NORTHEASTERN 2020-21 WOMEN’S HOCKEY

GAMEDAY INFORMATION WHKY CONTACT JESSICA LONGTINE e [email protected] c 586.907.9569 TV NESN RADIO WRBB GAME #3/4 NORTHEASTERN (11-1-1 HEA) at HOLY CROSS (3-10-0 HEA) LIVE STATS NUHuskies.com/stats 14 FEB. 5, 2021 // 6:00 p.m. // WORCESTER, MASS. // HART CENTER ICE RINK TWITTER @GoNUwhockey TOP SHELF USCHO POLL INSTAGRAM @gonuwhockey • The third-ranked Huskies are riding an RK Team RECORD PTS SCHEDULE & RESULTS NCAA-best 11-game unbeaten streak 1 Wisconsin 8-2-0 150 DECEMBER 2 Minnesota 9-4-0 126 • Northeastern has not allowed a goal in Fri 11 at #9/9 Boston College * W | 4-1 3 Northeastern 11-1-1 120 over 260 minutes, since No. 7 Providence 4 Ohio State 9-5-0 114 Sun 13 #9/9 BOSTON COLLEGE * NESN L | 2-1 scored in the second period on Jan. 22 (4 5 Colgate 10-3-1 75 consecutive shutouts); The Huskies lead the 6 Minnesota Duluth 8-4-0 73 JANUARY country with seven shutouts this season 7 Boston College 12-3-0 66 Fri 3 MAINE * NESN W | 3-0 8 Penn State 9-1-2 40 Sat 4 MAINE * NESN W | 1-0 • Aerin Frankel leads the nation in shutouts 9 Clarkson 7-5-1 28 Fri 8 NEW HAMPSHIRE * NESN W | 3-1 (6), save percentage (.973) and goals against 10 Providence 9-4-1 26 Sat 9 at New Hampshire * T | 2-2 average (0.63), and ranks second in winning Fri 12 #7/9 PROVIDENCE * NESN+ W | 4-0 percentage at 9-1-1 (.864); She holds the all- USA TODAY POLL Sat 17 MAINE * NESN+ W | 3-2 OT time school record with 25 shutouts, and her RK Team RECORD PTS Fri 22 #7/7 PROVIDENCE * NESN+ W | 4-1 23 shutouts in Hockey East play is just one Sat 23 at #7/7 Providence * W | 5-0 shy of the conference record 1 Wisconsin 8-2-0 190 2 Minnesota 9-4-0 162 Fri 26 UCONN * NESN+ W | 2-0 3 Ohio State 9-5-0 147 Sat 29 MERRIMACK * NESN W | 5-0 • Alina Mueller leads the nation with 11 4 Northeastern 11-1-1 143 Sat 30 Merrimack * W | 6-0 assists and is No. 11 with six goals; Mueller had a season-best four points (2 goals, 2 5 Colgate 10-3-1 99 assists) in a win over No. 7 Providence (1/23) 6 Minnesota Duluth 8-4-0 98 FEBRUARY and has recorded a point in seven of her last 7 Boston College 12-3-0 82 Fri 5 Holy Cross * 6 PM eight games 8 Clarkson 7-5-1 54 Sat 6 HOLY CROSS * NESN 3:30 PM 9 Penn State University 9-1-2 40 • Northeastern leads the NCAA in winning 10 Providence 9-4-1 27 Home games in BOLD CAPS (Matthews Arena) percentage (.885), shutouts (7), scoring All times EST and subject to change defense (0.69), and No. 2 in goals (43), SERIES SNAPSHOT * Hockey East game scoring margin (+2.62), penalty kill (95% / Northeastern’s record ...... 5-1-0 35-for-37) and No. 8 in power play goals (6) At Northeastern ...... 3-0-0 At HC ...... 3-0-0 • Chloe Aurard, Skylar Fontaine and Katy Neutral site ...... 0-0-0 Knoll lead the country with three game- 2019-20 series ...... 3-0 winning goals for the Huskies Last 6 meetings ...... 5-1-0 Current Northeastern streak ...... 4 • Fontaine leads all NCAA defensemen with 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) this year after fi nishing No. 2 last season for all blue-liners with 42 points

HUSKIES BY THE NUMBERS ...

Players that have reached Head Coach Dave Flint has won 100+ points in their career at Alina Mueller has an NCAA-best 11 a program-best 235 games since Northeastern, including current assists this season. 1 arriving on Huntington Avenue. 11 31 players Alina Mueller (132) and Skylar Fontaine (101).

