CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The Merrimack College men's ice hockey team made it four straight wins after overcoming a two goal deficit, with five unanswered goals in the final two periods to upset the #2 Boston College Eagles on Friday night at Conte Forum.
Merrimack (8-10-1, 4-5-1): 5, Boston College (12-4-1, 6-3-1): 2
The Eagles scored the opening goal of the game in the first period, the only goal of the first frame, despite the Warriors having several chances to even up the game.
In the second period, Merrimack would go on the powerplay but Boston College turned the tables with a shorthanded tally. The Warriors made it even as Antonio Venuto took the no look pass from Zach Bookman and slotted the puck home to cut the lead in half.
The Warriors struck again after Harrison Roy was left wide open in front and Ty Daneault picked him out in front to tie the score at 2-2. Merrimack once again found success going right to the net as Vann Yuhas scored his first Warriors goal to carry the 3-2 lead into the third.
Early in the third, Merrimack forced an odd man rush as Nick Pierre created the turnover, and slid the puck over to Zach Bookman who would finish the two-on-one to take a 4-2 lead. Ivan Zivlak put the capper on this one with a top shelf shot with under nine minutes to play.
Notes and Numbers:
- Antonio Venuto has scored in his last three games.
- Harrison Roy, Zach Bookman, Vann Yuhas and Ivan Zivlak scored the other goals for the Warriors.
- Roy and Zivlak also picked up an assist.
- Nick Pierre and Caden Cranston both had two assists each, Ryan O' Connell, Caelan Fitzpatrick, and Ty Daneault had one each.
- Nils Wallstrom made 27 saves to make it back to back wins.
- This is the Warriors first win at Conte Forum since Nov. 5th 2022.
UP NEXT:
The Warriors look to pick up the sweep tomorrow as they host the Eagles at 7 PM at Lawler Arena.
