In their opening weekend of the season, the Northeastern women’s ice hockey team skated to a 1-1 record, losing to Syracuse University on Friday night before defeating Rochester Institute of Technology Saturday.
Friends and family of the Northeastern women’s hockey team filled Matthews Arena on Saturday to cheer on their daughters and friends. But this time, they weren’t on the edge of their seats hoping for a win, but on their feet supporting a new winner.
The Northeastern women’s ice hockey team started its season with a 1-0 victory in its exhibition game against McGill University on Sunday at Matthews Arena.
In his semesterly sit-down with The News, Athletic Director Peter Roby looked back at Northeastern’s winter sports and offered thoughts on baseball, rowing and track & field. Last week, he broke down the success of the Husky basketball seasons, in addition to his hopes for next year’s men’s hockey season. In the second part of his review, Roby took a look at the women’s hockey team’s standout season and where spring sports are headed at the halfway points in their seasons.
Another successful season is in the books for the Northeastern women’s ice hockey team, as it finished with a 23-11-2 record and fell just short of making the NCAA tournament.
It was only the second time the Women’s Hockey East Association championship featured the Northeastern Huskies, but they were out-played by the Boston University Terriers losing 5-2.
The Northeastern women’s ice hockey team finished up its regular season Sunday afternoon with a 4-3 victory over the Providence College Friars extending its winning streak to seven and heading into the postseason with momentum.
Winners of five games straight, with two to go in the regular season, the women’s hockey team is rolling and looking to carry the momentum into the playoffs.
While most sports fans have been focused on the men's basketball team's success or hoping that the men's hockey team would finally win another Beanpot, the women's hockey team slipped under the radar. While they are not quite as good as last year due to the loss of outstanding senior goalie Florence Schelling, they have been very hot recently.
The No. 10 women’s hockey team found a little bit of Beanpot magic Tuesday night and took its second consecutive tournament championship over a No. 2 Boston College team it had failed to defeat in all three previous meetings this season. The 4-3 Husky win brought the hardware to Huntington Avenue for the 16th time in tournament history.
The fourth time was the charm for the Northeastern versus Boston University game this season as the Huskies finally defeated their Hockey East rival 4-1 in the women’s Beanpot semifinal Tuesday night.