Northeastern won an NCAA-best The Huskies have won the last Program record shutouts for and program record 32 games three Hockey East championships Aerin Frankel. Her 23 shutouts in last season and were set to host 3 to qualify for a program-best three 25 Hockey East play are just 1 shy of 32 No. 5 seed Princeton before the straight NCAA tournaments. the league record. NCAA canceled the tourney due to COVID-19. NORTHEASTERN’S INDIVIDUAL LEADERS INSIDE THE SERIES WITH HOLY CROSS • The Huskies outscored the Crusaders 11-0 and shut out Holy Cross for the 2019-20 Consecutive Point Streak season series. Katie Cipra 2 • Northeastern is currently riding a four-game winning streak against the Crusaders. Skylar Fontaine 2 Kate Holmes 2 HUSKIES LEAD THE COUNTRY WITH 11-GAME UNBEATEN STREAK Katy Knoll 2 • The Huskies are unbeaten over their last 11 games (10-0-1) and lead the country, Maureen Murphy 2 three ahead of crosstown rival Boston College’s eight-game unbeaten streak (8-0-0). The 11-game unbeaten streak in Hockey East play is a school record, surpassing last Multi-Point Games (Top Strk) Career ‘20-21 season’s nine-game unbeaten streak in conference play. Alina Mueller 35 5 • In the NCAA tournament era (2001-present), the 11-game unbeaten streak ranks Chloé Aurard 26 2 second in school history, behind a 12-game unbeaten streak in 2018-19 (Oct. 13 - Nov. Skylar Fontaine 24 3 27, 2018). Veronika Pettey 17 1 Here’s a look at the best unbeaten streaks in school history Brooke Hobson 10 1 Rk. Streak Year Dates Mia Brown 9 1 1. 27 (26-0-1) 1987-88 Entire season (Nov. 4 - March 4) Maureen Murphy 8 1 2. 15 (15-0-0) 1988-89 Nov. 16 - Feb. 4 Katy Knoll 7 2 3. 13 (13-0-0) 1986-87 Nov. 14 - Jan. 23 Andrea Renner 7 1 4. 12 (11-0-1) 2018-19 Oct. 13 - Nov. 27 (NCAA tournament) 12 (12-0-0) 1985-86 Jan. 24 - March 2 Peyton Anderson 4 - 6. 11 (10-0-1) 2020-21 Jan. 3 - Present Megan Carter 3 1 11 (10-0-1) 2019-20 Jan. 10 - Feb. 11 (NCAA tournament) Katie Cipra 3 1 11 (11-0-0) 1991-92 Nov. 14 - Jan. 12 Tessa Ward 3 - 11 (11-0-0) 1987-88 Nov. 4 - Jan. 13 Gillian Foote 2 - ** The Huskies were unbeaten for 43 consecutive games (42-0-1) from Nov. 4, 1987 through Kate Holmes 2 - Feb. 5, 1989 after posting their only undefeated season in 1987-88 at 26-0-1. Lauren MacInnis 2 - Miceala Sindoris 1 - Best unbeaten streaks in Hockey East for the Huskies Rk. Streak Year Dates 1. 11 (10-0-1) 2020-21 Jan. 3 - Present 3 or more points Career ‘20-21 2. 9 (9-0-0) 2019-20 Jan. 10 - Feb. 11 (NCAA tournament) Alina Mueller 17 2 Chloé Aurard 7 - MONEY MUELLER Skylar Fontaine 5 1 • Junior Alina Mueller was named as the top prospect under 25 years of age by the Veronika Pettey 3 - Ice Garden and is a two-time Olympian. She garnered Hockey East Player of the Year Maureen Murphy 3 1 and Tournament MVP accolades last season. Peyton Anderson 2 - • Mueller has recorded a point in seven of her last eight games, including a season- Kate Holmes 1 - best two goals and two assists in a 5-0 win over then-No. 7 Providence (1/23). She Katy Knoll 1 - leads the NCAA with 11 assists this season and is ninth in the country in points per Lauren MacInnis 1 - game (1.31), second in Hockey East. Tessa Ward 1 - • She is a two-time Patty Kazmaier top-10 fi nalist, fi nishing in the top three last season after fi nishing with an NCAA-best 10 game-winning goals and second-best 66 points 4 or more points Career ‘20-21 (27 goals, 39 assists). Alina Mueller 8 1 Chloé Aurard 4 - THE COACH Skylar Fontaine 1 - • Head Coach Dave Flint enters his 12th season on the bench for the Huskies and is 5 or more points Career ‘20-21 the all-time winningest coach in program history with 235 wins. He earned his third Chloé Aurard 1 - Hockey East Coach of the Year honor last season after leading the Huskies to an Katy Knoll 1 - NCAA-best and program record 32 wins. Alina Mueller 1 -

