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roy watch northeastern PAGE 2 hockey Game 5 // October 24, 2015 // 9 p.m. (ET) // Minneapolis, Minn. // Mariucci Arena (10,000) // Ice: 200x100 northeastern minnesota --/-- 1-3-0, 0-0-0 HEA 1-3-0, 0-0-0 Big Ten 19/RV 2015-16 Schedule Media Center OCTOBER (1-3-0, 0-0-0) Five things to know TELEVISION FOX Sports North Sun 4 SIMON FRASER ^ W, 10-2 1. The Northeastern men’s ice hockey team will look to Sat 10 No. 20 COLGATE W, 2-1 earn a split of the weekend series at No. 19 Minnesota RADIO HuskiesRadio.com (1330 AM) Fri 16 BENTLEY L, 2-3 on Saturday night when the Huskies battle the Gophers Play-by-play: Greg Madden Sat 17 at Bentley L, 1-4 at Mariucci Arena. Color: Matt Houde Fri 23 at No. 19/rv Minnesota L, 0-4 2. Last night saw the emergence of freshman goalten- Sat 24 at No. 19/rv Minnesota 9 p.m. der Ryan Ruck, who stopped 21 of 22 shots in relief. RADIO WRBB Radio (104.9 FM) Thu 29 VERMONT * 7 p.m. His biggest save of the night, a blocker save during a Play-by-play: Josh Brown Sat 31 at Vermont * 7:05 p.m. Gopher power play, was the No. 2 play on SportsCen- Color: Dan McLoone ter on Friday night. NOVEMBER (0-0-0, 0-0-0) LIVE STATS GoNU.com/mhockey/stats Fri 6 at Boston University * 7:30 p.m. 2. Kevin Roy returns for his senior season at NU, and Sat 7 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * 7 p.m. enters the year as the nation’s active leading scorer SOCIAL MEDIA GoNU.com/social Thu 12 at Notre Dame * 7:35 p.m. with 125 points (55 goals, 70 assists). Facebook /GoNUathletics Fri 13 at Notre Dame * 7:35 p.m. /GoNUmhockey Fri 20 at Providence * 7 p.m. 3. Northeastern has run into a pair of hot goaltenders Twitter /GoNUathletics through the first four games of the season, scoring five Sat 21 PROVIDENCE * 7 p.m. goals on 158 shots. It’s the second most shots on goal /GoNUmhockey Fri 27 vs. UMass Lowell *@ 2:30 p.m. for any team in the nation through four games. Instagram /GoNUathletics Sat 28 vs. Brown/Colgate @ TBA Snapchat GoNUathletics 4. NU returns 21 letterwinners from last year’s team, YouTube /GoNUathletics DECEMBER (0-0-0, 0-0-0) including 17 juniors and seniors, tied for the most in Join the conversation using: #GoNU Sat 5 at Boston College * 7 p.m. the nation. Sun 6 BOSTON COLLEGE * 4 p.m. Sat 19 MICHIGAN STATE 7:30 p.m. JANUARY (0-0-0, 0-0-0) Sat 2 QUINNIPIAC 7 p.m. Fri 8 at St. Lawrence 7 p.m. Sat 9 at St. Lawrence 7 p.m. Fri 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE * 7 p.m. Sat 16 at New Hampshire * 7 p.m. Fri 22 at Merrimack * 7 p.m. Sat 23 MERRIMACK * 7 p.m. FEBRUARY (0-0-0, 0-0-0) Mon 1 vs. Boston University ! 8 p.m. Fri 5 at UMass Lowell * 7:15 p.m. Mon 8 vs. BC/Harvard ! TBA Fri 12 at Massachusetts * 8:30 p.m. Sat 13 MASSACHUSETTS * 7 p.m. Fri 19 at Connecticut * 7:05 p.m. Sat 20 CONNECTICUT * 7 p.m. Fri 26 MAINE * 7 p.m. Sat 27 MAINE * 7 p.m. ^ Exhibition * Hockey East contest ! 64th Beanpot (TD Garden) @ Friendship Four All home games in CAPS All times Eastern returning points in 249 2015-16, the ninth most in the nation. sophomore (40) junior (119) senior (90) Contact: Matt Houde // [email protected] // 617-373-4154 // @matt_houde // 111 Matthews Arena // Boston, Mass. 15 kevin roy (C) ROY IN THE RECORD BOOKs: NORTHEASTERN: CAREER POINTS Player GP G A Pts 20. Wade MacLeod (2007-11) 149 61 76 137 Gerry Cowie (1978-82) 116 64 73 137 Paul McDougall (1978-82) 113 60 77 137 23. Leo Depere (1961-64) 65 64 68 132 24. Kevin Roy (2012-pr.) 105 55 70 125 25. J.F. Aube (1991-95) 134 72 52 124 NORTHEASTERN: CAREER GOALS Player GP Goals 23. Randy Bucyk (1980-84) 116 60 Paul McDougall (1978-82) 113 60 Jay Schiavo (1988-93) 145 60 26. Kevin Heffernan (1984-88) 143 59 27. John Byrne (1936-38) - - 58 28. Kevin Roy (2012-pr.) 105 55 NORTHEASTERN: CAREER ASSISTS Player GP Assists 25. Les Chaisson (1970-73) 82 71 Roger Holeczy (1996-00) 145 71 27. Claude Lodin (1984-88) 125 70 Brian Sullivan (1987-91) 127 70 29. Kevin Roy (2012-pr.) 105 70 30. Rich Cavanaugh (1953-57) 86 69 NCAA: ACTIVE CAREER POINTS Player Team Points 1. Kevin Roy Northeastern 125 2. Andrew Gladiuk Bentley 112 3. Danny O’Regan Boston University 111 