Hockey Edged by McGill 2-1 in Preseason Game
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NORTH ANDOVER, MA – The Merrimack College hockey team was
edged by McGill University 2-1 in a preseason game Saturday night
at Lawler Arena.
Trailing 2-0 in the second, Chris Barton scored
Merrimack's lone goal at 11:14, as he roofed a wrist shot on
the power play. J.C. Robitaille and Justin
Bontitatibus picked up assists.
The Warriors outshot McGill 12-7 in the third and dominated
possession for nearly the entire two minutes on two separate power
plays but could not get the tying goal past goaltender Hubert
Morin. Grant Farrell fired three shots from the
point in the third while nine other Warriors each had one. In all,
only three players did not register a shot.
Andrew Braithwaite and Joe Cannata split
the game in goal, with Braithwaite allowing two goals on six shots
and Cannata stopping all nine shots he faced.
Morin stopped 32 shots for the Redmen, who are 2-3 on the
season.
Merrimack hosts Robert Morris on Saturday in the team's
regular season opener at 7 p.m.
