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PRESS RELEASE contact: Brian Smith | [email protected] | 339.227.2988 | @brismi22 591 North Avenue #2 | Wakefield, MA | 01880 | 781-245-2122 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 19, 2016 Northeastern Reaches Hockey East Title Game Huskies To Play for League Championship For First Time Since 1988 BOSTON - Nolan Stevens (Sea Isle City, N.J.) and Adam Gaudette (Braintree, Mass.) each had a goal and an as- sist as sixth-seed Northeastern held off top-seeded Boston College in the second semifinal of the 2016 Hockey East Championship at TD Garden Friday. Northeastern (21-13-5) will play fourth-seeded UMass Lowell in Saturday’s title game at 7 p.m. at TD Garden (TV: NESN, NBS Sports Network). The River Hawks outlasted Providence, 2-1, in triple overtime in Friday’s first semifinal. Saturday’s champion will earn Hockey East’s automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Men’s Hockey Championship. The red-hot Huskies extended the nation’s longest current winning streak to a program-record 12 games and head to the title game with a 19-1-2 mark in its last 22 games. Northeastern snapped a seven-game semifinal losing streak with the victory and will make its first title game appearance in 28 years, when it won its lone championship in 1988. Northeastern had a 2-1 edge after one period allowing an early goal and taking the lead in the final second. The Ea- gles needed just 15 seconds to open the scoring on a goal by freshman Miles Wood (Manchester, Mass.) who con- verted a feed from Christopher Brown (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.). Steve Santini (Mahopac, N.Y.) also picked up an assist. Northeastern answered at 14:08 as Zach Aston-Reese (Staten Island, N.Y.) took a feed from Nolan Stevens and snuck in between the defense to tie it at one apiece. With nine-tenths of a second before intermission, Gaudette gave NU its first lead with assists going to Mike McMurt- ry (Greely, Ontario) and Dylan Sikura (Aurora, Ontario). The Eagles tied it at 2-2 only 1:10 after the break as freshman Colin White (Hanover, Mass.) tallied his 19th of the year, set up by junior Matthew Gaudreau (Carneys Point, N.J.). Special teams took over and just 1:45 later Nolan Stevens regained the lead for NU on the power play, set up by Gaudette and his brother John Stevens (Sea Isle, N.J.). Eric Williams (Newmarket, Ontario) made it 4-2 at 10:55 again cashing in again with an extra skater with assists to Sikura and Kevin Roy (Lac-Beauport, Quebec). BC got one back two minutes later, also on the power play, on Wood’s second of the contest, assisted by Ryan Fitz- gerald (No. Reading, Mass.) and Teddy Doherty (Hopkinton, Mass.). Goalie Thatcher Demko (San Diego, Calif.) kept it at 4-3 with robbing Sikura with a sliding stop with 21 seconds before the second intermission. Northeastern added big goal to make it 5-3 at 9:44 of the third as Lincoln Griffin (Walpole, Mass.) took of advantage of a turnover at the BC blueline for an unassisted goal. Boston College answered quickly only 1:06 later when Alex Tuch (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) deposited a rebound of a shot by Zach Sanford (Manchester, N.H.) to make it 5-4. Santini added an assist, his second of the night. Huskies goalie Ryan Ruck (Coto de Caza, Calif.), who finished with 21 saves, 13 in the third period, closed out the Eagles who fall to 26-7-5 with the loss. NU went two-for-six on the power play while BC was one-for-three. Notes: Its the third time the two Green Line rivals have met in the semis and the first NU win ... BC’s first three goals were scored by two freshmen. White was named Pro Ambitions Hockey East Rookie of the Year Thursday ... It was the second time this season that Demko, a first team Hockey East All-Star and the Co-Warrior Player of the year, allowed more than four goals. Merrimack scored five in a tie with BC on February 13, 2016. # HEA # Hockey Game Box Score (Final) #14 Northeastern vs #5 Boston College (03/18/16 at Boston, Mass.) Northeastern (21-13-5) vs. Boston College (26-7-5) Date: 03/18/16 • Location: Boston, Mass. • Arena: TD Garden Attendance: 13242 • Start time: 10:36pm • End time: 12:56pm • Total time: 2:20 Prd Time Team Scored by Assists Vis. on ice Home on ice Goals by Period 1. 