Senior goaltender Lea-Kristine Demers stopped 16 shots for the Warriors
Merrimack College Defeats Rensselaer, 3-0
Senior goaltender Lea-Kristine Demers stopped 16 shots for the Warriors

NO. ANDOVER, Mass. - Three different goal scorers tallied for the Merrimack Warriors on Friday night, leading them to a 3-0 victory over the RPI Engineers in an out-of-conference battle.


The Basics

Score: Merrimack 3, RPI, 0
Records: Merrimack (1-2-0, 0-2-0 HEAW) | RPI (0-3-0, 0-0-0 ECAC)
Location: Lawler Rink | North Andover, Mass.


How It Happened

1-0 MER: Sam Lessick fired in her first career goal with players crowding the crease, handling the puck within space to get it through on the power play.

2-0 MER: Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored her first on the year off of a clean give-and-go with first year Katie Kaufman, as Kaufman pulled the goaltender towards her to give Grant-Mentis plenty of time to finish.

3-0 MER: The Warriors finished the night with Gabby Jones' second tally of the year, off another play in transition.


Notes & Numbers

- Merrimack's defense continued to protect Demers en route to a shutout, with 13 blocks in the lane.

- Léa-Kristine Demers earned her second career shutout, and first since Nov. 20, 2018.

- Goaltenders: Léa-Kristine Demers (16 saves, 1-2-0), // Amanda Rampado (20 saves, 0-2-0)

- Power Plays: 1-2 | 0-1

- Shots on Goal: 7-8 // 7-3 // 9-5 - 26-16

- Faceoffs: 22 // 23

- Blocks: 13 // 9


Up Next

Merrimack will take on RPI again on Saturday as part of Homecoming Weekend, with puck drop at 4 p.m.

Game Summary

Friday, October 4, 2019

0
3
Game statistics
16 Shots 23
0 / 1 Power Plays 1 / 2
2 / 4 PIM 1 / 2
0-3-0 Records 1-2-0
GOAL SCORERS
Rensselaer Merrimack
Sam Lessick (1)
2nd/10:43 PP GW
Mikyla Grant-Mentis (1)
2nd/13:56
Gabby Jones (2)
3rd/9:09
GOALTENDERS
Rensselaer Merrimack
Amanda Rampado
60:00, 20 Saves, 3 GA
(L, 0-2-0)
Léa-Kristine Demers
59:42, 16 Saves, 0 GA
(W, 1-2-0)

Empty Net
0:18, 0 GA