Robitaille Scores in 4-1 Loss to #2 BU
Boxscore
NO. ANDOVER, Mass. - Senior forward Jason Lawrence registered a
pair of power-play goals to help second-ranked Boston University
earn a 4-1 win against Merrimack on Friday night at Lawler
Arena.
With the win, the Terriers improve to 15-5-1 (8-5-1 HEA) heading
into their matchup with Boston College Saturday night at Agganis
Arena. Merrimack drops to 5-12-3 overall and 2-10-2 in Hockey East.
They will visit UMass Lowell on Thursday at 7 p.m. for the first of
a home-and-home series with the River Hawks.
J.C. Robitaille (Des Ruisseaux, Quebec) scored his first
goal since November 21st with 2:49 remaining in the game, and with
the Warriors on a two-man advantage. Robitaille knocked in a
rebound off a Karl Stollery (Camrose, Alberta)
shot for his third of the year, ending goaltender Kieran
Millan's shutout. Rob Ricci (Brampton,
Ontario) also picked up an assist on Robitaille's
power-play marker.
The Terriers jumped on the Warriors in the first period outshooting
the hosts 13-7 while scoring three times as Jason Lawrence, Matt
Gilroy, and Andrew Glass all beat Joe Cannata (Wakefield,
MA). Lawrence added a second goal, his 10th of the season,
late in the second period to extend BU's lead to 4-0.
Millan finished with 15 saves while Cannata stopped 26, including
13 in the first period.
Lawrence's two goals earned him the first star of the
evening, while Gilroy, Glass and Colin Wilson also had multi-point
games.
This game was marred by 97 penalty minutes, including 50 in the
third period. BU finished 2-for-10 on the power play, while the
Warriors were 1-for-10.
