Northeastern (NOE) at Merrimack (MER)
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2017
Conference Game
Attendance: 2391
Start Time: 7:05 pm  End Time: 9:20 pm  Total Time: 2:15

Scoring by Period - NOE 1-2-1=4; MER 1-1-0=2

1st Period
Scoring - 1, NOE Adam Gaudette/13 (Garret Cockerill/14, Dylan Sikura/24) 6:15 (PP)
2, MER Johnathan Kovacevic/2 (Jace Hennig/8, Hampus Gustafsson/8) 16:05 (PP)
Penalties - Chris LeBlanc, MER (High-Sticking) 1:57; Chris LeBlanc, MER (Charging) 4:20; Brett Seney, MER (Cross-Checking) 6:11; John Stevens, NOE (Holding the Stick) 15:03; Garret Cockerill, NOE (Slashing) 20:00

2nd Period
Scoring - 3, MER Jace Hennig/4 (Chris LeBlanc/3, Johnathan Kovacevic/10) 2:26 (PP)
4, NOE Matt Filipe/4 (Zach Aston-Reese/19) 6:55
5, NOE Zach Aston-Reese/22 (John Stevens/15, Dylan Sikura/25) 12:36 (PP) (GW)
Penalties - Trevor Owens, NOE (Interference) 2:19; Ludvig Larsson, MER (Roughing) 4:46; Matt Filipe, NOE (Roughing) 11:31; Marc Biega, MER (Boarding) 11:31; Marc Biega, MER (Roughing) 11:31; Tanner Pond, NOE (Diving) 14:27

3rd Period
Scoring - 6, NOE Eric Williams/2 (Matt Filipe/5, Jeremy Davies/6) 9:44 (PP)
Penalties - Michael Babcock, MER (Cross-Checking) 6:05; Bench, MER (Too Many Players) 8:34; Zach Aston-Reese, NOE (Contact to the Head) 19:15

Northeastern Goaltending - Ryan Ruck (60:00, 35 shots, 33 saves, 2 GA)

Merrimack Goaltending - Drew Vogler (58:19, 35 shots, 31 saves, 4 GA); Empty Net (1:41, 0 GA)

Win - Ryan Ruck, NOE (9-9-4). Loss - Drew Vogler, MER (6-8-3).

Shots On Goal - NOE 14-13-8=35; MER 7-19-9=35

Power Plays - NOE 3 of 7; MER 2 of 5

Penalties - NOE 6 (12 min); MER 8 (16 min)

New Records - Northeastern 9-10-5, Merrimack 8-13-3

Three Stars: 1. Zach Aston-Reese (Northeastern) 2. Dylan Sikura (Northeastern) 3. Johnathan Kovacevic (Merrimack)

Referees: Tim Low, Scott Hansen  Linesmen: Tommy George, Pat Turcotte