2007-08 Hockey East Box Score
Massachusetts (UMA) at Merrimack (MER)
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2008
Conference Game
Attendance: 2341
Start Time: 7:00 pm  End Time: 9:12 pm  Total Time: 2:12

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

1st Period
Scoring - 1, UMA Mike Kostka/9 (James Marcou/22, P.J. Fenton/18) 11:09 (PP)
2, MER Francois Ouimet/8 (Matt Jones/7, Joe Cucci/7) 12:57
3, UMA Alex Berry/9 (James Marcou/23, Martin Nolet/4) 19:41
Penalties - Alex Berry, UMA (Roughing) 10:20; Matt Jones, MER (Roughing) 10:20; Joe Loprieno, MER (Hitting from Behind) 10:38; Topher Bevis, UMA (CTH ROUGHING) 13:32; Joe Loprieno, MER (Slashing) 15:42

2nd Period
Scoring - 4, MER Joe Cucci/3 (Brandon Sadlowski/1) 11:58
Penalties - Martin Nolet, UMA (Holding) 3:12; Adam Ross, MER (O-INTERFERENCE) 12:32; Cory Quirk, UMA (UNSPORTSMANLIKE - DIVING) 13:06; Derek Pallardy, MER (Hooking) 13:06; John Jamieson, MER (Hooking) 16:20

3rd Period
Scoring - 5, UMA Cory Quirk/11 (Alex Berry/7, James Marcou/24) 12:17 (GW)
6, UMA Jordan Virtue/4 (Will Ortiz/7, Brett Watson/2) 12:47 (EA)
Penalties - Joe Loprieno, MER (Roughing) 19:45; Joe Loprieno, MER (Boarding) 19:45

Massachusetts Goaltending - Paul Dainton (59:55, 32 shots, 30 saves, 2 GA); Empty Net (0:05, 0 GA)

Merrimack Goaltending - Andrew Braithwaite (58:20, 25 shots, 21 saves, 4 GA); Empty Net (1:40, 0 GA)

Win - Paul Dainton, UMA (12-12-6). Loss - Andrew Braithwaite, MER (8-11-2).

Shots On Goal - UMA 10-6-9=25; MER 10-9-13=32

Power Plays - UMA 1 of 5; MER 0 of 2

Penalties - UMA 4 (8 min); MER 8 (16 min)

Three Stars: 1. James Marcou (Massachusetts) 2. Cory Quirk (Massachusetts) 3. Joe Cucci (Merrimack)

Referee: Tim Benedetto  Assistant Referees: Chris Federico, Kevin Shea