Shutouts Career ‘20-21 Aerin Frankel 25 ^ 6* Gwyneth Philips 4 1 ^ Northeastern record STANDINGS * Leads NCAA

Consecutive Shutouts Career ‘20-21 Aerin Frankel 4 3 @ CONFERENCE OVERALL Gwyneth Philips 3 1 @ Pts. W-L PCT Last 5 W-L PCT Last 10 STRK 1. Boston College 35 12-3-0 .778 5-0-0 12-3-0 .778 9-1-0 W8 Shutout Minutes Streak Career ‘20-21 2. Northeastern 33 11-1-1 .846 5-0-0 11-1-1 .846 9-0-1 W7 Aerin Frankel 253:44 200:02 @ 3. Providence 28 9-4-1 .667 2-3-0 9-4-1 .667 6-4-0 L2 Gwyneth Philips 262:12 81:55 @ 4. UConn 19 5-9-1 .422 5-9-1 .422 @ Current streak 5. New Hampshire 17 5-10-1 .354 5-10-1 .354 6. Maine 16 5-6-0 .485 5-6-0 .485 7. Vermont 14 5-1-0 .778 5-1-0 .778 8. Holy Cross 9 3-10-0 .231 3-10-0 .231 9. Boston University 6 2-3-0 .400 2-3-0 .400 10. Merrimack 3 1-11-0 .083 1-11-0 .083 NORTHEASTERN BY THE NUMBERS ... THE GOALTENDER • Senior Aerin Frankel holds back-to-back Hockey East Goaltender of the Year awards Scoring first ...... 8-0-0 and was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. Opponent scores first ...... 1-1-1 • Frankel leads the country with six shutouts this season and is one shy of matching Leading after second period ...... 9-0-0 the all-time Hockey East record of 24 set by Katie Burt (Boston College) from 2014-18. Trailing after second period ...... 0-1-0 • A native of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.,Frankel leads the NCAA in save percentage (.973) and Tied after second period ...... 2-0-1 goals against average (0.63), and ranks second in winning percentage at 9-1-1 (.864). She holds the Northeastern all-time record in wins (67), shutouts (25) and goals against Scoring on the power play ...... 3-0-1 average (1.39). REACH TO THE SKY Scoreless on the power play ...... 11-1-1 Allowing a power play goal ...... 1-0-0 • Senior Skylar Fontaine leads all NCAA defensemen with 13 points (5 goals, 8 assists) Opp. scoreless on the PP ...... 9-1-1 this season and has an NCAA-best three game-winning goals. She finished last season Scoring a shorthanded goal...... 3-0-0 No. 2 in the country with 42 points (17 goals, 25 assists) for all blue-liners. Allowing a shorthanded goal...... 0-0-0 • Fontaine’s brother, Gunnarwolfe, is a freshman on the men’s hockey team after playing two seasons in the USHL for the Chicago Steel, tallying 46 goals and 54 assists One-goal games ...... 1-0-0 in 105 games. Overtime games ...... 1-0-1 Scoring 4 or more goals ...... 6-0-0 GAME-WINNERS Scoring less than 4 goals ...... 5-1-1 • Junior Chloé Aurard, senior Skylar Fontaine and sophomore Katy Knoll lead the Allowing 4 or more goals ...... 0-0-0 country with three game-winning goals each. Fontaine ranks 17th in the country in Allowing fewer than 4 goals ...... 11-1-1 points per game (1.00), tops among all defensemen, Aurard is 52nd in the NCAA in points per game (0.77) and Knoll is No. 69 (0.69). Outshooting opponents ...... 10-1-1 • Last season, Alina Mueller set a new single-season school record with an NCAA- Outshot by opponent ...... 1-0-0 best 10 game-winning goals. She currently has one for the Huskies this season.

