With injuries and under-performance plaguing the women’s hockey team this season, the coaching staff has had to shift lines and switch goaltenders, but the changes paid off for the Huskies with two straight wins against Women’s Hockey East Association opponents last week.
Despite being neck-and-neck with Cornell University for most of the game, the Northeastern women’s ice hockey team found itself on the losing end of a 4-2 score at Matthews Arena on Saturday.
In the first conference game of the year, the Northeastern women’s ice hockey team was defeated by the Boston College Eagles 6-2 last night at Matthews Arena.
In the first ten games of the season, the Northeastern women’s hockey team posted an 8-1-1 record, but they have gone 1-4-1 in the six games since, including splitting a weekend home-and-home series against the University of New Hampshire.
This has been a disappointing season so far for Northeastern hockey fans. The men’s hockey team started off with big wins against Merrimack College and Boston College, but has since regressed to 5-8-1. The good news is that the women’s hockey team has played well with a 9-5-2 record so far this season.
The women’s ice hockey team was on the losing end of a top-10 matchup as they lost to the Harvard University Crimson, 3-1, Tuesday night at Matthews Arena.
Despite missing several players due to both national team commitments and injury, the Northeastern women’s ice hockey team was able to go 1-0-1 against the University of Vermont Catamounts.
The women’s hockey team’s offense exploded against the University of Connecticut as seven goal scorers combined for 14 goals in a sweep of the weekend’s home-and-home series.
Northeastern faced off against Robert Morris University Friday night and came out with a 3-3 tie as the Colonials scored in the final minute of regulation. Saturday afternoon the Huskies shut out the Maine University Black Bears 3-0.
Two proved to be the magic number for the women’s hockey team this weekend. In two games, the Huskies picked up two wins on the road and had two players recognized by the Women’s Hockey East Association (WHEA).
