NORTHEASTERN 2020-21 MEN’S HOCKEY GAMEDAY INFORMATION TV RADIO 98.5 The Sports Hub (HD2) COMMENTATORS Rob Rudnick, Adam Reid LIVE STATS NUHuskies.com/stats TWITTER @GoNUmhockey 3 7 7 25 67 INSTAGRAM @GoNUmhockey HOCKEY EAST BEANPOTS NCAA ALL NHL TITLES APPEARANCES AMERICANS DRAFT PICKS GAME #13/14 NORTHEASTERN (5-3-2, 5-3-2 HEA) vs. NEW HAMPSHIRE (3-4-1, 3-4-1 HEA) 11 JAN 13, 2021 // 6:00 p.m. // Boston // Matthews Arena SCHEDULE & RESULTS HUSKIES vs. WILDCATS SETTING THE STAGE DECEMBER • Fernie Flaman Head Men’s Hockey Coach Jim Madigan won Category NU UNH his 100th Hockey East game as head coach on Sunday and is 12 MERRIMACK * W, 8-2 Goals 35 16 13 at Merrimack * W, 6-3 the first coach in Northeastern history to achieve the feat. Goals per game 3.50 2.00 19 #19 PROVIDENCE * SOW, 3-3 Fernie Flaman had 162 wins as a part of the ECAC. 20 at #19 Providence * L, 0-5 Goals allowed per game 2.90 2.50 26 at Vermont * W, 4-1 • Freshman Ty Jackson is tied for third in Hockey East with five Assists 63 29 27 at Vermont * SOW, 2-2 goals this season and is averaging .50 goals per game. Assists per game 6.30 3.62 JANUARY Points 98 45 1 #9/9 UMASS * L, 3-4 • Teammate and twin brother Dylan Jackson had the game Points per game 9.80 5.62 2 at #9/9 UMass * L, 3-5 winning overtime goal on Friday night on his way to winning Shots on Goal 309 247 9 MERRIMACK * OTW, 3-2 the Hockey East Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Week award Shots per game 30.9 30.9 10 at Merrimack * W, 3-2 with goals in three straight games and three points over the 13 NEW HAMPSHIRE * 6 p.m. PPG / opportunities 12/51 7/43 weekend sweep of Merrimack. 15 at #3/3 Boston College * 7 p.m. Power play percentage .235 .163 16 #3/3 BOSTON COLLEGE * 7 p.m. Penalty kill / opportunities 35/43 26/33 • Freshmen Sam Colangelo (USA) and Devon Levi (CAN) played 22 at New Hampshire * 7 p.m. Penalty kill percentage .814 .788 23 NEW HAMPSHIRE * 6 p.m. in the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championships Gold Medal Shorthanded goals 0 1 29 at UConn * 6 p.m. game on Tuesday night with Colangelo helping Team USA win the gold medal and is the first gold medal winner in North- 30 UCONN * 6 p.m. CURRENT HUSKIES IN THE NHL FEBRUARY eastern history. Northeastern is one of only three schools, along with Boston College and Wisconsin, to have players on Anthony Bitetto (2010-12*) 5 #16 PROVIDENCE * 6 p.m. 6 at #16 Providence * TBD each team in the championship game. Matt Benning (2013-16*) 12 MAINE * 6 p.m. Josh Manson (2011-14*) 13 MAINE * 6 p.m. • Sophomore Jayden Struble tallied his seventh assist of the 19 #6/6 UMASS * 6 p.m. season in his eighth game which ties his career-high. In his Jamie Oleksiak (2010-11*, Highest draft pick in NU history (14th freshman season, Struble had seven assists in 21 games. overall)) 20 at #6/6 UMass * 6 p.m. 26 UCONN * 6 p.m. Zach Aston-Reese (2013-17*, Hockey East Player of the Year, 27 at UConn * 4 p.m. • Grant Jozefek had the first penalty shot goal for the Huskies All-American) MARCH Friday night since Jordan Harris against UMass on 10/15/19. Adam Gaudette (2015-18*, Hobey Baker Award winner, Hockey 5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * 6 p.m. That was his first penalty shot goal. The assistant captain East Player of the Year, All-American) 6 at Boston University * TBD now has two goals on the season with eight points. Dylan Sikura (2014-18*, All-American) All times EST and subject to change • Through ten games the Huskies have 20 players with points Cayden Primeau (2017-19*, Mike Richter Award winner, All- Home games in BOLD CAPS (Matthews Arena) American) and 13 of the 20 have goals. * Hockey East game ! Flex game (non-conference) Jeremy Davies (2016-19*, two-time All-American) HOWLIN’ HUSKIES IN THE POLLS * Years at Northeastern Date USCHO.com USA Today HEA STANDINGS Preseason 19 NR CONFERENCE OVERALL 11/16/20 18 NR RK TEAM PTS GP W-L-T OW-OL SW GP W-L-T GF GA 11/23/20 16 NR 1 UMass 28 13 9-3-1 0-0 0 13 9-3-1 49 26 11/30/20 15 15 2 Northeastern 18 10 5-3-2 