Wildcats Fall to #12 Northeastern, 4-0

Friday, November 29

Belfast, Northern Ireland

10 AM

University of New Hampshire

6-6-1, 3-3-0HEA

Northeastern

9-4-2, 5-3-1HEA

New Hampshire

Northeastern

Charlie Kelleher (Photo by William Cherry)

11/29/2019 6:13:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

UNH to play Princeton on Saturday at 10 AM (ET)

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Ryan Shea posted a goal and two assists for three points and Craig Pantano made 25 saves as the University of New Hampshire men's hockey team fell to No. 12 Northeastern, 4-0, in Hockey East action on Friday in the first game of the fifth annual Friendship Four at SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Wildcats fall to 6-6-1 (3-4-0 Hockey East), while the Huskies improve to 9-4-2 (6-3-1 Hockey East).

UP NEXT: The Wildcats will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 10 a.m. (ET) for the third-place game versus Princeton on NESNplus, ESPN+ and TSN.ca.

UP NEXT: The Wildcats will return to the Whittemore Center on Friday, December 6 when they take on Merrimack at 7 p.m. on NESN. The game is presented by GEICO. The 2020 UNH Hockey Calendar will be the giveaway. The Wildcat Toy Drive will also be held at the game. Individual game tickets with affordable options that start as low as $9 and a convenient six-ticket flexible miniplan can now be purchased for the season by calling the Whittemore Center Box Office at (603) 862-4000 or by visiting UNHWildcats.com. Then the Wildcats will travel to North Andover, Mass., on Saturday, Dec. 7 to conclude the series with Merrimack at Lawler Rink at 7 p.m. UNH defeated Merrimack earlier this season by a 3-2 score in OT on the road on Oct. 25.

GAME INFORMATION
Friendship Four
Score: #12 Northeastern 4, New Hampshire 0
Records: UNH (6-6-1, 3-4-0 Hockey East), Northeastern (9-4-2, 6-3-1 Hockey East)
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (SSE Arena)
Date: Friday, Nov. 29, 2019
Time: 10 a.m. (ET)
Attendance: 3,200

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first period went scoreless as UNH outshot Northeastern, 8-7, while each team went 0-2 on the power play.
At 6:43 of the second period, Northeastern took a 1-0 lead as Shea sent a wrist shot from the slot to the upper glove side of the net.
Zach Solow netted the second goal of the game when he tipped a shot by Shea on the power play at 18:40 past the glove side.
UNH outshot Northeastern by an 11-8 margin, while the Wildcats went 0-1 on the man-advantage and the Huskies went 1-3.
Northeastern increased its lead to 3-0 when T.J. Walsh jumped on a loose puck from in front of the goal and sent it to the glove side of the net at 6:46 of the third period.
Northeastern took a 4-0 lead at 10:07 of the third period as John Picking tipped a shot by Tyler Madden.
Neither team scored again for the 4-0 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Each team took 25 shots.
Junior goalie Mike Robinson (Bedford, N.H.) made 21 saves, while Pantano recorded 25 for the Huskies.
The Wildcats went 0-4 on the power play and the Huskies went 1-7.