hockey east titles 2 Beanpots 5 NCAA Appearances 6 all-americans 19 northeastern hockey Game 38: NORTHEaSTERN vs. Michigan overall: 23-9-5 overall: 20-14-3 Saturday, March 24 // 4:30 p.m. hea: 15-6-3 b1g: 11-10-3 uscho: 8th Worcester, Mass. // DCU Center uscho: 10th usa today: 8th Capacity: 14,800 // Ice: 200 x 85 usa today: 10th 2017 -- 18 schedule MEDIA CENTER FOUR THINGS TO KNOW SEPTEMBER (0-0-0, 0-0-0 HEA) WATCH ESPNews Sat 30 PEI (exh) W, 9-1 1. No. 8 Northeastern is back in the NCAA tourna- Play-by-play: Joe Beninati ment for the sixth time in team history (second in Color: Billy Jaffe OCTOBER (4-2-1, 2-0-0 HEA) the last three seasons), and will square off with No. Fri 6 SACRED HEART W, 7-3 10 Michigan on Saturday at the DCU Center. RADIO HuskiesRadio.com (950 AM) Sat 7 SACRED HEART W, 7-0 Play-by-play: Rob Rudnick Sat 14 at RIT T, 3-3 (OT) 2. Adam Gaudette and Dylan Sikura were named Color: Adam Reid Fri 20 No. 18 QUINNIPIAC L, 4-6 Hobey Baker Top Ten Finalists last week. North- Statistician: Ben Weiss Sat 21 No. 18 QUINNIPIAC L, 2-3 (OT) eastern is the only team to have two players make RADIO WRBB Radio (104.9 FM) Fri 27 at No. 17 UMass Lowell * W, 3-1 the top ten. Gaudette was also named the Hockey Sat 28 No. 17 UMASS LOWELL * W, 5-4 (OT) Play-by-play: Josh Brown East Player of the Year, and both are Hockey East Color: Joe Barbito First Team All-Stars. NOVEMBER (3-3-0, 3-3-0 HEA) Sat 4 at No. 12/11 Boston Univ. * W, 4-1 LIVE STATS GoNU.com/mhockey/stats 3. Northeastern’s Big 3 is one of the nation’s most Fri 10 No. 15 BOSTON UNIV. * W, 6-1 SOCIAL MEDIA GoNU.com/social Sat 11 at UMass Lowell * L, 2-4 lethal offensive threats: Gaudette (60 points; 1st the NCAA), Sikura (53 points; 3rd) and Nolan Facebook /GoNUathletics Fri 17 VERMONT * W, 2-1 /GoNUmhockey Sat 18 BOSTON COLLEGE * L, 1-4 Stevens (41 points). They make NU the only team in the NCAA to have three players with 40+ points Twitter /GoNUathletics Tue 28 at Connecticut * L, 1-4 /GoNUmhockey and 20+ goals apiece. Instagram /GoNUathletics DECEMBER (4-0-1, 3-0-1 HEA) /GoNUmhockey Fri 1 MERRIMACK * W, 3-1 4. HEA All-Rookie selection and First Team All-Star Snapchat /GoNUathletics Sat 2 at Merrimack * W, 3-1 Cayden Primeau is sixth in the NCAA in both GAA YouTube /GoNUathletics Sat 9 at No. 14 Boston College * W, 5-2 (1.88) and save perc. (.932). Join the conversation using #GoNU Sat 16 at Merrimack * T, 1-1 (OT) Sat 30 AIC W, 3-1 JANUARY (4-2-2, 3-2-1 HEA) Fri 5 at Bentley T, 3-3 (OT) Sat 6 BENTLEY W, 6-1 Fri 12 No. 20 MAINE * W, 5-3 Sat 13 No. 20 MAINE * W, 5-3 Fri 19 at Massachusetts * L, 0-3 Sat 20 MASSACHUSETTS * W, 5-0 Fri 26 No. 10/10 PROVIDENCE * T, 4-4 (OT) Sat 27 at No. 10/10 Providence * L, 1-2 (OT) FEBRUARY (6-1-1, 4-1-1 HEA) Fri 2 NEW HAMPSHIRE * T, 1-1 (OT) Mon 5 vs. No. 18 Boston College @ W, 3-0 Fri 9 CONNECTICUT * L, 2-4 Mon 12 vs. No. 20 Boston Univ. @ W, 5-2 Fri 16 at Vermont * W, 4-3 (OT) Sat 17 at Vermont * W, 4-1 Fri 23 NEW HAMPSHIRE * W, 8-0 Sat 24 at New Hampshire * W, 4-0 MARCH (2-1-0. 0-0-0 HEA) Fri 9 MASSACHUSETTS # W, 3-2 Sat 10 MASSACHUSETTS # W, 7-2 Fri 16 vs. No. 9/9 Providence $ L, 2-3 (OT) Sat 24 vs. No. 10/10 Michigan % 4:30 p.m. ^ Exhibition * Hockey East contest @ 66th Beanpot (TD Garden) # HEA Quarterfinals (Matthews Arena) $ HEA Semifinals (TD Garden) % NCAA First Round (Worcester, Mass.) All home games in CAPS All times Eastern contact: Matt houde // [email protected] // @matt_houde // 617-373-4154 // 111 matthews arena stat comparison SETTING THE STAGE Category NU UM Huskies for Hobey Gaud Is Good Goals 134 124 Adam Gaudette and Dylan Sikura added to their Adam Gaudette leads the nation in both overall Goals per game 3.62 3.35 extensive list of individual achievements last week scoring (60 points) and goals (30). His 20 multi-point Goals allowed per game 2.11 3.03 when both were named as a Hobey Baker Top Ten games are the most in college hockey, and he’s the Assists 239 210 Finalist. They are also the only representatives from 10th player in team history to record 60 points in Assists per game 6.46 5.68 Hockey East included on the list, and Northeastern a season, and the 12th in the NCAA to do it since Points 373 334 is the only team to have two finalists. 