Game Report
UW vs Walla Walla College - Home

October 13, 2001

Husky Hockey played their first home game of the season on Saturday night and beat Walla Walla College 21-1.

The first goal was scored by Marty Boyd twelve seconds into the first when he stepped over the blue line and his slap shot found the back of the net. Forty seconds later Husky goalie Scott Southard came up with a big 1-on1 save from one of the Walla Walla Wolf Pack’s most impressive drives of the night. At 16:02 Shaun Lawrence, from behind the net, set up Matt Carlson who smacked the puck home. At 9:30 the Huskies found themselves on a power play.  Marty Boyd picked up a bouncing puck on the left side of the goal, passed it to Shaun Lawrence who scored his first Husky Hockey when his slap shot 3 feet out found the back of the net.  At 8:53 Eric Sato took a slap shot from the blue line and Brian Mead tipped it in from in front of the net. Then at 7:34 Charlie Walters scored his first Husky Hockey goal when he beat the goalie near side. At 6:37 Brett Lawrence’s slap shot bounced out from the goalie and Matt Carlson picked up the rebound and put it in the back of the net. At 5:18 Brett Lawrence scored while the Huskies were short handed. Then Paul Margolis scored again while short handed off of a slap shot from Adam Senta. Then Walla Walla scored their first and only goal with 15 seconds remaining in the first period on a power play.

The second period started off with a slew of penalties for both teams in the first ten minutes of the game. Then at 10:44 Husky Brett Lawrence beat the goalie and scored. At 10:48 Husky goalie Rick Hewitt entered the game and swapped places with Scott Southard. The period continued with many 4-on-4 and 4-on-3 play. At 4:11 Brian Smith set up Matt Carlson who backhanded the puck into the goal. With 55 seconds remaining, Brett Lawrence made a backhand move to the right and around the goalie to score. Then 2 seconds later, with 3-on-3 play, Bryce Kennedy and Brett Lawrence set up Matt Carlson with 3 quick passes, who scored to finish off the second period.

The third period defensemen Bryce Kennedy’s cleanly found the back of the net with a low snap shot. Then at 11:03 Adam Senta scored backdoor from a pass from Brett Lawrence, his first Husky Hockey goal. Brett Lawrence then scored at 8:04 while shorthanded. The Huskies did not score on a power play at 7:01 but Shawn Lawrence deflected in a slap shot from Brian Smith moments later.  Adam Senta scored again at 3:15 with a turn around slap shot on 4-on-4 play.  At 3:15 Brian Mead rushed down the right side of the ice and passed in front of the net where Marty Boyd jammed it home. Seven seconds later on the exact same play, Boyd set up Mead for the goal.  Then Paul Margolis stick handled around the goalie to score at 1:50. The final goal of the game was scored at 1:04 when Cody Engelke assisted Charlie Walters.

Final Game Stats:
The Huskies took 71 shots on net compared to Walla Walla’s 6 shots.  The Huskies had 20 minutes in penalties to Walla Walla’s 10 minutes. Brett Lawrence had 2 shorthanded goalies, 2 regular strength goals and 3 assists. Matt Carlson had 3 goals and 3 assists. Shaun Lawrence had 1 power play goal, 1 regular strength goal and 3 assists. Brian Mead had 2 goals and 1 assist. Husky defense lead the plus-minus points with blue-liner Sean O’Brien with plus 13 points, and Brian Smith with plus 12 points.

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