Copyright Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc. Updated August 5, 2025, 6:49 am NCAA Div 1: Atlantic Hockey FINAL - OT NCAA Div 1 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- Merrimack 1 3 0 0 4 Niagara 1 2 1 0 4 GOAL SCORING: 1ST PER: MC - (PP) Stephane Da Costa (Karl Stollery, Joe Cannata) 10:53 NIA - Ryan Annesley (Jeff Hannan, Brent Vandenberg) 17:47 2ND PER: MC - Brandon Brodhag (Joe Cucci) 3:01 MC - John Heffernan (John Jamieson, Bobby Kramer) 4:05 MC - Jeff Velleca (Stephane Da Costa, Jordan Heywood) 5:49 NIA - (SH) Paul Zanette (Ryan Annesley, C.J. Chartrain) 14:05 NIA - David Ross (Bryan Haczyk, Ryan Annesley) 19:29 3RD PER: NIA - Ryan Rashid (Jason Beattie) 18:56 OT: NO SCORING POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: MC - 1 OF 4, NIA - 0 OF 7. SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD OT TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- MC 8 16 9 4 37 NIA 11 14 13 4 42 GOALIES: MC - Joe Cannata NIA - Chris Noonan OFFICIALS: REF - Default Referee LIN - , ATT: 1,355 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOW THEY SCORED -------------------------------------------------- Merrimack 1 3 0 0 -- 4 Niagara 1 2 1 0 -- 4 -------------------------------------------------- FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: MC - Da Costa (powerplay) (Stollery, Cannata) 10:53. NIA - Annesley (Hannan, Vandenberg) 17:47. Penalties: Ellis, MC (Tripping, Minor, 2 min) 3:58. Iuorio, NIA (Hooking, Minor, 2 min) 4:07. Bigos, MC (Boarding, Minor, 2 min) 5:01. Murphy, NIA (Cross Checking, Minor, 2 min) 9:04. Williams, NIA (Tripping, Minor, 2 min) 11:25. SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: MC - Brodhag (Cucci) 3:01. MC - Heffernan (Jamieson, Kramer) 4:05. MC - Velleca (Da Costa, Heywood) 5:49. NIA - Zanette (shorthanded) (Annesley, Chartrain) 14:05. NIA - Ross (Haczyk, Annesley) 19:29. Penalties: Stollery, MC (Interference, Minor, 2 min) 1:59. Matthews, NIA (Hooking, Minor, 2 min) 15:00. Beattie, NIA (Interference, Minor, 2 min) 16:16. THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: NIA - Rashid (Beattie) 18:56. Penalties: Velleca, MC (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 10:33. Barton, MC (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 15:40. OVERTIME -- Penalties: Heywood, MC (Elbowing, Minor, 2 min) 2:21. Shots on goal: -------------------------------------------------- Merrimack 8 16 9 4 -- 37 Niagara 11 14 13 4 -- 42 -------------------------------------------------- Power-play Conversions: Merrimack - 1 of 4, Niagara - 0 of 7 GOALIES AWAY TEAM MIN S SV Joe Cannata 65:00 42 38 HOME TEAM MIN S SV Chris Noonan 64:58 37 33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYER GAME STATISTICS AWAY TEAM G A +/- S HOME TEAM G A +/- S Allan, Fraser 0 Ryan, Kevin 0 Bigos, Kyle 0 Beattie, Jason 1 0 Heywood, Jordan 1 0 Matthews, Tyler -1 Demers, Simon 0 Williams, Matt +1 McCarthy, Tom 0 Divjak, Patrick 0 Stollery, Karl 1 -2 Zanette, Marc -1 Heffernan, John 1 0 1 Zanette, Paul 1 +1 1 Madsen, Carter 0 Arnold, Scott -1 Kramer, Bobby 1 0 Murphy, Ryan 0 Sheen, Elliott 0 Chartrain, C.J. 1 +1 Brodhag, Brandon 1 0 1 Foam, Derek 0 Collins, Mike 0 Vandenberg, Brent 1 -1 Cucci, Joe 1 -1 Annesley, Ryan 1 2 +2 1 Jamieson, John 1 -1 McLean, Clark 0 Bates, Shawn 0 Craig, Ryan 0 Morton, Rob 0 Baco, Dan +1 Flanigan, Ryan 0 Iuorio, Giancarlo +1 Ouimet, Francois 0 Haczyk, Bryan 1 0 Ellis, Brendan 0 Goodwin, Sam +1 Barton, Chris -1 Sheehan, Brendan 0 Da Costa, Stephane 1 1 -1 1 Martini, Robert 0 Moulakelis, Matt +1 Ross, David 1 0 1 Ross, Adam 0 Hannan, Jeff 1 +1 Bly, Rhett 0 Weiss, Dan -1 Velleca, Jeff 1 0 1 Rashid, Ryan 1 +1 1 Cannata, Joe 1 -1 Noonan, Chris 0 Stewart, Glenn 0 Weber, Jeff 0 Roy, Phil 0 Madsen, Tim 0 Healey, Jim 0 Gardner, Greg 0 Dennehy, Mark 0 Burkholder, Dave 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAMENOTES Referee: Default Referee Linesman: Game Length: 2:22 1st Star: Paul Zanette (NIA) 2nd Star: Stephane Da Costa (MC) 3rd Star: Ryan Annesley (NIA)Copyright Pointstreak Sports Technologies Inc.