BOX SCORE
HOOKSETT, N.H. - Bob
Bryant (Nashua, NH) had two goals and two assists and
scored as time expired in regulation to lift Southern New Hampshire
University to a 5-5 ice hockey tie with Suffolk University Monday
night at The Ice Den. The Penmen close out the regular season
9-12-2, while the Rams are now 8-14-3 overall.
Troy Maybury (South
Portland, ME) had a goal and an assist for the Penmen, while
Doug
Boulanger (Beauport, Quebec) and John Frey (Westminster,
CO) also had goals for SNHU. Niles Moore led Suffolk with two
goals and an assist.
Suffolk scored the first four goals
of the game and held a 4-1 lead after two periods. The Penmen
cut the lead to 4-2 at the 4:01 mark of the third when Frey scored
on a power play, but the Rams would reclaim a three-goal advantage
1:23 later when Conor Toomey scored on an assist from Kyle Cook.
The Penmen cut the gap to 5-4 with
a pair of power play goals. Maybury made it 5-3 at the 9:17
mark, then Boulanger scored in the final second of a power play
with 4:49 remaining. Southern New Hampshire would pull
netminder Todd
Rowley (Billerica, MA) with 41 seconds to play.
Bryant would score the game-tying goal as time expired, firing the
puck out of a crowd and past Suffolk goalie Jeff Rose. Both
teams would get a pair of shots on goal in the five-minute overtime
but couldn't find the back of the net.
John Rocchio and Cook recorded
power play goals 1:51 apart late in the first period to give the
visitors a 2-0 lead at the first intermission. Moore would
score twice in a 3:08 span early in the second period, his second
goal 6:16 into the frame upping the Ram advantage to 4-0. The
Penmen would get on the board 58 seconds before the second
intermission when Bryant scored on a power play on a feed from
Ryan
DiBartolomeo (Leominster, MA).
Rowley and Shane Brooks
(Kennebunk, ME) platooned in goal for SNHU and combined to make 22
saves. Rose went the distance in goal for Suffolk and stopped
33 shots as the Penmen generated a 38-27 shot advantage. Both
teams were effective on the power play, with the Penmen 4-7 with
the extra attacker while Suffolk was 3-8.
Southern New Hampshire is idle
until March 4 when it hosts a Northeast-10 tournament semifinal at
7:30 at The Ice Den after earning a first round bye.
