11/16/90 Denver 0 at Boston University 12 NC
Kent State 2 at Lowell 3 NC
Alaska-Anchorage 3 at Maine 3 NC ot
Boston College 2 at Michigan State 4 NC
New Hampshire 1 at Northeastern 2 HE ot
Merrimack 4 at Providence 11 HE
Hockey East Overall Non-league
GP W-L-T Pts GF-GA || GP W-L-T GF-GA W-L-T
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1 Providence 3 2-0-1 5 18-9 || 7 6-0-1 43-22 | 4-0-0
2 Boston College 2 2-0-0 4 10-6 || 4 3-1-0 17-11 | 1-1-0
Merrimack 3 2-1-0 4 15-17 || 6 3-2-1 34-35 | 1-1-1
4 Northeastern 4 1-2-1 3 18-24 || 7 1-5-1 27-46 | 0-3-0
5 Boston University 2 0-1-1 1 5-6 || 5 2-2-1 32-22 | 2-1-0
Lowell 2 0-1-1 1 10-12 || 7 2-4-1 34-39 | 2-3-0
7 Maine 0 0-0-0 0 0-0 || 7 5-1-1 37-18 | 5-1-1
New Hampshire 2 0-2-0 0 3-5 || 7 5-2-0 36-19 | 5-0-0
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FRIARS END MERRIMACK'S THREE-GAME WIN STREAK, MAINTAIN HOLD ON FIRST
Providence brought Merrimack back down to earth with an 11-4 thrashing
in Providence, where the Warriors have traditionally struggled. PC
scored six times in the first period off Yannick Gosselin, who was
nowhere near the goalie he was in his three previous outings. However,
he didn't get any help from his teammates, either. After Brian
Jefferies stole the puck from Claude Maillet at the Merrimack blue
line, fired and beat the Goose from thirty feet at 2:51, Warrior fans
knew it was going to be a long night. Providence's Goose, Lyle
Wildgoose, beat Merrimack's Goose at 12:47. The Friars got
two goals in 17 seconds (15:31, 15:48) from Larry Rooney & Rob
Gaudreau. Then they improved on that with two goals in *7* seconds
(18:46, 18:53) from Mario Aube and Bob Creamer as Merrimack played
the part of spectator to the Friars' offensive show. Most of
the goals came off of shots from the faceoff dots and beyond.
Gosselin (6 goals on 15 shots) was relieved by Mike Doneghey to start
the second, and Doneghey allowed 5 goals the remainder of the game on
24 shots. For all intents and purposes, however, the game was over.
One bright spot for Merrimack was the play of Aggie Casale, who scored
*all four* Merrimack goals - 2 on the power play and one shorthanded.
Providence goalie Mike Heinke made the big stops early, although he
wasn't tested, and ended with 16 saves in a game that had to be
difficult to play over the last two periods. It was 8-0 in the second
before Casale got Merrimack on the board at 14:11.
Other PC goals came from Wildgoose, Bob Cowan, Rooney, Creamer, and
Eric Peterson. PC named Chris Therien, their huge freshman defenseman
from Lake Placid's Northwood Prep, as player of the game, and it
was hard to argue. Therien already deserves consideration as one of
the league's top D, and he can only get better. Keep an eye out for
him.
HUSKIES GET INTO THE WIN COLUMN IN OT OVER WILDCATS
Brian Sullivan got the game-winner on the power play at 43 seconds of
overtime to give Northeastern its first win of the year, 2-1 over
visiting UNH. UNH coach Dick Umile was upset over a charging call
on Savo Mitrovic whistled by referee Drew Taylor that ended up
costing UNH the game. Tom Cole played another strong game in the
NU net, stopping 27 of 28 shots, while Pat Morrison made 33 saves
for UNH. The Wildcats' Chris Winnes opened the scoring at 2:04 of
the second, and his team held the Huskies scoreless until Will
Averill tied it with 8:04 left in regulation.
NONCONFERENCE PLAY -
TERRIERS HAMMER PIONEERS
BU and PC must have been on the same wavelength last night. The
Terriers scored 5 goals in the first period enroute to the shutout
rout of a rebuilding Denver University squad. David Sacco was
taken off of the Commonwealth Line and put with Mike and Mark
Bavis, and the result was a combined six goals and nine assists.
Sacco had 2-5--7, Mark had 2-3--5, and his twin Mike had 2-1--3.
McEachern had 2-1--3 and Amonte had 1-2--3 among the rest of the
Terriers, who led 9-0 after the second and outshot Denver, 38-18.
Denver dropped to 1-10 and has been outscored 69-20 overall. The
teams play again tonight.
BLACK BEARS LOSE LEAD, THEN COME BACK TO TIE ANCHORAGE
Maine jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead over Alaska-Anchorage
on goals by Steve Tepper and Scott Pellerin, but the Seawolves
tied it before the end of the period as Jim Mayes and Jeff Batters
tallied. Rob Conn gave A-A a 3-2 lead with 1:09 left in the second.
But Jim Montgomery evened it up just 1:59 into the third period
and that's how it ended. Mike Dunham stopped 24 shots for Maine
while Paul Krake turned aside 29 for Anchorage, which is now 3-2-2
and has proved it can play with several of the top conference teams
this season. The teams play again tonight.
SPARTANS KNOCK OFF BOSTON COLLEGE IN MUNN ARENA
Michigan State was outshot 30-18 but the Spartans broke a 2-2 tie
in the second with goals by Bryan Smolinski and Rob Woodward to
give Mike Gilmour (28 saves) all he needed. Woodward also opened
the scoring at 11:57 of the first before Steve Heinze tied it.
MSU's Shawn Heaphy and BC's Matt Glennon exchanged goals in the
second to make it 2-2. Scott LaGrand had 14 saves for the Eagles.
MSU is now 4-4-3 overall. The teams play again tonight.
CHIEFS HOLD ON TO BEAT GOLDEN FLASHES
Lowell got goals from Shane Henry, Steve Ablitt, and Normand Bazin
to beat Kent State (2-5-1), 3-2 at Lowell. Henry and Kent's
Kevin McPherson swapped goals in the first, then Ablitt made
it 2-1 in the second. Bazin's eventual game-winner came 1:02
into the third but Ross Antonini scored 12 seconds later to
narrow the gap to one goal again. Mark Richards shut the door
in the Lowell net with 18 saves; his counterpart, Paul Dixon,
stopped 23 Chief shots. Kent travels to Merrimack tonight.
- mike
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