Friday, February 21, 1992 at Volpe Complex, North Andover, MA
HOCKEY EAST GAME
UMass-Lowell Chiefs (10-16-4, 5-9-4 HE 6th) 1 0 0 - 1
Merrimack Warriors (13-17-0, 4-14-0 HE t7th) 1 2 3 - 6
FIRST PERIOD MC-UML
1. MC1, Dan Gravelle 18 (unassisted), 0:31. 1-0
2. UML1, Ian Hebert 6 (Dave Pensa, Gerry Daley), 6:29. 1-1
SECOND PERIOD
3. MC2, Brendan Locke 3 (Matt Adams), 6:28. GWG 2-1
4. MC3, Teal Fowler 18 (Alex Weinrich), 10:59. 3-1
THIRD PERIOD
5. MC4, Wayde McMillan 3 (Rob Atkinson, Mike Kelleher), 2:10. 4-1
6. MC5, Gravelle 19 (Rob Kelley), 9:31. 5-1
7. MC6, Locke 4 (Weinrich), 12:04. SHG ENG 6-1
SHOTS ON GOAL: UMass-Lowell 10-12-11 = 33
Merrimack 9-10--8 = 27
GOALIES: UML, Dwayne Roloson (3-8-0, 59:38, 26 sh-21 sv).
MC, Steve D'Amore (11-16-0, 60:00, 33-32).
POWER PLAYS: UML 0 of 5. MC 0 of 3.
PENALTIES: UML 7/14. MC 9/21.
REFEREE: Rich Fowkes. LINESMEN: John Jones, Tim Benedetto.
ATT: 1,230 (cap. 3,617).
THREE STARS: 1. Steve D'Amore, Merrimack (33 sh-32 sv).
2. Brendan Locke, Merrimack (2-0--2, GWG).
3. Dan Gravelle, Merrimack (2-0--2).
Merrimack coach Ron Anderson got his 175th career win as both Dan Gravelle
and Brendan Locke scored twice to lead the Warriors to the win. Lowell
did not play well and also was the victim of a sparkling goaltending
performance by Steve D'Amore. After a 1-1 first period, Merrimack scored
twice in the 2nd while D'Amore worked his magic, and then an early goal
in the third by Wayde McMillan all but put it away. Locke's 2nd was a
short-handed empty-netter with 7:56 left as Lowell coach Bruce Crowder
made a good decision to pull Roloson for a 6x4 power-play advantage, down
5-1, but it didn't work. Gravelle, who is counted on to increase his
goal production after starting the season with numerous assists as a solid
set-up man, came up with four goals on the weekend in a good showing. See
Kevin Yetman's post for more details that I won't repeat.
Saturday, February 22, 1992 at Volpe Complex, North Andover, MA
HOCKEY EAST GAME
Northeastern Huskies (14-18-0, 5-14-0 HE 7th) 3 2 0 1 - 6
Merrimack Warriors (13-18-0, 4-15-0 HE 8th) 1 1 3 0 - 5
FIRST PERIOD NU-MC
1. NU1, Darryl MacNair 6 (Sebastien Laplante, Jay Schiavo), 4:29. PPG 1-0
2. NU2, Dino Grossi 13 (Paul Flanagan, Laplante), 17:37. 2-0
3. NU3, Rob Kenny 18 (unassisted), 18:03. 3-0
4. MC1, Matt Crowley 7 (Rob Atkinson, Bryan Miller), 19:09. PPG 3-1
SECOND PERIOD
5. NU4, Jay Schiavo 15 (Paul Sacco, Laplante), 0:31. 4-1
6. MC2, John Barron 6 (Teal Fowler, Don MacLeod), 2:41. 4-2
7. NU5, Adam Hayes 4 (unassisted), 6:55. 5-2
THIRD PERIOD
8. MC3, Dan Gravelle 20 (Fowler, Alex Weinrich), 17:15. 5-3
9. MC4, Fowler 19 (Gravelle), 18:52. 5-4
10. MC5, Gravelle 21 (Wayde McMillan, Fowler), 19:17. 5-5
OVERTIME
11. NU6, Grossi 14 (Schiavo), 4:23. GWG 6-5
SHOTS ON GOAL: Northeastern 12-14--8--3 = 37
Merrimack 6-12-14--2 = 34
GOALIES: Northeastern, Tom Cole (9-8-0, 64:23, 34 sh-29 sv).
Merrimack, Steve D'Amore (27:04, 21-16),
Mike Doneghey (1-1-0, 36:49, 16-15).
POWER PLAYS: NU 1 of 6. MC 1 of 9.
PENALTIES: NU 11/22. MC 8/16.
REFEREE: John Gravallese. LINESMEN: John Melanson, Andy Hennigar.
ATT: 1,760 (capacity 3,617).
THREE STARS: 1. Rob Kenny, NU (1-0--1).
2. Dino Grossi, NU (2-0--2).
3. Dan Gravelle, MC (2-1--3).
In the Battle Not To Go To Maine, Northeastern built a 5-2 lead and then
watched it vanish in the final 2:45 as Merrimack scored three times near
the end of the third period to tie it, two goals coming with goaltender
Mike Doneghey on the bench for an extra attacker. But in overtime, Dino
Grossi made a nifty move on a 2x1 to score his 2nd of the game and give
the visiting Huskies the win which they deserved.
Northeastern almost completely dominated all facets of the game in the
first period and a half to build the 5-2 lead. The Huskies got the game's
first three goals with Rob Kenny's wraparound making it 3-0 at the 18:03
mark of the first. Merrimack got on the board before the end of the period
when Matt Crowley scored from in front on the power play.
Jay Schiavo made it 4-1 just 31 seconds into the second, but Merrimack cut
it to two again on John Barron's goal from in front. When the Huskies
regained their two-goal lead at 6:55 on Adam Hayes' goal, Ron Anderson
decided to pull ironman netminder Steve D'Amore for Doneghey to try to
spark the team. Doneghey was dazzling, allowing no goals over the game's
final 32:56 and only getting beat on Grossi's winner in OT. This was good
to see, as Doneghey will inherit the starting job from D'Amore next season
and hasn't seen much time so far this year.
Merrimack scored three times in 2:02 late in the game to fire up the crowd
and force overtime. After Gravelle scored at 17:15 on a nice feed from
Fowler, Anderson pulled Doneghey for an extra man and both Fowler and
Gravelle scored with the Warriors up 6x5. Fowler ended the game with a
goal and three assists while Gravelle had 2-1--3. This combination showed
some great offense while they were out together and it will be interesting
to see if Anderson decides to put them out on the same line next week.
The overtime saw Merrimack have some good chances in the early half that
were turned away by Tom Cole, who played well with 29 saves, but then
the Huskies started to turn the tide their way. Grossi got the winner
with just 37 seconds left in OT.
Merrimack was guilty of coughing up the puck a lot early on which led to
far too many 2x1's and breakaways, and D'Amore can't be faulted for most
of the goals. The team needs to come out of the blocks a little more
quickly - you can't expect to win after spotting the opponents three
goals. The Huskies looked like they could have beaten anyone early on,
but they started to fall back in the latter half of the game and let
Merrimack take the play to them with their three-goal lead.
Both teams end the regular season with two games next weekend. See the
HE update for details on those games and tiebreakers. Merrimack needs
three points more than NU in the final two games to avoid going to Maine,
by virtue of this win by Northeastern.
---
Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] mikem@{beanpot,bubba}.ma30.bull.com
|
