16 17 women’s hockey northeastern schedule and results OVERALL RECORD 13-9-3 beanpots olympians all-americans HOCKEY EAST 9-7-2 NON-CONFERENCE 4-2-1 HOME 5-7-2 NU SKATES STRIDES AGAINST UCONN AWAY 8-2-1 GaMEs NO. 26-27 Northeastern will participate in Hockey East’s annual THE RECORD NEUTRAL 0-0-0 NORTHEASTERN vs. CONNECTICUT Skating Strides Against Breast Cancer initiative this weekend when it faces UConn for a home-and-home SEPTEMBER (0-1-0, 0-0-0 WHEA) series, starting Friday in Storrs, Connecticut at 7 p.m. Fri 23 at Univ. of Toronto (Exh.) W, 3-0 Northeastern is unbeaten in its last 19 games (16-0- Fri 30 ST. LAWRENCE L, 0-5 3) against the other Huskies, dating back to UConn’s most recent win over NU in February 2011. OCTOBER (6-2-1, 2-1-0 WHEA) Sat 1 ST. LAWRENCE L, 5-6 LAST TIME VS. UCONN Fri 7 at Lindenwood W, 5-0 Senior Paige Savage tallied the game-winning goal Sat 8 at Lindenwood W, 4-1 with 2:42 left in regulation to become the 26th player in Fri 14 SYRACUSE T, 2-2 program history to reach 100 career points as North- Sat 15 SYRACUSE W, 1-0 team comparison eastern defeated Connecticut by a 4-2 score on Jan. Tue 18 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * W, 6-2 2 at the Freitas Ice Forum. The Red and Black opened Fri 21 at Dartmouth W, 3-0 Record 13-9-3, 9-7-2 Record 11-10-3, 6-7-1 up a 2-0 second-period lead on goals by juniors Ain- Tue 25 at Boston University * W, 4-3 National Ranking NR National Ranking NR sley MacMillan and Denisa Krizova, before UConn Fri 28 MERRIMACK * L, 2-3 battled back to tie the game early in the final frame. Coach Dave Flint Coach Chris MacKenzie Northeastern had the final say, however, as Savage put NOVEMBER (5-1-2, 5-1-2 WHEA) Record at NU 147-100-27 Record At UConn 48-67-18 the visitors ahead for good in the waning minutes, be- Sat 5 MAINE * W, 3-2 Career Record 235-115-30 Career Record 59-84-23 fore senior Hayley Scamurra (goal, two assists) salted Sun 6 PROVIDENCE * W, 2-1 the contest away with an empty-netter. Northeastern Fri 11 at Merrimack * W, 4-2 HISTORY VS. uconn out-shot Connecticut, 31-15, including a 25-10 advan- Sat 12 MERRIMACK * W, 4-2 tage through the first 40 minutes. Northeastern also Fri 18 at Vermont * T, 3-3 NU vs. UConn ...................NU leads, 27-17-10 held a 36-25 cushion in faceoff wins, including 14 from Sun 20 6/7 BOSTON COLLEGE * T, 2-2 Last 10 vs. UConn ................... NU leads, 8-0-2 Scamurra. Sat 26 6/6 BOSTON COLLEGE * L, 2-4 Current Streak .........................................Won 4 Wed 30 at Providence * W, 5-3 First Meeting .................... W, 8-1 (Dec. 4, 1984) COYNE HONORED WITH TODAY’S TOP 10 AWARD Last Meeting .....................W, 4-2 (Jan. 2, 2017) Alumna Kendall Coyne was recognized as a recipient DECEMBER (0-2-0, 0-2-0 WHEA) Last Northeastern Win ........... 4-2 (Jan. 2, 2017) of the NCAA’s prestigious Today’s Top 10 Award on Sat 3 VERMONT * L, 1-2 (OT) Last UConn Win ..................4-2 (Feb. 19, 2011) Wednesday evening at the NCAA Honors Celebration Sun 4 VERMONT * L, 2-3 (OT) Flint vs. UConn ....................................... 17-3-4 in Nashville. The NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award recog- nizes 10 outstanding student-athletes who completed JANUARY (2-3-0, 2-3-0 WHEA) career scoring VS. uconn their eligibility during the 2015-16 academic year for Mon 2 at Connecticut * W, 4-2 their success in athletics, in the classroom and in the Fri 6 NEW HAMPSHIRE * L, 2-3 (OT) Player GP G A Pts community. The honorees were selected by the NCAA Sat 7 at New Hampshire * W, 3-0 Paige Savage 11 5 7 12 Honors Committee, which is composed of athletics Fri 13 at Maine * L, 1-3 McKenna Brand 7 3 8 11 administrators at member schools and conferences, Sat 14 at Maine * L, 3-6 Denisa Krizova 6 3 6 9 and nationally distinguished citizens who are former Fri 20 at Connecticut * 7 p.m. student-athletes. Coyne was joined by fellow Today’s Hayley Scamurra 9 3 6 9 Sat 21 CONNECTICUT * 3 p.m. Top 10 honorees Logan Andryk (Milwaukee School of Heather Mottau 10 1 6 7 Sat 28 at New Hampshire * 2 p.m. Engineering), Elizabeth Aronoff (Emory), Taylor Ellis- Lauren Kelly 7 2 3 5 Tue 31 HARVARD ! 