Jonathan 2 1
9 Roebothan, Mark 0 1
Totals......... 38 39
Northeastern - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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2nd 01:57 03:57 02:00 1 0
2nd 09:27 11:27 02:00 2 1 SHG
2nd 18:37 19:18 00:41 0 0
3rd 01:18 03:36 02:18 4 1
3rd 14:00 16:00 02:00 1 1
SUMMARY: 4 opps, 8 shots, 0 goals, time 08:59
UMass Lowell - Power Play Summary
Prd Start End Elapse Shots (Opp)
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1st 16:05 18:05 02:00 0 0
1st 19:50 00:37 00:47 2 0 PPG
SUMMARY: 2 opps, 2 shots, 1 goal, time 02:47