Following a win ...... 8-1-1 MURPHY MAKES DEBUT Following a loss ...... 1-0-0 • Junior transfer Maureen Murphy made her debut against Maine (1/17) and scored Following a tie ...... 1-0-0 a goal in her first-ever game for the Huskies. She secured her second-ever hat trick in her third game against Merrimack (1/29) and was named Hockey East Player of the When Anderson scores...... 1-0-0 Week on Monday, Feb. 1. When Aurard scores...... 5-0-0 • Murphy leads Hockey East and is second in the NCAA with 1.00 goals per game and When Brown scores...... 1-0-0 ranks 10th in points per game at 1.25. When Carter scores...... 1-0-0 When Cipra scores...... 2-0-0 FONTAINE, FRANKEL AND KNOLL INVITED TO U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM When Cross scores...... 0-0-0 EVALUATION CAMP When Cullaton scores...... 0-0-0 • Skylar Fontaine, Aerin Frankel and Katy Knoll joined alums Kendall Coyne- When FitzGerald scores...... 1-0-0 Schofield and Hayley Scamurra at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn., on Oct. When Fontaine scores...... 4-0-0 25-31, 2020. The camp is part of the process in selecting the U.S. Women’s National When Foote scores...... 0-0-0 Team for the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship When Griffin scores...... 1-0-0 set for April 7-17, 2021 in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia. When Herrington scores...... 0-0-0 • Knoll earned a spot on the Hockey East All-Rookie Team and was named Hockey When Hobson scores...... 1-0-1 East Third-Team All-Star after leading all Husky freshman with 26 points (10 goals, 16 When Holmes scores...... 2-0-0 assists). When Jurusik scores...... 1-0-0 When Knoll scores...... 4-1-0 HUSKIES PICKED AS HOCKEY EAST FAVORITES When MacInnis scores...... 0-0-0 • Northeastern received 9-of-10 first-place votes and is the preseason favorite to win When Marohn scores...... 0-0-0 the Hockey East Women’s League according to the head coaches in the conference. When Mueller scores...... 4-0-1 The Huskies have won three consecutive Hockey East tournament championships and When Murphy scores...... 2-0-0 back-to-back Hockey East regular-season titles heading into 2020-21. When Pettey scores...... 1-0-0 When Renner scores...... 2-0-0 ALUM KENDAL COYNE-SCHOFIELD NAMED PLAYER DEVELOPMENT COACH FOR CHICAGO When Sindoris scores...... 1-0-0 When Tucker scores...... 0-0-0 BLACKHAWKS When Ward scores...... 2-0-0 • Northeastern alumna Kendall Coyne Schofield has been hired by the Chicago When Yoveitch scores...... 0-0-0 Blackhawks to be the organization’s first-ever female Player Development Coach and Youth Hockey Growth Specialist, announced by the Blackhawks. Coyne Schofield won When Frankel starts...... 9-1-1 the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award at Northeastern in 2016 and holds school records When Philips starts...... 2-0-0 in goals (141) and points (249) over 133 games played.

“Kendall continues to break barriers and be an amazing role model for young women around the world. I couldn’t be more proud of her. The Blackhawks are lucky to have her on staff,” said head coach Dave Flint. 2020 Hockey East tournament championships and back-to-back Hockey East regular-season titles heading into 2020- 21.

