Mercyhurst, coming off of a 6-3 win against AIC last week, skated to a 5-1 loss to Merrimack at Lawler Arena on Friday night. The penalty kill for Mercyhurst allowed three power-play goals from Merrimack in the game.
A five-on-three goal from Jonathan Kovacevic got things started in the first period. The period would end 2-0 in favor of the home team.
After an early power-play goal from Hampus Gustafsson in the second period to make it 3-0, Mercyhurst got on the board with a power-play goal of its own when Zach Todd scored from the top of the faceoff dots to cut the Merrimack lead to 3-1. Mercyhurst then skated to the locker room down 4-1.
A late power-play goal by Michael Babcock iced the game for Merrimack 5-1.
Mercyhurst was faced with a challenge with Drew Vogler in net for Merrimack, as he made 29 stops. This didn’t limit Mercyhurst from generating scoring opportunities, as mentioned by Merrimack coach Mark Dennehy.
“We scored five and they scored one but it didn’t feel like a 5-1 game; I think they could’ve had three or four goals…” said Dennehy.
Mercyhurst now sits with a 2-3 record and will play at New Hampshire tomorrow night.
Atlantic Hockey roundups
American International 4, at Holy Cross 4
AIC and Holy Cross skated to a 4-4 tie on Friday night. Down 4-3 in the final half of the third period, Holy Cross’ Martin Mellberg scored to tie the game.
Army 4, Air Force 2
Tied 2-2 midway through the third period, Army’s Trevor Fidler scored to put Army up 3-2. Conor Andrle scored the insurance marker to lead Army to a 4-2 win. Parker Gahagen made 24 saves in the winning effort.
Canisius 1, RIT 0
Alex Jaeckle’s late first-period goal proved to be enough to lead Canisius to a 1-0 win. Charles Williams made 41 saves in the shutout effort.
Penn State 5, Niagara 1
Vince Pedrie scored the eventual game-winner midway through the second period as Penn State skated to a 5-1 win over Niagara. Peyton Jones made 20 saves in the winning effort.
Sacred Heart 2, at New Hampshire 2
Down 2-1 in the final minute of the third period, Liam Blackburn scored for UNH to tie the game 2-2. Nathan Perry made 35 saves for Sacred Heart in the tie.
Robert Morris 6, at Ohio State 2
Alex Tonge scored the eventual game-winning goal for Robert Morris as the Colonials skated past Ohio State 6-2. Francis Marotte made 35 saves in the winning effort.
