UMass-Lowell moves into sole posession of first place in HE
with a 4 - 2 victory over the NU Huskies last night.  Lowell
never trailed in one, and extends it's HE record to 3-0-0,
topess in HE.  Meanwhile NU is still without a victory in HE,
dropping to 0-3-0.
 
Lowell got on top early in the first when Tucker notched his
first of the season at the 1:11 mark.  That was it for the
scoring in the first period.
 
Northeastern came back and tied it early in the second when
Rob Kenney scored on the power-play at the 29 second mark of
the second.  Northeaster dominated the second period, with the
help of 5 Lowell penalties, but failed to take the lead.
 
NU started the third on the power play, but again failed to
score.  Lowell took the lead for good at the 4:22 mark when
Pensa nocked in a Daley rebound, making it 2-1 Lowell.  Once
Lowell got the lead, they decided to play solid defense and
try to win the game 2-1.  NU got several excellent scoring
chances, but Lowell netminder Dwayne Roloson came up big when
he had too.  NU's Geoff Lucas put NU behind the 8 ball when
he took a "Hitting from behind" penalty with just 3:43 remain-
ing in the game and the Huskies trailing 2-1.  Lowell took
advantage of the NU mistake scoring on the powerplay at the
17:02 mark, taking a 3-1 lead.  NU came right back, Jason
 Melong scored his first goal as a Husky at 18:27, and it
was just a one goal game with a minute and a half left to
go.  Then with goaltender Tom Cole out of the net, NU's
Matt Saunders took a stupid crosschecking penalty and the
Huskies chances looked bleek.  Lowell scored on the power
play, with the net empty, and won 4-2.
 
Scoring Summary
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1st Period
  1-0   UML  Tucker - Hebert             1:11
 
2nd Period
  1-1   NU   Kenney - Bouchard - Foy      :29
 
3rd Period
  2-1   UML  Pensa - Daley               4:22
  3-1   UML  Carter - Angus - Meehan    17:02
  3-2   NU   Melong - Saunders - Kellog 18:27
  4-2   UML  Murray - Tucker (en)       19:13
 
Penalties
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1st Period
  NU   Hayes        Hooking         3:03
  UML  Carney       Slashing        5:52
  UML  Parsons      Tripping        8:27
  NU   McNair       Interference   13:25
 
2nd Period
  UML  Meehan       Tripping         :14
  NU   Kellog       Hooking         1:05
  UML  Murray       Tripping        5:04
  NU   Foy          Holding        10:31
  UML  Meehan       Interference   11:29
  UML  Pensa        Crosschecking  15:49
  UML  O'Connell    Holding        19:58
 
3rd Period
  UML  Murray       Tripping        7:28
  NU   Lucas        HitFromBehind  16:17
  NU   Saunders     Crosschecking  19:02
  UML  Tucker       Hooking         19:28
  NU   LaPlante     Misconduct(10) 19:13
  NU   Kenney       Roughing       19:38
  UML  Murray       Roughing       19:38
 
Goaltenders
  NU   Cole ( 19 - 22 )
  UML  Roloson ( 33 - 35 )