BOSTON, Mass. - The Merrimack Warriors Men's hockey team score in every period as they breezed to a win their Hockey East conference opener against the Northeastern Huskies by a score of 4-1 on Saturday night at the Matthews Arena.
The Basics
Merrimack (3-2-0, 1-0-0): 4, Northeastern Huskies (2-2-0, 0-2-0): 1
A fast paced first period saw the Warriors jump out in front as Frank Djurasevic's stretch found its way onto Matt Copponi's blade and found Zach Bookman on the back door pass and he put it in the open side to take the lead.
In the second period would be Liam Dennison took the puck off of a face off win and his long shot from the blue line would go top shelf on the Northeastern goaltender to double the Warriors lead.
In the third Warriors would get another, as Michael Citara made it two goals in two games after the Warriors forced a turnover in the offensive zone and he snuck it through to make the score 3-0 with just over 12 minutes to go.
Northeastern would find a consolation goal with 9:19 to play, but Michael Citara would put the contest to bed with his second of the game as he scored an empty netter with just over a minute and half to play.
Notes and Numbers
- Zach Bookman, Liam Dennison and Michael Citara all scored for Merrimack
- Matt Copponi, Ben Brar, Luke Weilandt and Frank Djurasevic all notched one assist each
- Zachary Borgiel made 29 saves to pick up the win.
- Merrimack blocked 25 shots in the win.
STATS
Powerplays: MC: 0-0 | NU: 0-2
Shots on Goal: MC: 35, NU: 30
Faceoffs: 23 MC | 28 NU Blocks: 25 MC | 11 NU
UP NEXT:
Merrimack come home to host two games against the University of Maine, the first game is on November 3rd, and puck drop is set for 7:00 PM.
