Wisconsin Dominates Northeastern in 5-1 Win
October 27, 2002 | Men's Hockey
Wisconsin scored four times in the first 16 minutes of play to upend Northeastern, 5-1, in non-conference action at Matthews Arena. Wisconsin went three for three on the power play in the victory and improved to 4-2-0 while the Huskies dropped to 1-2-2.
Wisconsin Freshman Nick Licari began the scoring barrage for the Badgers. Pete Talafous dished it to Licari, who was left uncovered on the far post and beat Mike Gilhoolty at 6:28.
Just over two minutes later, Rene Bourque scored the game winner and the first power-play goal of the night to placing the score at 2-0. He took a pass from Tom Gilbert and sent the puck upstairs over Gilhooly's guard and into the goal at 8:37.
The Badgers continued to find chances in the first period. At 13:47, Joe Simon netted a goal, finding a hole on Gilhooly's left with assists from Brent Gibson and A.J. Degenhardt. The goal was Simon's first goal as a Badger.
The Badgers made it 4-0 as Senior Brad Winchester scored just seconds into a power play at 15:31. Brian Fahey and Tom Sawatske assisted on the play. Northeastern replaced goaltender Gilhooly with Sophomore Keni Gibson, but would return Gilhooly to goal at the start of the third period.
Bourque made the score 5-0 at 7:38 in the second period taking a pass from Alex Leavitt and nudging the puck past Gibson for his second goal of the game. The goal was UW's third power play goal of the night,
NU got on the board in the third period as Eric Ortlip took a feed from Scott Selig and sent the puck into the net. Bernd Bruckler nearly saved it, but the puck went off his glove and the score went to 5-1. Bruckler stopped 37 shots in the game.
Wisconsin will begin WHCA action when the Badgers return home to face-off against the Denver Pioneers in next weekend's series at the Kohl Center. The puck drops for both games at 7:05 p.m.
