Thursday, April 25, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
Northeastern capitalized on a late odd-man rush to snap a 2-2 tie and tacked on an empty net goal for a 4-2 win over St. Lawrence, extending its unbeaten streak to four games and the Saints winless …
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Northeastern capitalized on a late odd-man rush to snap a 2-2 tie and tacked on an empty net goal for a 4-2 win over St. Lawrence, extending its unbeaten streak to four games and the Saints winless streak to six in the final non-league game of the season for SLU.
Junior Kevin Roy, who missed Friday's game as a last minute scratch with the flu, returned to action for Northeastern and was the difference in the game as he
scored two goals and set up a third.
Roy put the Huskies up 2-1 in the second period with both goals coming on the power play, and while the Saints tied it up and had some chances to take a lead, Northeastern finally snapped the tie when Mike Szmatula finished off a two-on-one break after the Saints lost the puck at the blue line with his seventh of the year on a blast under the crossbar with 1:29 to play in regulation. Roy then added the empty netter with 43 seconds left as Northeastern improves to 6-10-2 overall and the Saints fall to 8-9-2.
The Saints scored the only goal of the first period as freshman defenseman Matt Purmal pinched from the blue line, took a pass from Pat Doherty and rifled his third of the year past NU goalie Derick Roy at 14:42 with Chris Martin also assisting on the play.
Northeastern came back to take a 2-1 lead in the second period with a pair of power play goals. Kevin Roy got the first, his sixth of the season, when his shot trickled through the pads of Hayton at 6:03 and Dalen Hedges was all alone in front of Hayton and scored his fourth of the year off a pass by Roy at 15:26.
Gunnar Hughes scored his second of the series and sixth of the season to tie it with 1:12 to go in the second period. He took the puck from Doherty and fed Gavin Bayreuther, who put a shot on goal that Roy kicked out, but Hughes pounced on the rebound and put it under the crossbar.
Hayton finished with 16 saves for the Saints while Roy had 21 for Northeastern. The Saints went scoreless in four power play chances while Northeastern finished two for five.
The Saints will host Colgate on Friday and Cornell on Saturday at Appleton Arena as ECAC play resumes.
