— Joey Mormina scored two goals and Kyle Doyle added three assists but it was not enough as the Northeastern men’s hockey team defeated ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ 6-4 Sunday afternoon in the first game of the HSBC Rensselaer Holiday Tournament at Houston Field House.
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Northeastern (?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags' />3-9-2) got on the board at 1:37 of the first period when Aaron Moore banged home a rebound in front of the net. Ray Ortiz and Yale Lewis assisted on the goal.
¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ (7-7-2) tied the game at one just three minutes later with Mormina’s first goal of the season. Doyle assisted on the goal.
The Huskies took a 2-1 lead at 7:14 on a power play goal by Ortiz. Steve Birnstill sent a centering pass to Ortiz who then one-timed it past ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ goaltender David Cann.
The Raiders knotted the game at two at 15:05 with ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ on the power play. Doyle sent a pass to Rob Brown from the point who then sent across the ice to Kyle Wilson. Northeastern goaltender Keni Gibson came out of the net and Wilson wristed a shot into the open goal.
¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ took the lead 42 seconds later on Justin Spencer’s second goal of the season. Dave Thomas won the faceoff and sent it back to Spencer who then lofted a wrist shot over the shoulder of Gibson.
Northeastern tied it at three at 2:06 of the second period with Mike Morris’ second goal of the year. Tim Judy, who was at the point, sent a pass across the crease to Jason Guerriero. Guerriero then sent it to Morris for the goal.
Mormina’s second goal of the game at 9:25 gave the Raiders a 4-3 lead. Wilson passed it to Mormina whose shot from the point went top shelf. Brown also assisted on the goal.
The Huskies tied the game at four at 12:49 when Steve Sanders one-timed it in front of the net. Guerriero and Morris assisted on the goal.
Northeastern then took the lead less than a minute later on Ortiz’s second goal of the game. Cann went down and Ortiz flipped a backhander over his shoulder.
The Huskies struck again at 10:28 of the third period to take a 6-4 lead on Guerriero’s first goal of the game.
Cann finished the night with 26 saves while Gibson stopped 14.
The Raiders meet the loser of the Rensselaer/Mercyhurst game on Monday at 4 p.m. at Houston Field House.