1-0 2 10 5-3-2 35 29 12/7/20 17 14 12/14/20 12 10 3 Boston College 17 8 6-2-0 2-1 0 8 6-2-0 33 18 12/21/20 12 11 4 Providence 15 10 4-4-2 0-0 1 10 4-4-2 26 29 12/28/20 13 10 5 UConn 13 9 3-5-1 0-2 1 9 3-5-1 17 23 1/4/21 14 15 6 UMass Lowell 9 4 3-1-0 0-0 0 4 3-1-0 18 13 1/11/21 14 13 New Hampshire 9 8 3-4-1 2-1 0 8 3-4-1 16 20 8 Maine 5 6 1-4-1 0-0 1 6 1-4-1 19 29 Vermont 5 8 1-5-2 0-0 0 8 1-5-2 13 25 10 Merrimack 4 6 1-5-0 0-1 0 6 1-5-0 13 25 11 Boston University 3 2 1-1-0 0-0 0 2 1-1-0 9 11 CONTACT: Sky Kerstein [email protected] // 215 Cabot Center (703) 597-4950 @SkyKersteinNU NEWS AND NOTES NATIONAL HUSKY LEAGUE As the 2020-21 NHL season returns to play, 14 former Northeastern men’s hockey players were invited to NHL training camps: Zach Aston-Reese (Pittsburgh), Matt Benning (Nashville), Anthony Bitetto (New York Rangers), Jeremy Davies (Nashville), Matt Filipe (Boston), Adam Gaudette (Vancouver), Tyler Madden (Los Angeles), Josh Manson (Anaheim), Jamie Oleksiak (Dallas), Cayden Primeau (Montreal), Ryan Shea (Dallas), Dylan Sikura (Las Vegas), Nolan Stevens (St. Louis) & Brad Thiessen (Columbus). Eight current Huskies have been drafted to NHL teams: Sam Colangelo (Anaheim), Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (Nashville), Jordan Harris (Montreal), Riley Hughes (New York Rangers), Michael Kesselring (Edmonton), Devon Levi (Florida), Aidan McDonough (Vancouver) and Jayden Struble (Montreal). SIX-PACK Six players from the 2019-20 team have signed professional contracts: Ryan Shea (Dallas Stars), Matt Filipe (Boston Bruins), Tyler Madden (LA Kings), Biagio Lerario (Manitoba Moose), Craig Pantano (Rapid City Rush) and Brendan van Riemsdyk (Reading Royals). WORLD HUSKIES Devon Levi tied a Team Canada record with three shutouts, plus is the first collegiate goalie to play in three or more games for Team Canada in the World Junior Championships and the first collegiate goalie to win three or more games (six wins) for Team Canada. Levi is also the first Husky to ever play for Team Canada and had a Team Canada record .964 Save pct. and 0.75 GAA on the way to the silver medal. The .964 Save pct. is also a tournament record for a goalie who played in five or more games. Levi was named to the All-Star team and named Best Goaltender. Levi was drafted 212th overall by the Florida Panthers. Sam Colangelo had a goal on the way to a gold medal for Team USA. Colangelo was drafted 36th overall by the Anaheim Ducks. Assistant Captain Jordan Harris and Associate Head Coach Jerry Keefe were on the 2020 U.S. National Junior Team while Keefe was joined by Cayden Primeau (Montreal) and Tyler Madden (Los Angeles) on the 2019 silver medal winning team. SHOOTOUT KINGS Gunnarwolfe Fontaine and Aidan McDonough each have a shootout winner for the Huskies this season. McDonough’s on 12/19/20 was the Huskies first Hockey East shootout win since 1996 and overall shootout win since 2013. Connor Murphy has stopped all six shootout attempts he’s seen. The two shootout wins are the most by any team in Hockey East so far. USHL STARS Northeastern boasts four of the top ten scorers from the USHL a season ago. Colangelo finished third with 28 goals and 30 assists. Ty Jackson also had 58 points with 17 goals and 41 assists while Fontaine was fifth with 26 goals and 31 assists. Dylan Jackson was ninth with 21 goals and 34 assists. LAST TIME THAT SITUATIONAL RECORDS 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 Overall 23-10-5 27-11-5 18-13-3 ...... 5-3-2 TWO-GOAL GAME Jordan Harris vs. UMass (01/01/21) Hockey East 15-6-3 ... 15-8-1 11-12-1 ...... 5-3-2 Home games 14-4-2 ... 12-5-1 9-4-1 ...... 2-1-1 Away games 7-4-3 ..... 9-5-0 6-10-1 ...... 3-2-1 HAT TRICK Tyler Madden vs. Maine (11/22/19) Neutral site 2-2-0 ..... 6-1-0 3-0-1 ...... 0-0-0 Postseason 2-2-0 ..... 0-1-0 0-0-0 ...... 0-0-0 FOUR-GOAL GAME Kevin Roy vs. Connecticut (2/13/15) vs. Non-conference 8-4-2 ... 12-3-0 7-1-1 ...... 0-0-0 vs. Ranked opp. 9-5-1 ..... 2-7-0 7-6-0 ...... 0-3-1 vs. Unranked opp. 14-5-4 ... 25-4-1 11-7-3 .....