Mike Radja had a goal and had an assist for New Hampshire Friday night as the Wildcats went on to defeat Merrimack by a final score of 3-1.<\/p>\n
The first goal of the night wouldn’t be scored until late in the first period. Merrimack’s Ryan Sullivan got a two-minute hooking penalty at 14:37 of the period to give UNH the man-advantage, and Radja took the initial shot off a Jamie Fritsch pass. The shot was redirected by Brett Hemingway, who got credit for his 10th goal of the year.<\/p>\n
The first period ended with UNH up 1-0, although shots on net were even at eight apiece.<\/p>\n
The second period featured two goals, one from each team. The first goal of the period was a Merrimack tally which tied the game. Assistant captain Matt Byrnes made a pass to a wide-open Derek Pallardy, who capitalized to put it past Wildcat net minder Kevin Regan.<\/p>\n
Just 14 seconds later Trevor Smith scored the game winner. The original shot by Matt Fornataro was left sitting on the goal line, and a flurry of Merrimack players tried to clear the puck, but Smith got a piece of it for his 16th goal of the season. Linemates Jerry Pollastrone and Fornataro got credited with assists on the goal.<\/p>\n
The final period had a UNH goal scored early on to seal the win. The Wildcats were able to score their second power-play goal of the night when Merrimack’s Chris Kane was called for cross checking. Radja would pick up a Chris Murray pass at the blue line and skate in to score on Jim Healey.<\/p>\n
The goal for Radja was his 16th of the season.<\/p>\n
“We did what we had to do … obviously, we started off a little slow but that’s how they were going to play us. But they played a very passive game and we finally got a goal and got the puck moving,” said UNH head coach Dick Umile.<\/p>\n
Merrimack had two power plays in the final period but was unable to score. At the 17:30 mark UNH’s Chris Murray received a charging call so Merrimack was a man up. On top of that, the Warriors pulled Healey for the remainder of the game up until the final two ticks of the clock but were unable to make a comeback.<\/p>\n
“We had our chances for sure. The goals that were scored were more breakdowns on our part more than anything,” said Merrimack head coach Mark Dennehy.<\/p>\n
Healey ended the night with 27 saves for the Warriors. Regan had 23 for New Hampshire.<\/p>\n
The two teams face off Saturday night to end the season series at Merrimack. Game time is 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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