Date: Saturday, February 18, 2017
Conference Game
Attendance: 2549 (Sellout)
Start Time: 7:08 pm End Time: 9:46 pm Total Time: 2:38
Scoring by Period -
MNE 2-1-1-0=4; MER 0-2-2-0=4
1st Period
Scoring - 1, MNE Cédric Lacroix/5 (Eric Schurhamer/8, Patrick Shea/11) 7:16 (PP)
2, MNE Blaine Byron/16 (Brendan Robbins/11, Patrick Holway/8) 15:04
Penalties - Hampus Gustafsson, MER (Holding) 5:52; Brett Seney, MER (Cross-Checking) 10:42; Tyler Irvine, MER (Interference) 15:21
2nd Period
Scoring - 3, MER Sami Tavernier/6 (Brett Seney/19, Johnathan Kovacevic/13) 7:12 (PP)
4, MER Jace Hennig/6 (Ludvig Larsson/8, Chris LeBlanc/9) 9:03 (PP)
5, MNE Rob Michel/8 (Cam Brown/31, Matt Morris/1) 11:33 (PP)
Penalties - Mark Hamilton, MNE (Tripping) 6:20; Rob Michel, MNE (Slashing) 7:44; Chris LeBlanc, MER (Cross-Checking) 9:57; Chase Pearson, MNE (Interference) 10:13; Tyler Irvine, MER (Boarding) 10:34; Mark Hamilton, MNE (High-Sticking) 13:10; Daniel Perez, MNE (Roughing) 15:23; Hampus Gustafsson, MER (Interference) 15:23; Sami Tavernier, MER (Roughing) 15:23
3rd Period
Scoring - 6, MER Ludvig Larsson/7 (Chris LeBlanc/10, Jonathan Lashyn/5) 7:34
7, MNE Ryan Smith/4 7:48
8, MER Jace Hennig/7 (Alex Carle/8) 9:32
Penalties - Sam Becker, MNE (Slashing) 2:05; Patrick Shea, MNE (Slashing) 14:23
Overtime
Scoring - None
Penalties - None
Maine Goaltending - Matt Morris (65:00, 45 shots, 41 saves, 4 GA)
Merrimack Goaltending - Collin Delia (64:37, 27 shots, 23 saves, 4 GA); Empty Net (0:23, 0 GA)
Tie - Matt Morris, MNE (1-5-1). Tie - Collin Delia, MER (7-5-3).
Shots On Goal -
MNE 14-7-5-1=27; MER 13-18-11-3=45
Power Plays -
MNE 2 of 6; MER 2 of 5
Penalties - MNE 7 (14 min); MER 7 (14 min)
New Records - Merrimack 13-13-6, Maine 10-18-4
Three Stars: 1. Jace Hennig (Merrimack) 2. Ludvig Larsson (Merrimack) 3. Ryan Smith (Maine)
Referees: Geoffrey Miller, Tim Benedetto Linesmen: Pat Turcotte, Jeremy Lovett