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Northeastern’s surge comes to a halt as UNH crushes the Huskies 6-3 at Matthews Arena.

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After getting out to a two-goal lead early in the second period, Northeastern couldn’t hold their advantage and held on for a 2-2 tie with the New Hampshire Wildcats on Friday night at the Wittemore Center in Durham, New Hampshire.

“I’ll give all the credit to UNH,” assistant coach Sebastien Laplante said. “They put pucks behind our defense and our defense got tired. We weren’t able to contain them coming through the middle of the ice and pressuring us. They did a good job of adjusting their forecheck.”

“This is a bunch that believes in each other and there’s a lot of confidence in that locker room. They’re being thrown a lot and they’re responding every game so my hat goes off to these kids because even though we had our backs against the wall, Chris [Rawlings] made some good saves to keep us in the game and I’m proud of the effort.”

The Huskies took the early lead when they got the first goal of the game at 15:51 of the first period. Forward Steve Quailer made a nice move around a defenseman as he carried the puck into the Wildcats zone. Quailer then waited and made a perfect pass to the stick of defenseman Drew Daniels, who wristed the puck past goaltender Matt DiGirolamo.

NU increased their lead on a power play goal by Wade MacLeod at 6:13 of the second. Taking a pass from freshman Brodie Reid, MacLeod skated in between the circles to the slot and beat DiGirolamo with a low shot to the bottom right corner of the net. With the goal, MacLeod now has 17 on the season, leading the team.

But later in the period, the Huskies fortune took a turn for the worse as UNH, who is in the midst of a battle for the Hockey East regular season title for the second straight year, turned it on and wouldn’t go down without a fight.

The Wildcats got on the board with just over four minutes remaining in the second period when Connor Hardowa, a defenseman who was moved up to forward after an injury to Greg Burke, beat NU goalie Chris Rawlings to cut the Husky lead in half, 2-1.

Just a few seconds into the third period it looked as if UNH got the equalizer when Stevie Moses shoved one past Rawlings on a second effort but upon an official review, the goal was disallowed. But after the Huskies took a penalty for two many men, Wildcat freshman Kevin Goumas tied the game with a power play goal at 7:32 of the third.

Rawlings stood strong for the Huskies in the third, not allowing any more goals despite a few prime chances for UNH and finished with 12 saves in the period.

Neither team was able to score during the extra five minute overtime and the game ended in a tie.

The teams will meet again tomorrow night at Matthews Arena for the series finale. The first two games between these two have both ended in 2-2 ties. The Wildcats now have a slim 1-point lead for first in the conference, with Boston College right on their tail. The puck drops at 7 p.m. and WRBB will have full coverage of the game with pre-game starting at 6:45.

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The Huskies hang on for a hard-fought tie on the road in Durham, getting a point in a 2-2 draw.

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Huskies head coach Sebastien Laplante discusses Friday’s hard-fought 2-2 tie on the road.

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Wildcats coach Dick Umile was impressed with his team’s efforts in the second half of the game:

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Monday, February 21

7:00 p.m. – CAA Full Court Press

Wednesday, February 23

9:00 p.m. – Hockey East This Week

Thursday, February 24

6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies at George Mason Patriots
from the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va.
with Patrick McHugh and Andy Towne

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7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Women’s Basketball: Huskies vs. Drexel Dragons
from Solomon Court
with Brandon Challener and Coray Runge

Friday, February 25

3:00 p.m. – Dog Pound Sports Sound

6:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:00 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies at UNH Wildcats
from the Whittemore Center Arena in Durham, N.H.
with Alex Faust and TBA

Saturday, February 26

12:45 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
1:00 p.m. – Northeastern Basketball: Huskies vs. UNC-Wilmington Seahawks
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. UNH Wildcats
from Matthews Arena
with Alex Faust, Jared Shafran, and Ben Horner

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Hear Greg Cronin’s post game press conference after the Huskies skate to a tie with the Wildcats at Matthews Arena.

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After a tightly-contested game, the Huskies and #7 Wildcats settle for a 2-2 draw at Matthews Arena.

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Mike McLaughlin was the first veteran Husky player to score this season, getting both goals for NU in what turned out to be a fast paced and exciting game with the Wildcats.

UNH totaled 45 shots and Chris Rawlings was able to get his pads on 43 of them, matching his career-high which he got against BU last year in the 1-0 NU win at Matthews. Matt DiGirolamo made 37 saves for the Wildcats.

The teams were tied 1-1 heading into the third period but just 1:57 in Dalton Speelman got his second goal of the season to put UNH on top. McLaughlin answered back 18 seconds later by banging a loose puck home for his second goal on the night.

Later in the period, the Huskies had a big chance when Stevie Moses and Blake Kessel took penalties 16 seconds apart from each other, giving NU a long 5 on 3 advantage. After 50 seconds with the two-man-advantage, Jamie Oleksiak took a penalty for hitting after the whistle behind the UNH net. The Huskies never got things going despite the work they put in this week in practice.

“To me the five on three was the turning point of the game,” said head coach Greg Cronin. “You’ve got to get a better look than that. It would’ve been a huge goal for us. I did more work on the power play this week than I’ve probably done in the last ten years combined coaching.”

Although the Huskies did go 0-2 on the power play, McLaughlin’s first goal came when the team was down a man. For NU, it was their first shorthanded goal since the Beanpot consolation game last season against Harvard.

For McLaughlin, the two goals already tops his total from last season when he only had one. The only other time he’s had a multi-goal night was two seasons ago in January of 2009 when the Huskies beat Providence 3-1 at Schneider Arena.

“I thought he was good all over the ice tonight,” Cronin said. “I thought he was physical and he was strong on pucks and great killing penalties and then he was rewarded.”

NU dominated the faceoff circle, winning 42 out of 65 draws. McLaughlin in particular went 12-5.

The Huskies are off to Lowell to face the Riverhawks tonight. WRBB will have all the action starting with pre-game at 6:45.

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Thursday, October 21

8:00 p.m. – Hockey East This Week

Friday, October 22

2:00 p.m. – CAA Full Court Press
(Premiere show!)

3:00 p.m. – Dog Pound Sports Sound

7:10 p.m. – Huskies Pre-Game
7:30 p.m. – Northeastern Hockey: Huskies vs. UNH Wildcats
with Alex Faust, Jared Shafran, and Ben Horner
from Matthews Arena

Saturday, October 23

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

Sunday, October 24

9:00 p.m. – The Sports Corner with Braica and Horner

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