{"id":53026,"date":"2013-09-30T17:47:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T22:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=53026"},"modified":"2020-08-24T20:55:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T01:55:26","slug":"northeastern-season-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2013\/09\/30\/northeastern-season-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeastern Season Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uscho.photoshelter.com\/img-show\/I0000Qmfg8wZhP2Q\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo By: 2013 Melissa Wade\" alt=\"Kendall Coyne, 2013 Beanpot MVP, leaps onto Chloe Desjardins as the Beanpot final ended. (2013 Melissa Wade)\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/nucelebration.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Northeastern coach Dave Flint can relate to the challenge that Durocher faces, because the Huskies are also minus their top three scorers from a season ago. Sparkplug Kendall Coyne is bound for the Olympics, while Casey Pickett and Rachel Llanes have graduated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have some big shoes to fill, losing [Coyne] with the national team and then her two linemates to graduation, so any time you lose over 50 percent of your scoring, you don&#8217;t just replace it,&#8221; Flint said.<\/p>\n<p>That line accounted for 72 of Northeastern&#8217;s 137 goals a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like the kids we have; I like the dynamic we have,&#8221; Flint said. &#8220;We&#8217;re just going to have to play more of a team game this year and not rely on one line so much, which I think is actually better for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Huskies will look to a number of people to pick up the slack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Katie McSorley &#8211; she&#8217;s definitely been a kid who can put pucks in the net for us,&#8221; Flint said. &#8220;She&#8217;ll do a good job. Kelly Wallace last year had a breakout year. Brittany Esposito, she can start playing for us after the first 12 games because of a redshirt issue. [Paige] Savage is someone who tried out with the Olympic team and just came short, so she&#8217;s a top-notch player. We have a good cast, and it&#8217;s kind of a matter of who is going to step up and rise to the occasion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even with contributions from a number of people, it is unlikely that the Huskies will be able to match the production they received from their potent top line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll definitely have to be better on the back end,&#8221; Flint said. &#8220;Chloe [Desjardins], when she was healthy last year, I think she was right around 95 percent save percentage. When she wasn&#8217;t healthy, she was about 84, 85 percent. I think she&#8217;s playing with more confidence now. 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