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University of Massachusets Athletics
Saturday, October 28
North Andover, Mass.
7 P.M.
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Hockey Falls At Merrimack, 5-3
October 28, 2017 | Hockey
Ferraro nets two power-play goals in the loss for the Minutemen, the first two tallies of his career.
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – University of Massachusetts hockey erased an early 2-0 deficit, but Merrimack went on to score the next three of the contest to hand the Minutemen a 5-3 setback at Lawler Rink on Saturday night. The loss leaves UMass at 4-4-0 on the season, 1-1-0 in Hockey East, while the Warriors move to 1-4-2 overall and 1-1-0 in league action
"Merrimack was a very desperate team tonight and played the way they are capable of," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "In this building, they play a specific way, which is they frustrate you, they clog the neutral zone and they transition well. Full marks to Merrimack, they played to their game plan very well, out-competed us and did exactly what I think they wanted to do tonight."
Merrimack took a 1-0 lead shortly after UMass finished killing off the first penalty of the game. Marc Biega's shot off a feed from Alex Carle and Ludvig Larrson found its way through traffic 5:52 into the opening period.
The Warriors pushed the advantage to 2-0 at the 8:30 mark. Tyler Irving forced a turnover at the UMass blueline and Jace Hennig skated in alone on Matt Murray for the score.
Freshman Oliver Chau cut the deficit in half for the Minutemen 9:40 into the frame, cleaning up a rebound off a Josh Couturier shot after an offensive zone faceoff win by redshirt senior Niko Rufo.
The Minutemen then tied the score at 2-2 on a power play opportunity late in the period. Freshman Mario Ferraro put home a rebound from Chau and Cale Makar at the 18:45 mark for his first collegiate goal.
Merrimack regained the lead midway through the second period when Laine McKay found Ryan Cook alone in the high slot for a strike at 9:18.
The Warriors later went back in front by two 7:49 into the third when Tyler Irvine knocked the puck in amidst a scramble in front of the net on a delayed penalty. Henning then added Merrimack's fifth of the night on the ensuing power play to give the Warriors a 5-2 lead.
Ferraro capped the scoring with his second of the night on the power play at the 14:50 mark of the third period from freshman Philip Lagunov and Chau with one second left on a 5-on-3 for the Minutemen.
Merrimack finished the contest with a 31-22 shot advantage and went 1-for-6 on the power play, while the Minutemen were 2-for-5. Murray totaled 26 saves in net for UMass and Craig Pantano stopped 19 shots for the Warriors.
UMass will be back in action next Saturday, Nov. 4, when the squad will play host to New Hampshire at 7 p.m. in the Mullins Center.
"Merrimack was a very desperate team tonight and played the way they are capable of," said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. "In this building, they play a specific way, which is they frustrate you, they clog the neutral zone and they transition well. Full marks to Merrimack, they played to their game plan very well, out-competed us and did exactly what I think they wanted to do tonight."
Merrimack took a 1-0 lead shortly after UMass finished killing off the first penalty of the game. Marc Biega's shot off a feed from Alex Carle and Ludvig Larrson found its way through traffic 5:52 into the opening period.
The Warriors pushed the advantage to 2-0 at the 8:30 mark. Tyler Irving forced a turnover at the UMass blueline and Jace Hennig skated in alone on Matt Murray for the score.
Freshman Oliver Chau cut the deficit in half for the Minutemen 9:40 into the frame, cleaning up a rebound off a Josh Couturier shot after an offensive zone faceoff win by redshirt senior Niko Rufo.
The Minutemen then tied the score at 2-2 on a power play opportunity late in the period. Freshman Mario Ferraro put home a rebound from Chau and Cale Makar at the 18:45 mark for his first collegiate goal.
Merrimack regained the lead midway through the second period when Laine McKay found Ryan Cook alone in the high slot for a strike at 9:18.
The Warriors later went back in front by two 7:49 into the third when Tyler Irvine knocked the puck in amidst a scramble in front of the net on a delayed penalty. Henning then added Merrimack's fifth of the night on the ensuing power play to give the Warriors a 5-2 lead.
Ferraro capped the scoring with his second of the night on the power play at the 14:50 mark of the third period from freshman Philip Lagunov and Chau with one second left on a 5-on-3 for the Minutemen.
Merrimack finished the contest with a 31-22 shot advantage and went 1-for-6 on the power play, while the Minutemen were 2-for-5. Murray totaled 26 saves in net for UMass and Craig Pantano stopped 19 shots for the Warriors.
UMass will be back in action next Saturday, Nov. 4, when the squad will play host to New Hampshire at 7 p.m. in the Mullins Center.
Team Stats
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Shots
22
31
PPG
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1
SHG
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Penalties
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7
Penalty Mins
16
14
Faceoffs Won
32
29
Game Leaders
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+1
Goals
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Goals
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5
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Goals
0
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3
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1
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