4. Alex Patan Michigan Tech 105 Zac Lynch Robert Morris 105 NCAA: ACTIVE CAREER GOALS Player Team Goals 1. Andrew Gladiuk Bentley 59 2. Jimmy Vesey Harvard 56 3. Kevin Roy Northeastern 55 4. Bryce Gervais Minnesota State 51 5. Mario Lucia Notre Dame 51 6. Danny O’Regan Boston University 49 7. Sam Anas Quinnipiac 48 NCAA: ACTIVE CAREER ASSISTS Player Team Assists 1. Kevin Roy Northeastern 70 2. Kalle Kossila St. Cloud State 69 3. Danny O’Regan Boston University 62 Alex Patan Michigan Tech 62 5. Cristoval Nieves Michigan 61 ROY’S CAREER STATISTICS GP G A Pts Shots Shot % Pen Min +/- PPG SHG GWG Blk 2012 29 17 17 34 131 .130 12 24 -9 2 0 3 16 2013 37 19 27 46 153 .124 11 30 +2 5 0 1 9 2014 35 19 25 44 139 .137 14 28 +12 6 0 2 13 2015 4 0 1 1 12 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 105 55 70 125 435 .126 37 82 +5 13 0 6 38 2 2015-16 Northeastern Hockey Game 5: at Minnesota / October 24, 2015 3 Setting The Stage A Northeastern Win Would ... The all-time series with Minnesota O Captain, My Captain • Be the 912th victory in program history. Northeastern and Minnesota are meeting for the Head coach Jim Madigan announced this spring 14th time in the history of the programs on Saturday that senior Kevin Roy will serve as team captain • Give Northeastern three wins in the last four night, with the Gophers leading the all-time series this season. He will be assisted by senior Mike meetings with Minnesota. 7-6-0. NU has won three of the last five meetings, McMurtry and juniors Matt Benning and John including two of the last three at the Mariucci Stevens. Roy is the 81st captain in program history. • Improve head coach Jim Madigan’s record Center. The Huskies are 2-5-0 all-time on the road against Minnesota to 3-1-0. against the Gophers. Shots, shots, shots The Huskies haven’t been afraid to fire the puck on Northeastern and Minnesota are notorious for play- goal in their first four games of the season, pepper- ing in close games against each other. In 13 all-time ing opposing netminders with 158 shots on goal. games, nine of the matches have been settled It’s the second most shots on goal in the nation for Stat Comparison by only one goal and four of the games required team’s that have only played four games. Category NU Minn. overtime. Huskies captain Kevin Roy scored the Goals 5 5 game-winning goal with under three minutes to At the other end of the ice, Northeastern is holding Goals per game 1.25 1.25 play in the third period in the last Northeastern- opponents to just 20.25 shots per game, the fewest Goals allowed per game 2.25 2.25 Minnesota showdown at Matthews Arena, a game in the nation. The Huskies’ 19.25 shot differential Assists 9 8 that the Huskies took 3-2. per game is the second highest in the nation. Assists per game 3.00 2.00 Points 14 13 Scouting the Golden Gophers Take me to your leader Points per game 3.50 3.25 Minnesota enters this weekend’s games hungry for The biggest storyline entering the 2015-16 season Shots 158 95 a win. The Gophers started the 2015-16 season is senior captain Kevin Roy, who returns for his Shot percentage 3.2% 5.3% with three losses, a trend last seen in Minnesota in senior season on Huntington Avenue. He is ranked Shots per game 39.50 23.75 the 1993-94 season, before picking up the victory 24th in career scoring at Northeastern (55 goals, 70 Shots allowed per game 20.25 31.67 last night. The Gophers opened the season with a assists, 125 points). He also ranks 28th all-time in PPG / opportunities 1/20 1/17 3-0 loss at home to Vermont in which they failed on career goals and 29th in career assists. Power play percentage 5% 5.9% four power-play opportunities. The Gophers then Penalty kill / opportunities 15/19 14/16 suffered back-to-back losses to Minnesota-Duluth He is currently the nation’s active leader in career Shorthanded goals 0 0 by the scores of 3-1 and 3-0. Brent Gates scored assists and points, and is also second among ac- Penalties 22 22 the lone goal for the Gophers and stands as the tive players in career goals (see page two). Penalty Minutes 44 44 only Minnesota player so far this season to find Shot blocks 35 41 the back of the net.