Posts Tagged ‘Harvard’

As per usual, the Beanpot always generates a ton of media attention, and whenever Northeastern gets into the final, it seems like that gets magnified. We’ll act as a news aggregator here – we’ve collected a bunch of game stories, columns, blogs, etc. from last night’s semifinal victory over Harvard:

• Boston Globe: He’s turning it on – McLaughlin has been spark
• Boston Globe: Some bad memories erased by the Huskies
• Boston Herald: Penning a NU chapter
• Boston Herald: Huskies zoom to final
• Patriot Ledger: Beanpot tourney again rocks the Garden
• News@NU: Huskies sweep to Beanpot final
• NESN: Northeastern in position to win first Beanpot title in 23 years
• ESPN Boston: Northeastern shuts down Harvard to make Beanpot final
• SBNation: Beanpot 2011 – BC, Northeastern advance to championship game
• SBNation: Northeastern advances to championship by blanking Harvard 4-0
• Harvard Crimson: Men’s hockey bows out in first round of Beanpot
  

Now, a few stories on the interesting interesting post-game comments from Huskies coach Greg Cronin (which you can listen to here):

• Blast Magazine: Greg Cronin has poor choice of words when he says students will riot if NU wins Beanpot
• WEEI.com: Yankee fan Cronin believes his Northeastern team, Red Sox have a lot in common

Alex Faust Hockey Beanpot, Harvard, Off the wires

Behind another outstanding performance from goaltender Chris Rawlings, Northeastern defeated Harvard in the first round of the 59th annual Beanpot tournament 4-0. The Huskies advance to the championship round where waiting for them is Boston College, the No. 1 ranked team in the country.

Rawlings stopped 41 shots for his fifth shutout of the season, while Mike McLaughlin scored two goals, giving the Huskies some space and they never looked back.

“It’s just nice to contribute,” said Rawlings. “Being from far away, you don’t really know a lot about the Beanpot, but once you get here, you find out that it’s one of the biggest tournaments in college hockey.”

After the Crimson came out fast and got a few chances on Rawlings, the Huskies settled down when McLaughlin opened the scoring with his eighth goal of the season. When the junior center shot the puck, it hit a defenseman’s stick and deflected past Harvard goalie Ryan Carroll into the net.

McLaughlin got his second goal just 1:47 into the second period when Carroll deflected his initial shot over his head and across the goal line. Robbie Vrolyk, playing in his first game of the season after being sidelined with an injury, picked up his first point with an assist on the goal.

The Huskies weren’t done in the second. They also got goals from Steve Silva and Brodie Reid, making the game 4-0 and sealing NU’s second trip to the finals in three years.

With the shutout, Rawlings is now just one behind Brad Thiessen for most all-time in a Huskies uniform.

BC got an overtime goal from Tommy Cross to knock off Boston University in the night-cap and the two teams will meet next Monday at 7:30 pm in the final.

Northeastern is looking for its first Beanpot championship since 1988.

“This is twice now in the last three years that we’re in the final,” Huskies head coach Greg Cronin said. “They’d have to get both the NUPD and the Boston Police around that campus if we win it.”

But before that, the Huskies will travel to Lowell to take on the Riverhawks in a Hockey East contest on Friday night. WRBB will have live coverage of the game with pre-game starting at 6:45 pm.

Jared Shafran Hockey Beanpot, Harvard

Chris Rawlings and Mike Mclaughlin discuss the Huskies’ 4-0 victory over Harvard in the opening round.

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Huskies coach Greg Cronin is excited to be back in the Beanpot championship game.

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WRBB Sports Hockey, Press Pass Beanpot, Harvard

Northeastern avenges their loss three years ago, stomping on Harvard 4-0 in the opening round of the 2011 Beanpot.

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WRBB Sports Hockey, QuickCast Beanpot, Harvard

Monday, February 7

59th Annual Beanpot Tournament – Semifinal #1
4:40 p.m. – Beanpot Pre-Game
5:05 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies vs. Harvard Crimson
from the TD Garden in Boston, Mass.
with Alex Faust, Jared Shafran, and Ben Horner
TV:

Wednesday, February 9

6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies vs. Towson Tigers
from Matthews Arena
with Patrick McHugh, Chris Tramontozzi, and Kainani Stevens

9:00 p.m. – Hockey East This Week

Friday, February 11

3:00 p.m. – Dog Pound Sports Sound

6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies at UMass-Lowell Riverhawks
from the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Mass.
with Alex Faust, Ben Horner, and TBA

Saturday, February 12

11:45 a.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
12:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies at Georgia State Panthers
from GSU Arena in Atlanta, Ga.
with Patrick McHugh and Jared Shafran
TV:

WRBB Sports Basketball, Hockey Beanpot, Georgia State, Harvard, Towson, UMass-Lowell

The Huskies pound Harvard 3-0 in the final non-conference game of the season before the Beanpot.

