Jacob Micflikier tied his career high with five points on three goals and two assists and sixth-ranked New Hampshire netted five third-period goals to surge past No. 13 Massachusetts-Lowell, 8-3, Saturday night at the Whittemore Center. <\/p>\n
With the River Hawks down 3-2 after two periods of play, Ben Walter tied the score at 2:43 to set up a potentially tight finish. But the Wildcats, who were outshot 25-17 through two stanzas, exploded for five unanswered goals to finish the evening.<\/p>\n
Sean Collins gave the ‘Cats their third lead of the night, 4-3, with the assistance of Preston Callander and Brad Flashains at 5:34. Micflikier scored power-play goals at 7:45 and 13:07, the first a deflection of a Robbie Barker slapshot, to extend UNH’s advantage to 6-3. <\/p>\n
Collins’ power-play goal at 18:45 put the ‘Cats in front 7-3 and Craig Switzer netted his first career goal with 22 seconds remaining to close the scoring.<\/p>\n
UNH goalie Kevin Regan was credited with 28 saves and UML’s Peter Vetri stopped 28. <\/p>\n
Micflikier gave UNH an early 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 2:19 of the first period when, standing in the high slot, he turned a fired a screened shot into the net. Brian Yandle, with a pass from the right point, and Justin Aikins were credited with assists. <\/p>\n
The River Hawks tied the score, 1-1, at 15:24 when Elias Godoy scored off his own rebound in front. Kelly Sullivan initiated the scoring sequence with a pass from the left point behind the net, where Mark Pandolfo made the centering pass to Godoy. <\/p>\n
Danny O’Brien scored on a backhanded wraparound at the right post to give UML a 2-1 lead 40 seconds into the middle stanza. Yandle netted a power-play goal at 7:18 and struck again at 11:08 to put the Wildcats back in front, 3-2.<\/p>\n
UNH went 6-of-11 on the power play and improved to 17-6-3 overall and 10-2-2 in Hockey East as the ‘Cats scored a season-high eight goals for the third time in the past six games. UML, which entered the game with a 14-game unbeaten streak, is now 15-6-3, 6-6-2. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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