In a fast, physical game, the Minutemen come away with a tie at home 2-2, with NU taking 3 points on the weekend.
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Monday, January 246:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies vs. William & Mary Tribe
from Matthews Arena
with Patrick McHugh, Andy Towne, and Victoria Rossi
Wednesday, January 266:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies at UNC-Wilmington Seahawks
from Trask Coliseum in Wilmington, N.C.
with Andy Towne and Dan Groob
9:00 p.m. – Hockey East This Week
Only available on WRBB Sports Extra
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Women’s Basketball: Huskies vs. Towson Tigers
from Solomon Court
with Chris Tramontozzi and Patrick McHugh
3:00 p.m. – Dog Pound Sports Sound
7:15 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:30 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies vs. UMass Minutemen
from Matthews Arena
with Alex Faust, Jared Shafran, and Ben Horner
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12:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
1:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies vs. Georgia State Panthers
from Matthews Arena
with Patrick McHugh, Andy Towne, and Kainani Stevens
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies at UMass Minutemen
from the Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass.
with Alex Faust, Jared Shafran, and Ben Horner
Only available on WRBB Sports Extra
2:00 p.m. – Northeastern Women’s Basketball: Huskies vs. George Mason Patriots
from Solomon Court
with Brandon Challener and TBA
The Northeastern men’s hockey team opened the new calendar year with back-to-back wins against two Massachusetts state schools, beating UMass 5-3 in Amherst on Friday night and then returning home to knock off UMass-Lowell 3-1.
Friday night, the Huskies scored three goals in 38 seconds to take the lead after going down 3-1 in the second period. Penalties were taken by both Marc Concannon and Michael Lecomte to give the Huskies a 5 on 3 advantage and NU made the most of it.
Freshman Brodie Reid blasted a slapshot by UMass goaltender Paul Dainton to make it 3-2. Twenty-four seconds later, still on the man-advantage, the Huskies tied the game when Wade MacLeod buried a pass from Tyler McNeely for his team leading seventh goal of the season.
To complete the onslaught, Steve Quailer put one past Dainton 14 seconds after MacLeod to give the Huskies the lead and they never looked back. Freshman Rob Dongara added an empty net goal to seal the deal for NU.
The next night Clay Witt made his first Hockey East start of the season and only surrendered one goal to get his first collegiate win against the Riverhawks.
Reid scored his second goal in as many nights to give NU the 1-0 lead at the end of the first period. Early in the second, Lowell tied the game on a controversial goal by Riley Wetmore. After review, the officials declared the play a goal and the game went into the third period knotted at 1-1.
Just 19 seconds into the final frame, MacLeod put his eighth of the season past goaltender Marc Boulanger to put NU back in front. The Huskies played good defense and Witt, who finished with 23 saves, didn’t allow any other shots to get past him.
This time, it was McNeely who finished the game off with the empty netter, giving the Huskies their first 4-point weekend of the season.
NU is now in 6th place in Hockey East with 5-6-3 record good for 13 points. They will welcome the Vermont Catamounts to Matthews Arena next weekend for a two-game series. Both games can be heard live on WRBB with pre-game starting at 6:45 both on Friday and Saturday night.
Greg Cronin spoke with us after the Huskies’ big comeback victory over the Minutemen on the road.
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The Huskies explode for three goals in 38 seconds to take a second period lead, eventually winning 5-3.
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We’re back in action as the conference season kicks into gear, wrapping up our Holiday Road Trip. This week on WRBB, we’ve got 5 games on air, plus women’s basketball on WRBB Sports Extra.
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies at James Madison Dukes
from JMU Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Va.
with Patrick McHugh and Jared Shafran
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies at Old Dominion Monarchs
from the Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Va.
with Jared Shafran and Patrick McHugh
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies at UMass Minutemen
from the Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass.
with Alex Faust, Ben Horner, and Jared Shafran
11:45 a.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
12:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies vs. Hofstra Pride
from Matthews Arena
with Patrick McHugh, Andy Towne, and Kainani Stevens
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies vs. UMass-Lowell Riverhawks
from Matthews Arena
with Alex Faust, Ben Horner, and TBA
The Holiday Road Trip wraps up with two basketball games in Virginia and the resumption of hockey season in Amherst, Mass.
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies at James Madison Dukes
from JMU Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Va.
with Patrick McHugh and Jared Shafran
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies at Old Dominion Monarchs
from the Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Va.
with Patrick McHugh and Jared Shafran
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies at UMass Minutemen
from the Mullins Center in Amherst, Mass.
with Alex Faust, Ben Horner, and Jared Shafran
11:45 a.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
12:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies vs. Hofstra Pride
from Matthews Arena
with Patrick McHugh, Andy Towne, and Brandon Challener
6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies vs. UMass-Lowell Riverhawks
from Matthews Arena
with Alex Faust, Ben Horner, and Mari Waligunda
Available on WRBB Sports Extra
2:00 p.m. – Northeastern Women’s Basketball: Huskies vs. William & Mary Pride
from Solomon Court
with Brandon Challener and TBA
Yesterday, the head coaches for Northeastern, UMass, Boston College, and Drexel, were joined by representatives from the TD Garden and Boston mayor Tom Menino at a press conference to unveil the inaugural Boston Tip-Off Classic, to be played December 4th at the TD Garden. The Huskies will face the Drexel Dragons in the early game (4:00 p.m.) of a doubleheader at the Garden, the first time NU has ever played on the famous parquet floor at the Garden.
The event, Northeastern coach Bill Coen said, will be “an experience that will remain with our student-athletes forever.”
Tickets have already been put on sale through Ticketmaster and the TD Garden box office. Both games will air on Comcast SportsNet New England.
Other quotes from the press conference:
To be able to come and play in this event, to have the venue and to have a little nostalgia of a BC/UMass game in the Garden, it’s something that as a coach I don’t think you can turn down… After the experience our guys and our fanbase had of playing Memphis here last year, and the whole aura of being in the Garden, I think it’s something that to give up a home game is worth it for our fans.
–Derek Kellogg, UMass head coach
It’s been a long time coming… The last few years [colleges] haven’t had much attention here, so I’m hoping we have the opportunity to do this for the next few years. There is so much rich history and nostalgia here.
–Skip Connors, event coordinator
I can’t tell you how important I think it is to expose the whole city to a bigger event than just a typical game at Conte (Forum). We support anything that goes on in the Garden. It gives people an opportunity to see how great college basketball is and then continue to grow so you attract more people that are excited about what college basketball is all about.
–Steve Donahue, Boston College head coach
The opportunity to play at the Garden and getting the opportunity to celebrate college basketball with the other college teams in the area, and to get an opportunity to contribute to the Children’s Hospital – all those things just were a home run when we evaluated the opportunity. We’re just grateful for the chance to come down and be a part of it.
–Bill Coen, Northeastern head coach
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