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WRBB Sports Hockey, QuickCast Harvard

In a preview of this year’s first round Beanpot game, Northeastern scored a goal in each period en route to a 3-0 win in a rare Wednesday night contest at Matthews Arena.

It was the second consecutive shutout for the Huskies, as their defense played well throughout and sophomore Chris Rawlings was perfect, making 34 saves.

“He was really good because a lot of pucks hit him and he didn’t know where they were,” said Huskies head coach Greg Cronin. “I’m sure he wished he had a better style in the way he was saving the puck but he was in the right spot so I think a lot of the credit for our win goes to him.”

Rawlings became the first NU goalie to record consecutive shutouts since Keni Gibson in December of 2003. He now has six shutouts in his career at Northeastern and is currently 7th in the country with a save percentage of 92.9%.

The game was scoreless late in the third period when assistant captain Steve Quailer gave the Huskies the lead, backhanding a shot off the inside of the post and into the net. It was Quailer’s third goal of the season.

In the second, it was Braden Pimm who put a rebound past Harvard goaltender Raphael Girard for his third goal this season, making it 2-0 Huskies.

The final goal of the game was scored by Mike McLaughlin halfway through the third period on an awkward play. The puck deflected off a Harvard defenseman’s stick and past Girard into the back of the net.

Cronin said he was really happy with the way his young defensive unit has been playing.

“I thought they played well,” Cronin said. “I thought Jamie (Oleksiak) was the best player on the ice. They’ve just got to keep getting better now. We may not have the offensive weapons that Maine has, so we’re going to have to be really solid defensively and be very thorough with that part of our game. If they can play the way they’ve played, then we’ll have a chance to win a lot of those games.”

Neither team was able to capitalize on any of their power play opportunities as Northeastern went 0-6 and Harvard was 0-4.

The next time these teams will face-off will be in the first round of the Beanpot on February 7th at the TD Garden at 5:00 pm.

Northeastern has off until Saturday when they welcome the #10 Maine Black Bears into Matthews. The puck drops at 7 pm and WRBB will have full coverage of the game with the pre-game show starting at 6:45.

Jared Shafran Hockey Harvard

Monday, January 17

7:00 p.m. – CAA Full Court Press

Wednesday, January 19

6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies at Delaware Blue Hens
from the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Del.
with Andy Towne and Dan Groob

Only available on WRBB Sports Extra:
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies vs. Harvard Crimson
from Matthews Arena
with Alex Faust, Ben Horner, and Mari Waligunda

Only available on WRBB Sports Extra:
9:30 p.m. – Hockey East This Week
live from Matthews Arena

Friday, January 21

3:00 p.m. – Dog Pound Sports Sound

Saturday, January 22

1:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
2:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies at Drexel Dragons
from the Daskalakis Athletic Center in Philadelphia, Pa.
with Patrick McHugh, Andy Towne, and TBA

6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies vs. Maine Black Bears
from Matthews Arena
with Alex Faust, Jared Shafran, and TBA

WRBB Sports Basketball, Hockey, The Dog Pound Delaware, Drexel, Harvard, Maine

Wednesday, April 21

6:50 p.m. – Baseball: Huskies vs. Boston College Eagles
21st Annual Baseball Beanpot – Championship
from Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, Mass.
with Andy Towne and Aaron Insler

Saturday, April 24

Only available on
11:00 a.m. – Baseball: Huskies vs. UNC-Wilmington Seahawks (Game 1)
3:00 p.m. – Baseball: Huskies vs. UNC-Wilmington Seahawks (Game 2)
from Friedman Diamond
with TBA

Sunday, April 25

Only available on
1:00 p.m. – Baseball: Huskies vs. UNC-Wilmington Seahawks
from Friedman Diamond
with TBA

WRBB Sports Baseball BC, Harvard