2012-13. Points per game 10.08 9.03 Shots 1156 1236 Gaudette and Sikura give Northeastern its fifth and Gaudette’s been filling the net in every way, and is Shot percentage .116 .100 sixth in team history to be named a top ten finalist in near the top of the list in several categories: Shots per game 31.24 33.41 team history, and second time in as many seasons, Shots allowed per game 28.24 31.24 joining Zach Aston-Reese (2017), Brad Thiessen Goal Number ...........NCAA Rank PPG / opportunities 43/158 26/144 (2009), Jim Fahey (2002) and Sandy Beadle (1981). Total Goals 30 ............................. 1st Power play percentage .272 .181 Aston-Reese and Thiessen would go on to be named Power Play Goals 11 .......................... t-4th Penalty kill / opportunities 97/118 110/146 to the Hobey Hat Trick. Shorthanded Goals 2 ......................... t-10th Shorthanded goals 4 3 Game-Winning Goals 5 .......................... t-2nd Penalties 162 189 Back to the Dance Multi-Goal Games 8 .............................. 1st Penalty Minutes 419 427 Northeastern is returning to the NCAA tournament Hat Tricks 2 .......................... t-2nd Shot blocks 528 566 for the sixth time in team history, and second time Faceoff wins 1130 1221 in the last three seasons. The Huskies earned an He is the 11th player in team history to score 30 in a Faceoff losses 1130 1158 at-large bid after finishing ninth in the PairWise rank- season, and the seventh in the NCAA since 2012-13. Faceoff percentage .500 .513 ings with a record of 23-9-5. The Huskies are 3-5-1 Plus / minus +34 +22 all-time in the NCAA tournament, which includes a Gaudette’s done damage when it matters most. He’s run to the Frozen Four in 1982. either scored or assisted on 17 of Northeastern’s last 31 game winning goals (seven goals, 10 assists), northeastern - um connections NU connections to the NCAA tournament dating back to last season, including 12 of the team’s Fernie Flaman Men’s Hockey Coach Jim Madigan 23 wins this year (five goals, seven assists). It’s the • Jeremy Davies, Hayden Lavigne and Jake Slaker is just the second coach in program history to take second most game-winning points in the NCAA. played with Bloomington (USHL) in 2015-16. two Northeastern teams to the NCAA tournament, • Luke Morgan and Matt Filipe were teammates with and the first since Fernie Flaman himself reached Gaudette’s third in career scoring among active Cedar Rapids in 2015-16. the tournament in 1982 and 1988. players with 142 points. His 68 career goals and his 32 PPG lead all active players. He also has points in • Garrett Cecere and Alex Roos played together at Madigan was a freshman on the 1982 Frozen Four 20 of his last 23 games (22 goals, 20 assists), and Colorado College for the 2014-15 season. team and an assistant coach on the 1988 team. is on a season-long 10-game point streak entering • Adam Gaudette and Will Lockwood are both se- the NCAA tournament (11 goals, 10 assists), two lections of the Vancouver Canucks (NHL). Director of operations Mike McLaughlin was a fresh- shy of a career-long. man on Northeastern’s 2009 team, and has served in his current role for the Huskies’ trips to the NCAAs Gaudette is the sixth Husky in team history with 50 2017 -- 18 honor roll in 2016 and 2018. points in consecutive seasons. He’s also the 16th Husky since 1953 to record two 20-goal seasons Adam Gaudette Sophomore Matt Filipe and his father, Paul, are during his collegiate career, and the 15th to do it in Hobey Baker Award Top Ten Finalist Northeastern’s first father-son duo to both reach consecutive seasons (last: J.F. Aube in 1994-95). Hockey East Player of the Year the NCAA tournament. Paul played with Madigan on Hockey East First Team All-Star Beanpot MVP Northeastern’s 1982 team. Earlier this season, the Since 2012-13, only four players have record 50+ Walter Brown Award Winner Filipe family became Northeastern’s first father-son points in consecutive seasons: Gaudette, Dylan Hockey East Scoring Champion duo to both win the Beanpot. Sikura, Boston College’s Johnny Gaudreau and St. Hockey East Three Stars Award Lawrence’s Greg Carey. He also became the 51st HCA National Player of the Month (Twice) Youth movement player in NU history to reach 100 points, and the Hockey East Player of the Month (Twice) The Northeast Regional features four of the youngest 22nd to do it in three seasons or less.