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Friday February 24, 1995 Northeastern 7 UMass 3 Mullins Center-Amherst Attn. 4,176 1 2 3 T NU (14-13-5, 9-8-5) 2 3 2 7 UM (5-25-2, 3-19) 1 0 2 3 First Period: Scoring NU Melong (Shields) 10:46 NU Shields (Bouchard, Campbell) PPG 15:42 UM Manganaro (Perry) 17:14 Penalties UM Perry (Interference) 5:43 NU Bench (Too Many Men) 6:31 NU McGillis (Roughing) 9:16 UM O'Connor (Interference) 10:18 UM O'Connell (Holding 16:05 UM Wright (Roughing) 18:38 Second Period: Scoring NU Aube 3:27 NU Melong 9:27 NU Melong (Lupo, Bouchard) PPG 19:03 Penalties UM Bench minor 3:51 UM Gaffney (Slashing) 7:36 NU Parlon (Slashing) 7:36 UM Wright (Slashing) 17:35 Third Period: Scoring NU Aube (Collett, Carmody) 1:20 UM Perry (Evans, Norris) 13:49 NU Shields (Klyn) 14:37 UM Smith (Jacques) 15:42 Penalties UM Moriarty (Interference) 4:46 NU Petersen (Hooking) 9:08 NU McGillis (Roughing, Roughing) 13:01 UM Campanale (High Sticking) 13:01 UM Wright (Misconduct) 13:01 Saves by Period 1 2 3 T Veisor-NU (50:06) 8 9 2 19 Reynolds-NU (9:54) 2 2 Moriarty-UM (60:00) 9 10 9 28 Penalties/Minutes NU 8/16 UM 12/30 Powerplays NU 2/8 UM 0/6 Three Stars Melong (Hat Trick) Aube (2 goals) Shields (2 goals, assist) ============================================================================= For the first of three games with the Northeastern Huskies, the Minutemen started Rich Moriarty in net. Moriarty's last start was in a 3-2 victory over Army exactly one month ago. In that game he stopped 20 of 22 Cadet shots, and since has only played in mop up duty during a 7-0 game at Maine. He stopped all four shots he faced there. The fresh goalie however was not the solution for the Minutemen this evening as they slid to 5-25-2 against a strong Northeastern squad (14-13-5), by a 7-3 final before a Senior Day crowd of 4,176 at the William D. Mullins Center. Jason Melong opened the scoring 10:46 into the game, as he collected a loose puck behind the UMass net and circled the net at about a 15 foot radius before firing it past Moriarty. Jordon Shields made it 2-0 on a powerplay at 15:42 as he knocked home a rebound from a high slot position. The Minutemen wouldn't play dead in their final home game this season. Tom Perry, just outside the defensive zone, along the boards, used every inch of the Olympic ice in threading a pass between a pair of Husky defenders and right on the tape of a streaking Sal manganaro against the opposite boards, just before the offensive blue line. The pass as a thing of beauty, completely across the ice and right on the tape, Managanaro never broke stride. Manganaro walked in alone, beat Veisor, and UMass trailed 2-1 at the break. J.F. Aube made it 3-1 for Northeastern 3:27 into the period as after a face off to the right of Moriarty, he collect a puck out of a scrum and put it in as the puck broke through the five hole. It was the definition of a soft goal, and as often is the case after a softie like that, it snowballs. Melong scored a pair of goals from twenty feet out, one on the powerplay, to complete his hattrick. Northeastern took that 5-1 lead into the locker rooms after the second. Perry had the setup of the night, but 1:20 into the third, Aube scored the goal of the night. twelve feet or so in front of Moriarty, he span 180 degrees and slid it along the ice, off his backhand, just inside the far post. It was a thing of beauty, not entirely unlike Cam Neely's goal against Ottawa last season. The Third period was mostly played in the neutral zone wih a lot of dumping and chasing, and few shots. In this stretch Rich Moriartuy did turn in the save of the night though. Moriarty was down when Criag's Cormarty's shot tricked past him, but Mo was able to sweep the puck out of the crease just inches before crossing the goal line. UMass then tried to make a game of it, with Tom Perry scoring on a wraparound at 13:49. By this point, Reynolds had replaced Veisor, who saved 19 0f 20 shots he faced. The comeback attempt was squashed though when Shields slipped by the Defense for a clean breakaway which he converted, putting NU up 7-2. Judd Smith scored his first goal for the Minutemen off of a nice Jon jacques pass to close out the scoring. Moriarty, although not spectacular was all too bad considering waht was in front of him. UMass' Defensive corps are weak enough already, but three of their regular six were out tonight. Brad Norton is still suffering from a concussion suffered last Friday at Lowell, Dale Hooper was a scratch by coaches decision and Brian Corcoran received a game misconduct in the 104 PIM game against Lowell saturday. Corcoran will be back tomorrow night along with Hooper. Nortan skated today put is unlikely to see ice tomorrow. For Northeastern tonight was the Melong-Aube-Shields show. Scoring all seven goals, and winning all three stars, they controled this game from the get go. A sweep of the series is pivitol for NU's NC$$ bid. A loss to UMass at this point would virtually require them to get win the playoffs to qualify. In a pressure game credit Ben Smith's stars for coming up big in the clutch. His big three forwards and goaltender Mike Veisor controled the game from start to finish. SIGN OF SUPPORT: While UMass's 3-19 Hockey east mark is not incredible one thing has been, their fans support. In their 12 Hockey east games at Mullins, UMass averaged 3,975 fans per game. Higher than any other team except for Maine. That number would be SRO at five of the league's arenas (MC, UML, BU, PC and UNH). The season high was the 6,834 who witnessed the Maine upset, while the low was a respectable 2,147 for a Sunday night game with UNH, the day after a storm dumped 8 inches of snow on Amherst, with temps around zero. If 1 3-19 team can average 3,975 for league games (3,417 overall at Mullins) what will that figure be when we're 19-3 instead? I just can't wait. Leigh [log in to unmask]