1st 00:15 BC EV Miles Wood/9 Chris Brown/9 12,47,21,18,5 28,10,6,2,27 Team 1 2 3 Tot Steve Santini/17 NU 2 2 1 5 2. 1st 14:08 NU EV Aston-Reese, Zach/13 Stevens, Nolan/21 12,21,18,47,23 19,18,15,2,3 BC 1 2 1 4 Cockerill, Garret/13 3. 1st 19:59 NU EV Gaudette, Adam/11 McMurtry, Mike/21 8,7,9,14,23 14,24,12,2,27 Shots by Period Sikura, Dylan/16 Team 1 2 3 Tot 4. 2nd 01:10 BC EV Colin White/19 Matthew Gaudreau/1 7,14,15,10,16 18,21,19,5,3 NU 10 12 10 32 5. 2nd 02:55 NU PP Stevens, Nolan/18 Stevens, John/23 21,18,12,8,5 3,2,15,19 BC 4 7 14 25 Gaudette, Adam/17 6. 2nd 10:55 NU PP Williams, Eric/8 Roy, Kevin/15 20,15,9,7,8 2,28,3,26 Sikura, Dylan/17 Power Play Goals-Att (Sh) 7. 2nd 13:54 BC PP Miles Wood/10 Ryan Fitzgerald/22 47,21,10,5 28,19,4,6,26 Prd NU BC 1st 0-0 (0) 0-1 (2) Teddy Doherty/12 2nd 2-3 (2) 1-1 (1) 8. 3rd 09:44 NU EV Griffin, Lincoln/6 - 19,25,22,5,47 18,19,21,3,5 3rd 0-3 (4) 0-1 (2) 9. 3rd 10:50 BC EV Alex Tuch/15 Zach Sanford/25 5,21,12,18,20 12,24,6,14,4 Total 2-6 (6) 1-3 (5) Steve Santini/18 Penalties-Minutes by Prd TEAM SUMMARY Prd NU BC 1st 1-2 0-0 # Northeastern 1 2 3 Tot +/- Bl # Boston College 1 2 3 Tot +/- Bl 2nd 2-4 4-8 5 Benning, Matt 1 0 0 1 -1 1 2 Scott Savage 0 0 0 0 -1 0 3rd 1-2 3-6 7 McMurtry, Mike 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 Ian McCoshen 0 0 1 1 -1 2 Total 4-8 7-14 8 Gaudette, Adam 1 1 0 2 +1 1 4 Teddy Doherty 0 0 0 0 +1 0 9 Sikura, Dylan 2 2 0 4 +1 0 5 Casey Fitzgerald 0 0 1 1 0 2 Three stars: 10 Kurker, Sam 0 1 0 1 -1 2 6 Steve Santini 0 0 2 2 +2 1 1. Stevens, Nolan 12 Aston-Reese, Za 3 1 3 7 -1 0 8 Travis Jeke 0 0 0 0 0 0 2. Miles Wood 14 Cockerill, Garret 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 Chris Brown 1 0 0 1 +1 0 3. Gaudette, Adam 15 Roy, Kevin 1 1 0 2 -1 0 11 Chris Calnan 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Collier, Brendan 0 0 0 0 -1 0 12 Alex Tuch 1 0 2 3 0 0 Officials: 18 Stevens, John 0 0 2 2 -1 0 14 Adam Gilmour 1 2 0 3 0 1 Referee:Jack Millea 19 Griffin, Lincoln 0 0 1 1 +1 0 15 JD Dudek 0 0 0 0 -1 0 Referee:Jamie Koharski 20 Williams, Eric 0 1 0 1 -1 0 18 Colin White 0 3 2 5 -1 0 Linesman:Tommy George 21 Stevens, Nolan 0 2 0 2 -1 1 19 Ryan Fitzgerald 0 0 2 2 -1 0 Linesman:Kevin Briganti 22 Pond, Tanner 0 1 0 1 +1 0 21 Matthew Gaudre 0 0 1 1 0 0 23 Saucerman, Colt 1 0 2 3 +2 1 24 Zach Sanford 0 0 2 2 0 0 25 Schule, Patrick 0 1 1 2 +1 0 26 Austin Cangelosi 0 0 1 1 0 0 47 Darou, Dustin 0 0 0 0 +1 2 27 Michael Kim 0 0 0 0 0 1 61 Fennell, Jarrett 0 1 1 2 0 0 28 Miles Wood 1 2 0 3 +1 0 1 Roy, Derick dnp 30 Thatcher Demko 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Theut, Jake dnp 29 Ian Milosz dnp Totals 10 12 10 32 0 10 Totals 4 7 14 25 0 7 GOALTENDERS ## Northeastern Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves ## Boston College Dec Min GA 1 2 3 Saves 41 Ruck, Ryan W 59:48 4 3 5 13 21 30 Thatcher Demko L 59:30 5 8 10 9 27 EMPTY NET 0:12 0 0 0 0 0 EMPTY NET 0:30 0 0 0 0 0 PENALTY SUMMARY Prd Player Team MinOffense Time Prd Player Team MiOffense Time 1st Benning, Matt NU 2.Slashing 09:28 PP 2nd Stevens, John NU 2.Slashing 13:08 PP 2nd Steve Santini BC 2.Roughing 02:19 PP 3rd Colin White BC 2.Boarding 03:20 PP 2nd Stevens, John NU 2.Roughing 07:13 3rd Collier, Brendan NU 2.Tripping 05:53 PP 2nd Colin White BC 2.Roughing 07:13 3rd Thatcher Demko BC 2.Delay Of Game 16:55 PP 2nd Casey Fitzgerald BC 2.Holding 09:42 PP 3rd Steve Santini BC 2.Tripping 18:34 PP 2nd Zach Sanford BC 2.Slashing 11:18 PP Win-Ruck, Ryan (19-10-4).