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 ======================================================== 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 ======================================================== 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