17 18 WOMEN’S HOCKEY northeastern 2017-18 schedule OVERALL 4-3-1 beanpots olympians all-americans HOCKEY EAST 2-0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 2-3-1 HOME 1-1-1 AWAY 3-2-0 BATTLE OF WHEA UNBEATENS AT MATTHEWS NEUTRAL 0-0-0 the matchup • The No. 7/7 Northeastern women’s hockey team will welcome New Hampshire to Matthews Arena on No. 7/7 NORTHEASTERN vs. NEW HAMPSHIRE Wednesday in a battle of Hockey East unbeatens. SEPTEMBER (0-1-1, 0-0-0 WHEA) The Huskies are 2-0-0 in league play after notching Sat 23 CONCORDIA (Exh.) W, 3-2 two wins over BU on Oct. 6-7, while UNH is 2-0-1 in Fri 29 No. 1/1 CLARKSON T, 1-1 (OT) WHEA after beating Vermont and going 1-0-1 against Sat 30 No. 1/1 CLARKSON L, 1-5 Merrimack. vs OCTOBER (4-2-0, 2-0-0 WHEA) • Northeastern has won 14 of its last 16 matchups Fri 6 at Boston University * W, 3-2 (OT) against UNH, including two of three games last year. Sat 7 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * W, 6-3 The road team won all three meetings in 2016-17 with Sat 14 at No. 8/8 Colgate L, 0-3 UNH claiming a 3-2 overtime win at Matthews Arena, Sun 15 at No. 8/8 Colgate L, 2-5 team comparison and NU posting a pair of shutouts (3-0 and 6-0) at the Fri 20 at Syracuse W, 5-1 Whittemore Center. Sat 21 at Syracuse W, 5-1 Record 4-3-1 Record 4-0-1 Wed 25 NEW HAMPSHIRE * 7 p.m. WHEA 2-0-0 WHEA 2-0-1 • Senior Denisa Krizova is Northeastern’s active lead- Sat 28 at Providence * 2 p.m. ing scorer against UNH with six goals, 10 assists and National Ranking 7/7 National Ranking RV/RV Sun 29 PROVIDENCE * 2 p.m. 16 points in 11 career games vs. the Wildcats. Coach Dave Flint Coach Hilary Witt NOVEMBER (0-0-0, 0-0-0 WHEA) Record at NU 160-106-29 Record at UNH 39-66-7 • Junior goaltender Brittany Bugalski is 4-1-0 with a Tue 7 at Maine * 7 p.m. 1.39 GAA and a .944 save percentage in her career Fri 10 MERRIMACK * 2 p.m. history vs. unh against New Hampshire, including two shutouts. Sat 11 at Merrimack * 2 p.m. Sat 18 MAINE * 2 p.m. NU vs. UNH .............................UNH leads, 73-47-10 LAST TIME OUT Sun 19 MAINE * 2 p.m. Current Streak ............................................NU won 2 • Northeastern is coming off a pair of 5-1 victories Fri 24 vs. Wisconsin # 4 p.m. over Syracuse last weekend. The Huskies went 6-for- Last Meeting ......................... W, 6-0 (Jan. 28, 2017) Sat. 25 vs. Minnesota State # 4 p.m. 10 on the power-play (3-for-5 in each game) and re- Tue 28 at Boston College * 7 p.m. Last Northeastern Win .............6-0 (Jan. 28, 2017) ceived goals from eight different players. Last UNH Win ................................3-2 (Jan. 6, 2017) DECEMBER (0-0-0, 0-0-0 WHEA) Flint vs. UNH ....................................................... 19-7-1 • Freshmen Tessa Ward and Brooke Hobson each Fri 1 at New Hampshire * 7 p.m. netted their first collegiate goals against the Orange. Sun 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE * 2 p.m. kaz watch: denisa krizova Ward opened the scoring in Friday’s 5-1 win, and Hobson notched the game’s first goal in Saturday’s JANUARY (0-0-0, 0-0-0 WHEA) NCAA Active Career Scoring Leaders 5-1 triumph. Player GP G A Pts Tue 9 CONNECTICUT * 7 p.m. 1. Annie Pankowski (WISC) 115 68 88 156 • Freshman Veronika Pettey stayed hot with four Fri 12 at Boston College * 2 p.m. 2. Kelly Pannek (MINN) 120 56 99 155 points over the weekend, including her first col- Sat 13 BOSTON COLLEGE * 2 p.m. Tue 16 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * 7 p.m. 3. Brittany Howard (RMU) 113 63 83 146 legiate three-point effort (two goals, one assist) on Fri 19 CONNECTICUT * 7 p.m. 4. Denisa Krizova (NU) 112 53 92 145 Friday. Pettey leads the Huskies with eight points in Fri 26 at Vermont * 7 p.m. 5. Victoria Bach (BU) 117 68 70 138 eight games this season, and has notched at least one point in three straight games and five of her last Sat 27 at Vermont * 4 p.m. Hockey East Active Career Scoring Leaders six contests overall. FEBRUARY (0-0-0, 0-0-0 WHEA) Player GP G A Pts • Sophomore Codie Cross recorded her first colle- Fri 2 at Connecticut * 7 p.m. 1. Victoria Bach (BU) 73 52 44 96 giate three-point effort with three power-play assists Tue 6 at Boston College ! 