NO. ANDOVER, Mass. - The Merrimack Warriors Men's hockey team scored seven times in the game's final 30 minutes of play, to eventually power past the Army Black Knights in their first game of the Turkey Leg Classic on Friday night.
THE BASICS:
Merrimack (5-6-1, 2-4-1): 7, Army West Point (2-10-0, 2-6-0): 3
Attendance: 2,034
Army did not wait around as they scored the opening goal just over 90 seconds into the game. They would score their second of the period at 12:38 to take a two goal lead after the first 20 minutes, despite Merrimack holding a 18-5 shot advantage.
The Warriors continued to push in period two and would get their break at 11:18, as Ben Brar recorded his second of the season. Max Wattvil would score under minute later to even the game up at two. Merrimack took a 3-2 lead two minutes later as Ty Daneault scored his first Warriors goal. Mac Welsher added an insurance tally at 17:19 of the second and Mark Hiller made it 5-2 on a short handed goal just before the end of the second.
Army again had a quick start to a period, scoring on a partial breakaway under a minute into the third.
Ty Daneault got his second goal of the game at 5:26 in the third to give the Warriors a 6-3 lead. Mark Gallant put the finishing touches on the win with his second of the season and the team's seventh of the night.
NOTES AND NUMBERS:
- Ty Daneault scored twice, and Ben Brar, Max Wattvil & Mark Gallant had a goal each.
- Alex Jefferies, Trevor Griebel and Zach Bookman all had two assists each.
- Devlin O'Brien, Frank Djurasevic, Adam Arvedson, Matt Copponi & Filip Forsmark all had one assist.
- Mac Welsher and Mark Hillier had a goal & assist each.
- Zachary Borgiel made 19 saves in the win.
STATS:
Powerplays: MC: 0-3 | ARMY: 0-3
Shots on Goal: MC: 45, ARMY: 22
Faceoffs: 34 MC | 33 ARMY Blocks: 9 MC | 22 ARMY
NEXT:
Merrimack will host their second of two games in the Turkey Leg Classic as they take on the Bentley University Falcons in the tournament's championship game Saturday afternoon. Puck Drop is scheduled for 4 PM.