8 p.m. Hayley Masters 11 3 1 4 Watson (Arkansas), Nicole Hensley (Lindenwood), C.J. Krimbill (Case Western Reserve), Haylie McCle- Ainsley MacMillan 7 2 1 3 FEBRUARY (0-0-0, 0-0-0 WHEA) ney (Alabama), Tiffany Mitchell (South Carolina), Dak Taytum Clairmont 6 1 1 2 Fri 3 PROVIDENCE * 2 p.m. Prescott (Mississippi State), and Jason Vander Laan Halle Silva 7 1 1 2 Tue 7 BC / BU ! 4:30/7:30 p.m. Maddie Hartman 2 0 2 2 (Ferris State). Fri 10 at Boston College * 2 p.m. Shelby Herrington 6 1 0 1 Fri 17 at Boston University * 7 p.m. Christina Zalewski 7 1 0 1 HUSKIES LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK Fri 24 WHEA Quarterfinals ^ TBA Melissa Haganey 11 0 1 1 Northeastern will be looking to bounce back from a Sat 25 WHEA Quarterfinals ^ TBA Kasidy Anderson 4 0 0 0 pair of tough losses at Maine on Jan. 13-14. In the first Sun 26 WHEA Quarterfinals ^ TBA Morgan Crane 2 0 0 0 game, Maine used a pair of first-period power-play Paige Capistran 1 0 0 0 goals to claim a 3-1 victory, despite being outshot by MARCH (0-0-0, 0-0-0 WHEA) Codie Cross 1 0 0 0 a 36-17 margin. The Black Bears then completed the Sat 4 WHEA Semifinals ^ TBA Matti Hartman 1 0 0 0 weekend sweep with a 6-3 decision the following day Andrea Renner 1 0 0 0 as Alyson Matteau collected four points on a goal and Sun 5 WHEA Championship ^ 1 p.m. three assists. Northeastern scored three power-play career goaltending vs. uc goals in the game (all in the third period), but could not overcome a pair of three-goal deficits (3-0 and 4-1) in * Hockey East game Player W-L-T GAA SV% the defeat. Senior Sarah Foss made 19 saves, while ! 2017 Women’s Beanpot (hosted by NU) Brittany Bugalski 4-0-0 0.82 .944 junior Denisa Krizova scored two goals. ^ WHEA Championship Sarah Foss 0-0-1 3.04 .880 @GoNUwhockey \\ GoNUwhockey \\ GoNUwhockey 1 NaTIONaL POLLS POWER PLAY GETS ON TRACK THREE ON WHEA CAREER SCORING CHART Northeastern has scored at least one power-play Three Huskies are currently ranked in the top five Team Record USCHO USA goal in each of the last five games entering the week- among active career scorers in Hockey East play: Wisconsin 20-2-1 1 1 end. Over that span, the Huskies have gone 7-for-18 Denisa Krizova (81 points in WHEA games), Hayley Minnesota-Duluth 15-4-3 2 2 (39 percent) with the numerical advantage after go- Scamurra (75 points) and Paige Savage (71 points). Clarkson 17-3-4 3 3 ing 0-for-34 on the power play in nine games prior. Minnesota 16-5-2 4 4 Active Scoring Leaders GP G A Pts St. Lawrence 18-2-2 5 5 SCAMURRA REACHES CENTURY MARK 1. Andie Anastos, BC 83 38 49 87 Boston College 16-3-4 6 6 With an assist on Jan. 13 at Maine, senior Hayley 2. Denisa Krizova, NU 59 33 48 81 Robert Morris 15-2-5 7 7 Scamurra became the 27th player in program his- 3. Victoria Bach, BU 61 41 34 75 Quinnipiac 16-6-4 8 8 tory to reach 100 career points. Scamurra is the Hayley Scamurra, NU 73 25 50 75 Princeton 13-6-3 9 9 third Husky to hit the benchmark this season, joining 5. Paige Savage, NU 82 24 47 71 Cornell 11-5-2 10 10 Paige Savage and Denisa Krizova. The last time NU had three players hit 100 career points in the same SAVAGE HITS 100 POINTS IN WIN OVER UCONN season was in 2012-13 with Casey Pickett, Kendall Senior Paige Savage tallied the game-winning goal Coyne and Rachel Llanes. with 2:42 left in regulation to become the 26th play- er in program history to reach 100 career points huskies in the polls BRAND TOPS NCAA SCORING CHARTS as the Huskies downed UConn, 4-2, on Jan. 2 at Junior McKenna Brand owns the NCAA goal scoring Freitas Ice Forum. Senior Hayley Scamurra added Date USCHO USA lead with 19 tallies in 25 games this season. In ad- three points on a goal and two assists, while junior Sept. 19-20 9 --- dition, Brand is tied for the national lead with three McKenna Brand and sophomore Maddie Hartman Sept. 26-27 --- 9 shorthanded goals and ranks eighth in the country each chipped in two assists. The victory extended Oct. 3-4 RV NR with three game-winning goals. The Nevis, Minne- Northeastern’s unbeaten streak against UConn to 19 Oct. 10-11 --- RV sota native also ranks third in Hockey East in scoring straight games (16-0-3).