8 p.m. 2. Denisa Krizova (NU) 65 37 54 91 on Friday. Sat 10 at Merrimack * 7 p.m. 3. Megan Keller (BC) 63 15 59 74 Tue 13 vs. BU / Harvard ! TBA 4. Rebecca Leslie (BU) 68 28 43 71 • Senior Denisa Krizova chipped in four points (one Fri 16 VERMONT * 7 p.m. 5. Kenzie Kent (BC) 74 22 44 66 goal, three assists) against the Orange to move into Sun 18 at Providence * 2 p.m. ninth place on NU’s all-time scoring charts with 145 Fri 23 vs. WHEA Quarterfinals TBA Northeastern Career Scoring Leaders career points. Krizova needs just two more points to Sat 24 vs. WHEA Quarterfinals TBA Player GP G A Pts leap Kim Haman (1991-95) for eighth place. Sun 25 vs. WHEA Quarterfinals TBA 7. Carolyn Sullivan (1980-84) 88 87 61 148 8. Kim Haman (1991-95) 86 64 82 146 • Junior Brittany Bugalski stopped 47 of 49 shots MARCH (0-0-0, 0-0-0 WHEA) 9. Denisa Krizova (2014-) 112 53 92 145 (.959 save percentage) over the weekend and did Sat 3 WHEA Semifinals ^ TBA not allow an even-strength goal in either game. Sun 4 WHEA Championship ^ TBA Northeastern Career Assist Leaders • With two wins last weekend, Bugalski now owns 45 Player Years GP Ast * Hockey East game career victories in a Northeastern uniform. With three # D1 in DC Tournament (Arlington, Va.) 3. Tina Cardinale 1984-88 103 104 more wins, Bugalski will pass Kelly Dyer (1985-89) for 4. Hilary Witt 1996-00 140 95 ! 2018 Women’s Beanpot (hosted by BC) fifth place on the all-time wins list at Northeastern. ^ WHEA Championship (hosted by NU) 5. Denisa Krizova 2014- 112 92 \\ HUSKIES RANKED FOR 6TH STRAIGHT WEEK at Northeastern through the 2020-21 season. In eight SITUaTIONaL RECORDS After securing a weekend sweep over Syracuse, seasons behind the bench, Flint has guided North- the Huskies jumped up two spots to No. 7 in both eastern a 156-103-28 overall record (.592 winning All-Time NU Record......................... 647-409-97 national polls this week. Northeastern has been percentage), including a 99-59-16 mark in Hockey All-Time WHEA Record ................... 141-143-34 ranked in the top-10 in all six weeks this season, East play (.615 winning percentage). Flint has coached ..................................................... 2016-17 .. 2017-18 rising as high as No. 6/5 on Oct. 9-10. the Huskies to two Women’s Beanpot titles (2012, Overall ....................................... 22-12-3 ....... 4-3-1 2013), the Hockey East regular season championship Hockey East .................................14-8-2 ......2-0-0 LENDING A HELPING HAND (2012), the program’s first-ever NCAA tournament Home games ............................... 10-8-2 ......... 1-1-1 Senior forward Denisa Krizova enters Wednesday’s berth (2016), and garnered Hockey East Co-Coach of Away games ..................................12-3-1 ...... 3-2-0 contest against UNH with 92 assists in 112 career the Year and All-New England Coach of the Year ac- Neutral site .....................................0-1-0 ......0-0-0 games. Krizova needs four more helpers to jump colades in 2012. vs. Non-conference ......................8-4-1 ....... 2-3-1 current UNH head coach Hilary Witt for fourth place vs. Ranked opponents ..................1-3-1 ....... 0-3-1 all-time in the NU record books. THREE HUSKIES TAKEN IN 2017 NWHL DRAFT vs. Unranked opponents .......... 21-9-2 ...... 4-0-0 Three members of the Northeastern women’s hockey BLOCK PARTY team were selected in the 2017 National Women’s Sophomore defensemen Codie Cross and Paige Hockey League (NWHL) Draft over the summer. Senior Scoring first .................................. 19-5-1 ....... 2-0-1 Capistran rank among the Hockey East leaders McKenna Brand was picked 11th overall by the New Opponent scores first ................. 3-7-2 ...... 2-3-0 in blocked shots this season. Cross ranks second York Riveters, senior Denisa Krizova was selected 13th Leading after first period .......... 12-2-0 ......2-0-0 among WHEA players with 18 blocks, while Capist- overall by the Connecticut Whale and senior Lauren Trailing after first period ..............2-6-1 ...... 0-3-0 ran ranks sixth with 16 blocks. Kelly was drafted 16th overall by the Boston Pride. Tied after first period .................. 8-4-2 ........1-0-1 Northeastern’s three selections set a new program Leading after second period .....17-1-0 ....... 3-0-1 FRESHMEN PHENOMS record for the most players taken in a single NWHL Trailing after second period .........1-8-1 ...... 0-3-0 Two Northeastern rookies rank among the Hockey draft; the Huskies have now had six total draft picks Tied after second period ............ 4-3-2 .......1-0-0 East leaders in freshmen scoring early in the sea- since the league first conducted an entry draft in 2015.