The NU Huskies snatched defeat from the jaws of victory tonight losing 4-3 to
the Minutemen in OT. NU couldn't hold a 3-0 lead well into the third period
and watched the lead evaporate until the tying goal with 56 seconds left. At
1:20 of the OT Thomas Pock scored unassisted and the Minutemen had the win.

Mullins Center
UMass, Amherst, MA
1/26/02
Attendance 1654

Goals
#  Prd   Time   Team   Type   Scorer
1  1st  07:44   NU     PP    Scott Selig (3) from Jason Herriman/Eric Ortlip
2   2nd  02:21   NU      EV     Herriman (4) from Joe Mastronardi
3  3rd    06:51   NU      EV     Herriman (5) from Mastronardi/Ryan Dudgeon
4  3rd    08:27   UMA   EV     Kelly Sickavish (1) from Justin Rafferty/Peter
Trovato
5  3rd    15:44   UMA   EV      Nick Kuiper (2) from Craig MacDonald/ Thomas
Pock
6   3rd   19:04   UMA   EV     Toni Soderholm form Samuli Jalkunen/Kuiper
7   OT    01:20   UMA   EV     Pock -unassisted

Goals by Period
NU 1-1-1-0=3; UMA 0-0-3-1=4

Shots by Period
NU 12-5-11-1=29; UMA 4-8-5-1=18

Power Play Goals (Attempts (Shots)
NU 1st 1-2 (4); 2nd 0-1 (1); 3rd 0-0 (0);OT 0-0 (0); Total 1-5 (5)
UMA  1st 0-1 (2); 2nd 0-0 (0); 3rd 0-0 (0); OT 0-0 (0); Total 0-1 (2)

Penalty/Minutes by Period
NU 1st 1/2; 2nd 0/0; 3rd 0/0; OT 0/0; Total 1/2
UMA 1st 2/4; 2nd 1/2; 3rd 0/0; OT 0/0; Total 3/6

Goaltenders
NU Keni Gibson - Loss (OT) 61:20 minutes 4 Goals 4-8-2=14 Saves
UMA Mike Johnson - Win (OT) 61:20 minutes 3 Goals 11-4-10-1=26 Saves

Three Stars
#! Pock UMA; #2 Herriman NU; #3 Kuiper UMA

Officials: Ref Scott Hanson; Assts Steve Arnold/Tom Carpenito

New Records
NU 13-10-3 (7-7-2 Hockey East); UMA 8-17-1 (3-12-1 Hockey East)

Bob Saunders
NU Staff