Goal upon goal upon goal has been netted in the Hub by a sniper wearing No. 7 and bearing the name of Esposito. Not a single one of those goals, however, were scored under a snowy sky in the shadow of the Pru. That is, not until a week ago, when Brittany Esposito (with no … Read more
The Details Who: Dartmouth (3-8), Holy Cross (4-9-4), No. 14 Massachusetts-Lowell (10-6-1), Northeastern (6-8-1) When: Saturday, Jan. 2 and Sunday, Jan. 3 Where: Thompson Arena, Hanover, N.H. Tickets: Click here (new window) Saturday’s games: Holy Cross vs. Massachusetts-Lowell, 4 p.m. Eastern; Dartmouth vs. Northeastern, 7 p.m. Sunday’s games: Semifinal losers, 4 p.m. Eastern; semifinal winners, … Read more
Last year, Northeastern came within one game of its first Hockey East regular season title. Although the Huskies fell short of that goal, their second-place finish matched the school’s best, a mark they hadn’t achieved since 1987-88. If Hockey East player of the year Brad Thiessen had returned for his senior year, the Huskies would … Read more
Northeastern’s Matthews Arena has a new look after a renovation. Katy Fitzpatrick reports.
Defending league and national champion Boston University is the favorite in this year’s race for the Hockey East championship, a vote of league coaches shows. The Terriers, coming off a school-record 36-win season that ended with an overtime win over Miami in the national championship game, earned six of the 10 first-place votes. UMass-Lowell and … Read more
Hockey East on Thursday announced what surely will be the coolest game in league history — a doubleheader of outdoor college hockey action at Boston’s hallowed Fenway Park on Friday, Jan. 8. At 4 p.m., Northeastern will face New Hampshire in what is believed to be the first outdoor women’s hockey game in the sport’s … Read more
A pair of former men’s college stars are among those set to be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Tony Amonte, who put up 126 points in two seasons at Boston University, and former Vermont standout John LeClair were among four individuals announced Monday as part of the Class of 2009. The 1998 … Read more
Northeastern University goalie Brad Thiessen has signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team announced on Friday. Thiessen is a Hobey Hat Trick finalist and led Northeastern to one of its greatest seasons in 2008-09, with his 25-12-4 record, 2.12 goals against average and .931 save percentage. He will forgo his senior season with the Huskies … Read more
Call it a Hockey East-ern bias. Thursday, the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation announced the three Hobey Hat Trick finalists for the 2009 Hobey Baker Memorial Award, honoring college hockey’s top player. For the first time in the Hat Trick format’s nine seasons, all three players hail from one conference, in this case the Hockey … Read more
Faceoff Artist When asked how they can improve their faceoff draws in Sunday’s Midwest Regional final, Cornell head coach Mike Schafer didn’t hesitate. “It’s really easy. We’re not going to have to play against Joe Vitale. We heard he was good coming into the game. He was unbelievable. He must have been near 90 percent … Read more
The shot totals don’t seem that high, and the goal totals weren’t really all that low. Nonetheless, Brad Thiessen of Northeastern and Ben Scrivens of Cornell both were instrumental in dictating the outcome of their first round matchup in Grand Rapids, Mich. “I thought the billing the two goaltenders lived up to it. I thought … Read more
When Cinderellas-in-waiting Massachusetts-Lowell met Northeastern in the Hockey East semifinals Friday afternoon, something had to give. It did, as Dave Hendrickson reports.
Having the third-ranked team in the nation as a Cinderella candidate seems an unlikely scenario. But that’s just where Northeastern found itself Monday night, with untoward results for the Huskies. Dave Hendrickson reports.
The Northeastern Huskies came into their Beanpot semifinal game ostensibly as favorites against Boston College but would have been forgiven if they’d considered themselves underdogs. Forget their number three ranking in the country or their perch atop Hockey East, nine points ahead of the Eagles. Forget their 17-6-2 overall record compared to BC’s pedestrian 11-8-4 … Read more
It’s been two decades since Northeastern’s last Beanpot title, but with this year’s edition of the tournament set to begin, head coach Greg Cronin’s Huskies are looking at a different landscape. Jim Connelly reports.
Coming into this season Brad Thiessen had already accomplished plenty in net for Northeastern, and this year the Huskies have raised their game around him. Mike Scandura profiles NU’s last line of defense.
When Hockey East coaches picked Northeastern to finish fourth this year, it marked the Huskies’ highest preseason projection within the league. It’s easy to see the reasons for the optimism and why they are likely to continue the program’s progress under coach Greg Cronin. Northeastern returns all but two players from the squad that finished … Read more
Site: Kohl Center, Madison, Wis. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 28-29, 2007 Participants: Bowling Green, Northeastern, Colgate, Wisconsin Game 1: Bowling Green vs. Northeastern, 4:05 p.m. CT Bowling Green Falcons (8-6-0, 5-5-0 CCHA) Head coach: Scott Paluch Leading scorers: Sr. Derek Whitmore (13-5 — 18), Jr. Kevin Schmidt (3-11 — 14) Leading netminders: Fr. Nick Eno (5-2-0, 2.29 … Read more
After an excruciating 3-24-7 record in his first season at Northeastern, coach Greg Cronin saw his squad improve to 13-18-5, performing especially well during the second half. “You try and point toward the positives from a year ago,” Cronin said. “We were able to march through the second half of the year with a 9-6-1 … Read more
When Joe Santilli played his final game as a Husky last season, many fans thought it would be the last time they saw him at Matthews Arena for a while. As the new assistant coach, however, he will be around pretty often.