Northeastern defeated Mercyhurst 5-2 in its home opener tonight at Matthews
Arena.

Scoring:

1-1st-MH Mike Carter @13:00 Short handed from Louis Goulet
2-1st-NU Scott Selig @13:58 Power play from Jason Guerriero, Eric Ortlip
3-1st-MH Rich Hansen @18:09 Power play from Goulet, Adam Tackaberry
4-2nd-NU Willie Levesque @06:59 Power play from Chris Lynch, Jim Fahey
5-2nd-NU Jim Fahey @15:13 Power play from Guerriero, Ortlip
6-3rd-NU Guerriero @ 5:16 Even from Ortlip
7-3rd-NU Levesque @09:55 Even from Lynch

Goals by Period:
MH 2-0-0 = 2: NU 1-2-2-5

Shots by Period
MH 7-5-7=19: NU 19-17-13=49

Power Play
1st MH 1 for 2; 2 shots; NU 1 for 4; 6 shots
2nd MH 0 for 2; 2 shots; NU 2 for 2; 5 shots
3rd MH 0 for 3; 3 shots; NU 0 for 1; 0 shots
Total MH 1 for 7; 9 shots: NU 3 for 7; 11 shots

Penalty Mins
1st MH 5 for 10 minutes; NU 3 for 6 minutes
2nd MH 2 for 4 minutes; NU 2 for 4 minutes
3rd MH 1 for 2 minutes; NU 3 for 6 minutes

Goalie Saves
MH Cifelli 5 goals- Saves  18-15-11=44
NU  Gibson 2 goals -Saves 5-5-7=17

Three Stars (all NU)
1-Guerriero; 2-Levesque; 3-Fahey

Officials
Ref Scott Hansen; Asst Refs Joe Ross and Chris Aughe

New Record: Mercyhurst 0-3-0; NU 1-2-0

Bob Saunders
NU Staff