The Northeastern Huskies snapped a four-game losing streak when they beat the No. 3 University of New Hampshire Wildcats 2-1 Saturday night at the Whittemore Center.<\/p>\n
The win marked the first time the Huskies were able to defeat UNH in twenty games; Northeastern also snapped UNH’s unbeaten streak of three games. Junior Joe Vitale recorded a goal and an assist while goaltender Brad Thiessen had 23 saves.<\/p>\n
UNH opened the scoring in the first period. Jerry Pollastrone passed to Bobby Butler and Butler found Peter LeBlanc open. Leblanc fired into a wide-open net. <\/p>\n
Just nine seconds later, Huskies’ freshmen Wade MacLeod knocked in a rebound of Vitale\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s initial shot to tie the game.<\/p>\n
With the first period coming to an end, Northeastern took the lead. Vitale , standing at the right post, poked the puck past Kevin Regan. <\/p>\n
“In any hockey game, you have to get big saves generate energy, score goals and get big hits,” said Huskies’ coach Greg Cronin. “That goal was able to get us a lot more comfortable in the environment.” <\/p>\n
Neither team could generate offense the rest of game. Late in the third, UNH pulled Regan for an extra attacker, but Northeastern held strong to get a crucial win.<\/p>\n
“Huge road win for us,” said Cronin. “We had lost 4 straight games. In all 4 games we lost, I thought we had a chance to win. Last night’s game was one that could have easily deflated us, and I told the guys learning how to win is a process and tonight was a huge step for us just to try and inject the team with some believability.”<\/p>\n
“They outplayed us,” said UNH coach Dick Umile. “They won most of the battles and they out-competed us. They were tougher on the puck than we were. The loose pucks, they won those battles and that was the difference in the game. I commend them, and congratulate them.”<\/p>\n
Regan stopped 27 shots and New Hampshire fell to 4-1-0, 2-1-0 in Hockey East, while Northeastern improved to 2-4-0, 2-3-0 in the conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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