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LAST TIME A NORTHEASTERN PLAYER... LAST TIME NORTHEASTERN... Recorded a Hat Trick ...... Maureen Murphy vs. Merrimack (1/29/21) Scored 15+ goals...... 15 vs. Wisconsin (12/30/99) Last 4-goal game ...... Casey Pickett vs. UConn (11/3/12) Scored 11-14 goals...... 11 vs. Holy Cross (11/29/19) Last 5-goal game ...... Vicky Sunohara vs. RIT (1/6/90) Scored 10 goals...... 10 at Vermont (1/25/20) Last 6-goal game ...... Never Scored 8-9 goals...... 9 vs. UConn (3/10/20) in Hockey East Championship Last 3 assist game ...Alina Mueller (3) Chloe Aurard (3) vs. UConn (3/8/20) in North Scored 6 goals...... 6 at Merrimack (1/30/21) Andover, Mass. Tallied 50-59 shots ...... 54 vs. Maine (1/17/21) Last 4 assist game ...... Alina Mueller at Vermont (1/25/20) Tallied 60-69 shots ...... 64 vs. Maine (1/16/16) Last 5 assist game ...... Kendal Coyne vs. Maine (1/16/16) Tallied 70-79 shots ...... 76 vs. Yale (11/16/96) Last 5-point game ...... Alina Mueller (1g, 4a) at Vermont (1/25/20) Tallied 80-89 shots ...... 81 vs. Yale (3/1/97) Last 6-point game ...... Casey Pickett (4g, 2a) vs. UConn (11/3/12) Scored 4 power play goals...... 4-for-7 (57%) vs. Syracuse (10/12/19) ...... Kendall Coyne (1g, 5a) vs. UConn (11/3/12) Scored 3 power play goals...... 3-for-4 (75%) vs. Vermont (1/25/20) Scored an Empty Net Goal ...... Molly Griffin vs. #7/7 Providence (1/22/21) Scored 2 shorthanded goals...... 2 vs. #8/8 Boston University (1/28/20) ...... Tessa Ward vs. New Hampshire (1/8/21) Scored 6 goals in a period...... vs. Vermont (2nd) (1/25/20) Goaltender made 50+ saves ...... Scored 5 goals in a period...... vs. UConn (3rd) (3/8/20) ...... 51 by Aerin Frankel vs. #1/1 Wisconsin (1/5/20) in Pittsburgh, Pa. Scored 4 goals in a period...... at Vermont (3rd) (2/27/20) Goaltender made 40-49 saves ...... Allowed 10+ goals...... L, 11-1 to New Hampshire (2/11/06) ...... 43 by Aerin Frankel vs. #8/8 Boston College (2/12/19) Allowed 9 goals...... L, 9-1 to Boston University (1/11/15) Goaltender recorded a shutout...... Allowed 6-8 goals...... L, 7-5 at #10/10 Boston College (1/12/19) ...... Gwyneth Philps (21 saves) at Merrimack (1/30/21) Opponent scored 5+ goals in a period...... L, 7-0 vs. Boston College (2/9/16) ...... Aerin Frankel (16 saves) vs. Merrimack (1/29/21) Opponent scored 4 goals in a period...... L, 5-1 vs. Clarkson (9/30/17) ...... Aerin Frankel (14 saves) vs. UConn (1/26/21) Opponent had 60+ shots...... L 3-2 OT vs. Providence (1/25/05) ...... Aerin Frankel (27 saves) at #7/7 Providence (1/23/21) Opponent had 50-59 shots...... L, 4-3 OT (55) by Wisconsin (1/5/20) ...... Aerin Frankel (32 saves) vs. #7/7 Providence (1/12/21) Opponent had 40-49 shots...... L, 4-1 (47) by Boston College (2/12/19) ...... Aerin Frankel (21 saves) vs. Maine (1/4/21) Held opponent to 15 shots or less...... 14 by UConn (1/26/21) ...... Aerin Frankel (16 saves) vs. Maine (1/3/21) Consecutive shutouts...... 4 SO (2/12/19-Present) Scored an OT goal...... Chloé Aurard vs. Maine (1/17/21) Posted 4 straight shutouts...... Jan. 23, 2021 - present Extra-Attacker goal...... Peyton Anderson vs. UConn (3/8/20) ...... W, 5-0 at #7/7 Providence (1/23/21) Goaltender recorded a point...... Aerin Frankel (1a) vs. Vermont (2/28/20) ...... W, 2-0 vs. UConn (1/26/21) Scored a goal in the closing seconds to send the game to OT...... W, 5-0 vs. Merrimack (1/29/21) ...... T, 2-2 Kendall Coyne scored with 17 seconds left ...... W, 6-0 at Merrimack (1/30/21) Scored in OT to win championship Overcame a 4-goal deficit to win...... W, 5-4 (down 4-0) vs. Mercyhurst (9/16/15) ..... Lauren MacInnis in double-OT (16:03) at #9/9 Boston University (2/11/20) to win Overcame a 3-goal deficit to win...... W, 6-3 (down 3-0) at Vermont (1/27/13) the Women’s Beanpot Overcame a 2-goal deficit in 3rd period to win.... W, 4-3 (down 3-1) at Merrimack Scored the game-winner in the closing seconds...... (2/10/18) ...... W, 2-1 Mia Brown scored a GW with 23 seconds left at Syracuse Did Not score a goal...... L, 1-0 at Providence (10/25/19) Northeastern Player Made SportCenter’s Top 10 Plays...... Active scoring streak...... 45 games .Katie Cipra went top-shelf on a backhand to score the No. 9 play of the night vs. Had two players record 4+ points in a game...... W, 9-1 (Mueller 4, Aurard 4) vs. New Hampshire (1/8/21) in Matthews Arena / Watch Here UConn (3/8/20) Had two players record 3+ points in a game...... W, 10-2 (Mueller 5, Aurard 4, Schryver 3) at Vermont (1/25/20) ** Indicates School Record Northeastern Player/Coach received a game misconduct...... T, 3-3 (W in double OT) Skylar Fontaine at Boston University ** Indicates School Record